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Akintoye, other agitators for Yoruba nation are hustlers – Akeredolu fires back
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has described the founder of Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye and other groups agitating for Yoruba nation as hustlers. Akeredolu had said…
Fight to Finish! Who Will Settle Ambode and Bosom Friend, Kazeem Adeniji?
How quickly the love and closeness between former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, and his bosom friend Kazeem Adeniji, dwindled and died, is still a mystery to many. And it is…
100,000 Lagosians receive COVID-19 vaccines in Lagos
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said over 100,000 Lagosians have received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The government also said it would never compromise on the…
Colorado gunman Ahmad Al Issa to undergo psychiatric test
Ahmad Al Issa, the 21-year-old man accused of killing 10 people at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, will go for psychiatric test, as requested by his lawyers.In the meantime, Issa, with the full name,…
Cost of petrol N234 per litre – Kyari
The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, Mele Kyari declared Thursday that the actual cost of a litre of petrol is N234, as against the pump…
Buhari renews tenure of BPE’s DG, Alex Okoh
Alex Okoh will stay on as the Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, for another four years as a result of renewal of his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari on…
Hotel Rwanda ‘hero’ Paul Rusesabagina quits trial, says he expects no justice
Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan government critic who was hailed as a hero during a genocide in the country, has not showed up for his trial after informing prison authorities he was quitting the process as he did not expect justice.…
Mike Tyson confirms Evander Holyfield as his opponent in May 29 bout
Boxing legend Mike Tyson has revealed that a trilogy fight against rival Evander Holyfield will take place on May 29 despite rumours that talks between the two camps had fallen through. The two previous encounters between the…
Massive ship stuck at Suez Canal may hinder flow of vessels for ‘days or weeks’, says…
The Ever Given, a massive cargo ship equivalent to the length of four football pitches, has wedged in Egypt’s Suez Canal, the shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia, barring flow of shipping activities. The Panama-flagged ship which…
Sanwo-Olu gets approval to purchase 355 vehicles at N4.43bn
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gotten approval from the Lagos State House of Assembly to purchase 355 vehicles at N4.43 billion. The…
Tanzanian ex-leader Magufuli to be buried today
All is set for the burial of former Tanzania president, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, at his ancestral home town of Chato, in Geita region, today. Magufuli, who died from…
2023 presidency: Tinubu to get Letter of Endorsement
A political pressure group, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Grassroots Volunteers (BAT-GV) has concluded plans to present a Letter of Endorsement to the former state governor as…
I will run in 2024 – Biden sends message to Trump
U.S. President Joe Biden sent a clear message to Donald Trump, the former Republican president that he beat with wide margin in the last election. Biden declared at his first press conference on Thursday…
Maths can end farmers-herdsmen crisis
A Professor of Mathematics at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-ife, Samuel Segun Okoya says mathematics could be used to end farmers-herdsmen crisis plaguing Nigeria. Okoya said this while delivering a lead paper…
Power should go to south in 2023 — rotation is a covenant between us – Gov. Zulum
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, says power should shift to the south in 2023. The governor said this on Thursday while speaking at the presentation of a book by Dakuku Perterside, former director-general of the…
FULL LIST: Nigerians travelling to these eight countries will need NDLEA clearance
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says the visa clearance requirement policy is only applicable for eight countries. The agency was reacting to reports that it introduced a levy as visa clearance…
North Korea shuns UN order, fires 2 ballistic missiles
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Thursday despite strict orders from the UN Security Council. Under UN Security Council resolutions, Kim Jong-un is banned from testing…
Senators mourn Bode Olowoporoku
The Southern Senators Forum (SSF) has mourned the passing of Second Republic Minister, Senator Bode Olowoporoku from Ekiti State. Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the Chairman of the Forum,…
OAU staff hangs himself after sending suicide note to family
A staff of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, named Fisayo Oyeniyi, has killed himself at his residence after sending a suicide text to his mother, wife, and…
U.S. Embassy warns Nigerians against fake U.S. work visas
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria on Thursday warned Nigerians not to fall victims of a fake U.S. work visas said to be for people aged 40 to 55. The embassy in a tweet said:…
325,514 Nigerians vaccinated so far – FG
A total of 325,514 Nigerians have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as at March 25, 2021, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has stated.…
We want Kaduna to negotiate with bandits over abducted children – Parents of Afaka students
Sani Friday, a parent of two of the abducted students of Federal College Of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state, says he and other parents want the government to negotiate with the bandits. Friday, who is a…
Woman sets newly-married co-wife ablaze
A woman has been arrested by police in Niger State for allegedly killing a newly-married co-wife. Amina Aliyu, 24, was said to have gone to the house of the deceased, beaten her to death with a…
Unlawful detention: Lagos CP redeploys DPO, others
Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP) Hakeem Odumosu has directed the immediate redeployment of Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Onipanu, CSP Francis Ani, for unlawfully harassing and…