Waste pickers gather in Nairobi for International Waste Pickers Day
More than 20 million people in the world work as informal waste workers according to the International Labour Organisation. Waste pickers represent the largest workforce...
The PVCs dumped in Anambra forest
LAST week, there was unease among a vast section of the Anambra State populace when reports of the discovery of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in a forest in the state...
Rivers Govt. Debunk Rumours Claiming Wike’s Son Is Dead
The Rivers State Government has debunked claims on social media that the son of Governor Nyesom Wike was shot dead in the United States. The state Commissioner for...
Grant Visa On Arrival To Nigerians
The Federal Government has asked India to grant visa on arrival to Nigerians as a reciprocal gesture. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made the request...
Open letter to the president-elect
By: Waheed Ogunjobi EIGHT years ago, I wrote this same form of letter to the then President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, whose tenure is about winding down. Due to the...
Lagos Police Commissioner Meets Falz, Macaroni, Others Over Security Concerns Ahead Of Guber Poll
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Wednesday, March 1, hosted some critical stakeholders in the state including rapper Folarin Falana also known as...
Two supreme courts and danger of self-delegitimisation
By: Emmanuel Ogebe NIGERIA’s Supreme Court sparked near universal outrage when it recently awarded senatorial candidacies to two powerful politicians who had not...
UK Prime Minister, Sunak Congratulates Tinubu On Election Victory
The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu on the heels of the just concluded presidential election....
“We Use Biscuits, Magical Rings To Kidnap Children”
An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 16-year-old boy, Lekan Mustapha and his guardian, Zulum Yisa, for alleged kidnapping. The...
Court Remands Reps Majority Leader, Doguwa In Prison For Alleged Murder
A Kano State Magistrate Court has remanded the majority leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, at a correctional facility after a five-count charge...
We will retrieve our mandate ― PDP PCC
Leon Usigbe – Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council (PDP PCC) has revealed plans to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential...
Fashion designer, 2 others jailed for internet fraud in Kwara
Biola Azeez – Ilorin Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old fashion designer, Muhammed Ayub, and two...
Naira gains 0.14% at investors, exporters window amid cash crunch
Naira exchanged at N461.35 to the dollar at the investors and exporters window on Wednesday. The rate represented an appreciation by 0.14 percent compared with the N462...
Tinubu, Shettima meet Buhari in Daura
From Leon Usigbe, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in his hometown Daura, Katsina State, received president-elect, Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim...
Boko Haram fighters now dress in women attires to attack communities – Ndume
By Atiku Galadima, Maiduguri The Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Mohammed Ndume has said Boko Haram fighters are now dressing in women attires while...
FEC okays $61.5m, N16.133b for power contract award
Leon Usigbe – Abuja The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of $61.5 million and another N16.133 billion for the Ministry of Power to procure...
Court remands House of Reps majority leader in prison till March 7
Kola Oyelere – Kano A Kano Magistrate Court on Wednesday has ordered that the House of Representatives Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa to be remanded at...
Adunni Ade Cries Out As NURTW Boss, Koko Zaria Allegedly Threatens Her Life (Video)
Nollywood actress, Adunni Ade has cried out over a public threat made to her life by MC Oluomo’s affiliate and NURTW boss, Koko Zaria. Taking to her Instagram live,...
Cash, fuel scarcity led to sharp decline in business activity, delivery delays in February – Survey
By Nchetachi Chukwuajah Stanbic IBTC Bank’s February Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has indicated that cash shortages across Nigeria impacted the private sector,...
INEC presents Certificate of return to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu
Rachael Omidiji The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has issued a certificate of return to the president-elect, Bola Ahmed...
