Supply suspension: Petrol scarcity hits border towns, fuel now N600/litre
Residents of border communities in Ogun, Lagos, Adamawa, Katsina and Sokoto states are groaning following the Federal Government’s suspension of fuel supply to areas within 20 kilometres to the nation’s…
Raheem Sterling dropped for England’s match against Montenegro after training bust-up
England manager, Gareth Southgate, will not select Raheem Sterling, for Thursday’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro, following an incident at their St George’s Park…
DSS plotting a fresh charge against Sowore – Falana
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the Department of State Services (DSS) is plotting to file a fresh charge against Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement.…
UI VC, ASUU mourn Prof Tam David-West
Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, has mourned the death of enigmatic Prof Tam David-West, who passed on in the early hours of Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at the…
Impeachment probe: One more piece of evidence nails Trump
The testimony by Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense released Monday by the congressional impeachment panel into U.S. President Donald Trump detailed…
Don’t regulate social media – Editors tell FG
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has called on the Federal Government to rescind its decision to regulate the social media.The guild, in a communiqué issued after the meeting of its standing committee on November 8,…
Turkey begins deportation of foreign IS fighters
Turkey has begun sending captured foreign Islamic State (IS) members back to their original countries as of Monday, a Turkish official said. “A U.S. IS fighter, whose…
Our negligence responsible for our children’s kidnap – Emir Sanusi
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has chided his subjects, saying their negligence has largely been responsible for the abduction of children…
CSOs raise alarm over Omoyele Sowore’s hunger strike, alleged violation of rights
Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Sunday, raised alarm over hunger strike embarked upon by the originator of #RevolutionNow and presidential candidate of the African Action…
Liverpool need every point to maintain title push – Jurgen Klopp
Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool need every Premier League point on the board so far to help them through their “most intense period ever” over the next six weeks. Liverpool’s…
‘The code remains a pair of khaki trouser and shirt’ — NYSC DG speaks on skirt…
Shuaibu Ibrahim, director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has expressed concern over the recent controversy on the dress code for corps…
Kogi elections: APC plans to use security agencies to arrest PDP leaders – Dino Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, planned to use security agencies to arrest members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
The man David-West
TAMUNOEMI David-West, who passed on Monday, aged 83, was a professor of virology. His contribution to nation-building was remarkable. He was born August 26, 1936, at Buguma,…
Ex-NNPC chiefs, firm under probe over N8.1b Bonga oil field judgment
SIX former top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) are under investigation for their involvement in the award of a contract which led to…
Miyetti Allah pledges support for Southeast Governors
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN has pledged to always cooperate with Governors of the five southeast states to live in peace with their communities in the…
Visa: US snubs FG, continues to charge Nigerians reciprocity fee
Over two months after the Federal Ministry of Interior announced a reduction in the cost of Nigerian visas for American citizens, the United States Embassy in Nigeria has continued to charge Nigerians a…
Banks attract $4.74bn foreign investments in six months
Banks attracted a total of $4.74bn foreign investment into the country in the first half of the year.Data obtained from the National Bureau of statistics showed that the amount of investment attracted by 22…
Xhaka says he is ready to battle for Arsenal place
Granit Xhaka may have been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy due to his public run-in with the club’s fans but he says he will be staying and fighting for his place in the team.The volatile 27-year-old Swiss…
Only atomic bomb can disrupt Saturday elections – INEC
Anyone planning to disrupt Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States would need to use an atomic bomb if he is to succeed, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said.The Chief Press…
Konji na ba*stard – Nigerians react after Corpers were caught having sex in Kano Camp barely a week…
Konji na bastard? LOL! Nigerians on Social Media are not smiling, no! no!! no!!! Few hours ago, a Twitter user posted on the Social network about some corpers who…
Confusion trails Appeal Court ruling on Oyo gov’ship
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday gave a confusing judgement on a case filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adebayo Adelabu, challenging…
Halima Dangote appointed ED commercial operations of Dangote Industries
Halima Aliko Dangote has been appointed as the group executive director, commercial operations of Dangote Industries Limited. According to a release by the company, Halima Aliko…
The more you give, the more God blesses you – Dangote
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, says some people find it difficult to give without knowing that “the more you give, the more God blesses you”.…
I’ll donate earnings from S’Africa concert to victims of xenophobia – Burna Boy
Damini Ogulu, Nigerian Afro-fusion singer better known as Burna Boy, says he will donate parts of the proceed from a concert he is headlining in South Africa to victims of…