Foreign reserves gain $620m from remittances
After gaining $620 million from diaspora remittances in two weeks, the foreign exchange reserves jumped to $35.026 billion, a data from the Central Bank of Nigeria…
Two traffickers excrete 191 pellets of cocaine, heroin at Lagos airport
Two suspected drug traffickers arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos State have excreted a total of 191 pellets of…
Buhari salutes ‘outstanding officer’ Musiliu Smith at 75
President Muhammadu Buhari has described chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, as an outstanding officer, who had served the country with great zeal.…
Why Shell, Chevron, other oil majors are leaving Nigeria
Fresh insights as to why the oil majors are gradually scaling down their operations and planning their exit from the country has been unraveled. Investigation by The Nation revealed that among the oil…
N60bn: APC Govs attack on Obaseki partisan – PDP Govs
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have deplored the media attack on Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki by their counterparts in the ruling All…
PDP suspends Kwankwaso over disruption of zonal congress
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, for his alleged involvement in the disruption of the party’s…
Manchester United boss: We can still catch Manchester City in title race
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Manchester United can still catch rivals Manchester City in this season’s Premier League title race as ‘stranger things have happened’ in football. United will host Burnley this afternoon 11…
Nigeria records 60 new coronavirus infections, no death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the country’s active COVID-19 cases increased by 39, bringing the total number to 7,821. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday.…
Worries As Killings Of Northerners Persist In Imo
Following the recent killings of four Northerners in Orlu and three others in Amaka towns of Imo State, northern communities in the areas are living in fear of imminent attacks by…
Yoruba Groups Differ Over Oduduwa Republic
Two Yoruba groups yesterday differed over demand for the creation of Oduduwa Republic from the present Nigerian state. While some leaders under the banner of the Ilana Omoodua Youth Initiatives, led by a Yoruba leader,…
France to impose 10-day quarantine on South Africa travellers, others
France will impose a 10-day quarantine on arrivals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and South Africa over concerns about variants of the coronavirus, the prime minister’s office announced Saturday. Although flights from…
125 escapees back in Owerri custodial centre — NCoS
No fewer than 125 inmates who escaped from the Owerri custodial centre have voluntarily returned to custody. This is in the wake of the manhunt launched by security agencies for the fugitives who fled the prisons during an…
Warri succession crisis: Olu-designate faces legitimacy, legal hurdles
The Itsekiri nation was engulfed in jubilation when Prince Tsola Emiko, son of the 19thOlu of Warri, was unveiled as the Olu-designate two weeks ago. But there are still concerns over the manner he…
Prioritise road construction allocation – Fashola tells Senate
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said cases of road projects abandonment by contractors across the country may linger unless federal lawmakers adopt a new budgeting process that would discourage…
Vehicle knocks groom dead on wedding day in Nasarawa
A gay atmosphere was turned into a mournful one in Ikyangedu community, Keana Local Government Area, Nasarawa State last Saturday as a would be groom was…
Ignore the pessimism: COVID vaccines are quietly prevailing
It can be quite easy, reading the press, to believe that the pandemic will never end. Even when good news about vaccines started to arrive in the autumn, this grim…
FG suspends Adeboye’s helicopter from flying
…RCCG leader forced to fly Oyedepo’s aircraft The Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has grounded a private chopper belonging to Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of…
2023: North or South? East or West?
Here we go again: in 2023, whose turn? In Nigeria, nothing excites us like politics. If you want to get our attention, don’t waste…
Cement Price soar in South East
Prices of cement has increased by 67 per cent in the South East states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, the News Agency of…
Security alert in Southeast, South- south over fresh IPOB threat
It was gathered that the weapons seized during the violent attacks were being amassed in preparation for an imminent declaration of separation from Nigeria by IPOB and its Cameroonian ally. One of the…
Bandits issue death threats to 29 abducted Kaduna students
Bandits yesterday threatened to kill the remaining 29 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, still in their custody, following the refusal of the Kaduna State Government to meet…
Kidnap kingpin attempts suicide to evade arrest in Taraba
Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have paraded 21 year old kidnap kingpin, Muhhamed Gidado, who tried to commit suicide to evade arrest, and five suspects for other crimes including cattle rustling. The…
Manchester City veteran Kun Aguero sets terms for next club
Departing Manchester City veteran striker Sergio Aguero has set his terms for his next move. Aguero will leave City this summer when his contract expires after 11 years with the Premier League champions-elect. read…
Bolt, Uber drivers threaten strike over ‘low fares’
Uber and Bolt drivers under the aegis of Professional E-hailing Drivers and Private Owners Association (PEDPA) have threatened to embark on strike. The drivers called on…