Dismantle Trade Barriers To Grow Africa’s Economy, Dangote Urges Leaders
African leaders have been urged to dismantle trade barriers stifling their individual countries, in a bid to ensure smooth flow of goods and services, with a corresponding impact on economic…
Kano Beats South East In VAT Collection
Kano State collected more money as Value Added Tax (VAT) than the entire South East zone in the first eight months of 2021, an exclusive data obtained by Daily Trust show. Records of VAT…
Kill Bandits, Bring Their Corpses, Weapons – Chief Of Army Staff Tells Troops
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, has ordered the troops in Niger State to go after the bandits and criminals terrorising the state and bring their corpses and…
Military jets ‘aggressively’ raid Turji, Buzu’s camps in North West
Airstrikes conducted on Saturday by aircraft of the Operation Hadarin Daji Air Component have led to the deaths of an undisclosed number of bandits. PRNigeria gathered that the…
#EndSARS Report: Panel alters medical doctor’s testimony on Lekki incident
A testimony by Dr. Babajide Lawson, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Reddington Hospital, Lagos on the Lekki incidence as quoted in the Lagos State Judicial Panel…
Secessionists are wasting their time — Olumba Olumba Obu
Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), a Christian religious organisation, has said that some separatists agitating for secession were wasting their time, assuring that…
BREAKING: Osinbajo opens campaign office in Abuja ahead 2023 election
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has opened a campaign office in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, as part of preparations to contest the presidential ticket of the All Progressives…
Police rescue seven kidnap victims in Kwara
The Kwara Police Command has rescued seven workers of Lafrcdeen Pure Water Factory, who were kidnapped by gunmen on November 19, in Sosoki village, via Alapa. This was contained in a…
Kanu: VON DG asks IPOB to support Igbo Presidency
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and Director General, Voice of Nigeria VON, Mr Osita Okechukwu has urged the Indigenous People of Biafran IPoB to sheathe its sword and work…
N22.7b Earned Allowances: SSANU rejects sharing formula
The Western Zone of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has rejected the sharing formula of the ‘Earned Allowances between the Academic Staff Unions of…
9 famous footballers who went bankrupt after retirement
Playing football comes with huge fame and money. However, while the average footballer wears fancy clothes and drives the flashiest cars, a good life after retirement…
Secrecy, Doubts Trail One Billion Barrels Oil Discovery In North
One year after the discovery of over one billion barrels of crude oil in the North, the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited are yet to…
Lecturer, Student Shot Dead As Gunmen Raid Lagos College Of Education
A lecturer identified as Ahmed Saheed and an undergraduate student of Michael Otedola College of Primary Health Education (MOCPED) in Epe Local Government Area of…
I’m not worried about 2022 election, says Oyetola
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said he remained unperturbed despite issues capable of causing distractions, ahead of the next governorship election. Oyetola…
Family of slain OAU postgraduate student demands justice, says son strangled
Family of murdered Timothy Adegoke, the OAU postgraduate’s student found dead after lodging at Hilton Hotel and Resort has demanded that full punishment be meted to those culpable in…
You’ve been a true leader – South-West PDP celebrates Bode George at 76
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-West zone, has described Chief Bode George as a true leader of many parts, who has stood for democracy and taken many “bullets” for the country.…
NDLEA nabs drug dealer behind cocaine hidden in Lagos airport toilet
Operatives of the National Drug Law EnforcementvAgency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil-based drug dealer, Okafor Okwudili Moses in connection with over 2.55 kilograms of cocaine…
Man Utd to pay Solskjaer £7.5m severance package, eye Pochettino as replacement
Former Manchester United coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will reportedly get a severance package in the region of £7.5m after both parties decided to call time on their working relationship.…
Buhari has borrowed ‘destinies’ of Nigerians away— Archbishop Odutemu
THE Archbishop of Bendel Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Cyril Odutemu, weekend, lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s led…
Davido neglected me in my time of need but donated N250m to orphanages — Baba Fryo
Multiple award-winning popstar, Davido, was recently in the news for a kind gesture towards orphans in the country. Days ago, the iconic artiste asked his friends and fans to donate a…
10 things to know about dementia — the illness Olu Jacobs is battling
Joke Silva, the ace Nigerian actress, recently revealed that Olu Jacobs, her celebrity husband, is battling dementia with Lewy bodies. The Nollywood star, while speaking of Jacobs’…
ENDSARS PANEL: My Tentative Comment
By Sir Richard Akinnola II While l was away, l read quite a number of reactions to the Endsars panel unsigned report shared online. What l have been able to distil are emotive…
BREAKING: Manchester United dismiss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United have confirmed that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been releaved of his duties as Manchester United's manager. After coming to take the job as head manager in 2018, Ole did make some…
How We Brought Maina, Others To Book – Ex-EFCC Investigator Opens Up
The detective who led the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigation into the infamous pension scam, Habibu Adamu Aliyu, has given insights into how a former…