U.S. carried out military strike in Kabul – Officials
American forces launched a military strike in Kabul on Sunday targeting a possible suicide car bomb that was aiming to attack the airport, U.S. officials said. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the…
2023: Smaller Parties Inactive As APC, PDP Are Mired In Crises
Twenty months after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deregistered 74 of the 91 political parties in the country, more than half of the parties that…
Chelsea boss blames referee for draw vs Liverpool
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has blamed referee Anthony Taylor and VAR for their 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Saturday. According to Tuchel, Chelsea were in a good position to win the match but for the decision to send off…
Crisis: PDP toes familiar path ahead of 2023
At a time many pundits are predicting that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would discover and position itself as the most credible alternative to the ruling…
Suspected militants kill 19 in eastern Congo village
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people in a raid on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said. The attackers looted houses and started fires in Kasanzi-Kithovo near Virunga…
OBITUARY: Victor Uwaifo, Music Icon Who Once Hawked Alongside Billionaire Igbinedion
Perhaps, ‘The Music never stops!’ should be considered an epitaph for Sir Victor Uwaifo, the icon who drew his last breath on August 28, 2021. Currently, radio…
Emirates extends suspension of flights from Nigeria till September 5
Emirates Airlines has extended the suspension of flights from Lagos State and Abuja airports to Dubai till September 5, 2021. The Dubai-based carrier had earlier announced that it would suspend flights from Nigeria to Dubai…
PHOTOS: The House Where Kebbi Senator’s Son Was Murdered
Senator Bala Na Allah’s eldest son, Captain Abdulkarim Bala Na Allah, was found dead in his bedroom at Malali in Kaduna on Sunday. The 36-year-old pilot, who married recently, was…
I’m only Oba qualified to confer titles covering Yorubaland – Alaafin
The Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111 has stated only he has the exclusive right to confer chieftaincy titles that cover Yoruba land on deserving holders. The monarch stated this…
How Kebbi Senator’s Son Was Killed – Kaduna Govt
Kaduna State Government has said the murder of Senator Bala ibn Na’Allah’s son, Abdulkarim Na’Allah, appeared to be a case of culpable homicide as he was strangled with a rope.…
APC States plan 15 per cent budget allocation to health
Health sector in States under the control of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will attract 25 per cent annual budget henceforth. This decision was contained in a…
Buhari Directs Recall Of 11 ‘Wrongfully’ Retired DPR Directors
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to immediately recall 11 deputy directors who were asked to proceed on retirement in March this year,…
Dangote’s $2bn Petrochemical Plant to Produce 77 Grades of Polypropylene
Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene in the country. With a turnover of…
BREAKING: Gunmen kill Sen. Na Allah’s eldest son in Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Capt. Abdulkarim, the eldest son of Senator Bala Ibn Na Allah, representing Kebbi South Senatorial District. The 36-year-old Captain…
#BBNaija: Sammie, Maria and JMK evicted from Big Brother Brother
Sammie, Maria and JMK are the latest housemates to be evicted from the Big Brother House. The housemates who were put up for eviction alongside Cross, Pere and Queen, got the lowest…
Why Abacha Locked Me Up In Sokoto Prison – Sanusi
The former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11, has opened up on how General Sani Abacha, former military Head of State, locked him up in Sokoto Prison. Sanusi…
COVID-19: Lagos Commences Administration of AstraZeneca Vaccine Aug 30
The Lagos State Government has said that it will resume the administration of the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on August 30, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Diaspora Remittances Hit $34bn as Nigerian Migrant Workers Top List
The Naira4Dollar policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have begun to yield dividends as remittances from Nigerians in the Diaspora now stand at an average of $34…
Businessman Ejike from Kigali ingests 87 pellets of cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a drug kingpin, Mr Ibeh Ejike, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Abuja for ingesting 87…
Anyone stealing under Buhari is doing so quietly – Amaechi
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says anyone stealing public funds under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is doing so “quietly”. In an interview…
Court upholds FRSC’s power to fine motorists without trial
A Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the powers of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to fine motorists for alleged traffic offences without first…
Sir Victor Uwaifo didn’t die of COVID-19 complications – Family
The family of late Sir Victor Uwaifo has dismissed reports that the veteran musician and professor of visual arts died of complications related to COVID-19. This was in reaction to…
My Family Is Currently Enjoying Peace – Paul Okoye Speaks On His Divorce
Nigerian singer Paul Okoye aka Rude Boy, facing divorce from his wife has revealed how the defunct PSquare music group paid the price for their family issues. Okoye became a trend a…
Buhari’s Men Move To Pacify South-West
WORRIED by the growing disaffection towards the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari from the SouthWest zone, some northern leaders have begun what has been interpreted as a deft…