Trump announces loyalist Kash Patel as choice to lead FBI
US President-elect Donald Trump aims to make loyalist Kash Patel the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he said on Saturday, in a move that would mean replacing the agency’s current leader.…
Economic crisis: Nigerians ignore phone calls as desperate requests for assistance now rampant
Unarguably, Nigeria is in a desperate moment as the economic crisis in the country is not only…
CBN Governor says FX Matching System will correct Naira’s true Value
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has revealed that the soon-to-be-introduced electronic FX matching system will address the disconnect between the current naira-to-dollar exchange rate and…
‘Everything I told them reached oil thieves’ – Soyombo alleges Army breach
Investigative journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), has revealed that all the information he shared with army personnel during his interrogation was disclosed to suspected oil…
Trump taps Charles Kushner, father of his son-in-law, as envoy to France
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, as the US ambassador to France, in the latest of several controversial picks. Kushner “is a tremendous…
Tinubu Tax: North’s anger grows as youths attack Deputy Senate President
The North’s resentment of the proposed Tax Reform Bills currently at the National Assembly,NASS, has expanded as northern youths attacked Deputy Senate President Senator Barau Jibrin yesterday, accusing him of…
Sit-At-Home: Igbos Have Lost Over N34trn, Says Ohanaeze
The apex Igbo Socio-cultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo said that their findings revealed that Igbos have…
State Capture, Corruption, President Obasanjo’s Salvo: How Tinubu’s Media Team Goofed
BISHOP JOSEPH IGHALO EDORO, Edo State-born cleric and public affairs analyst in this piece for Sunday Independent, writes on…
Regionalism: Ohanaeze, Afenifere, Arewa, others push harder
Prominent socio-cultural groups rose from a symposium in Kaduna to call for a radical restructuring of…
Edo debt profile was less than N44bn, rose to N485 billion under Obaseki – APC
Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has decried the high debt profile of the state. It said that the…
Living Faith’s airstrip licence: Be transparent, impartial in your probe – CAN tells Reps panel
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has urged the House of Representatives committees on Aviation and…
‘Wave goodbye to America’ – Trump threatens 100% tariffs on BRICS countries over attempt to replace…
United States President-elect, Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100% tariffs on the bloc of…
Rivers crisis: Okocha-led APC defies court order, holds state congress
The Tony Okocha-led faction of the All Progressives…
Why we passed Tinubu’s tax reform bills for second reading – Deputy Senate President
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin has explained why the upper…
Gov Sani sacks Kaduna’s Internal Security Minister Samuel Aruwan
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, in a major cabinet reshuffle, has sacked the pioneer…
How I pleaded with Abacha not to execute Obasanjo – Gowon
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon says he pleaded with late Gen. Sani Abacha…
Victor Boniface Under Fire in Germany for ‘Reckless’ Driving
Weeks after Nigerian international, Victor Boniface, was involved in a car crash in Frankfurt and barely…
Foreign Minister Urges Patience with International Deals, Says Diplomacy Takes Time
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, yesterday urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the country’s international…
In a Strategic Meeting with Angolan President, Lourenço, Dangote Wraps up New Refinery Deal
Buoyed by the global impact of his 650,000 barrels per day refinery and petrochemical plant, Africa’s richest man and…
The tax reform task before Tinubu
It’s been very difficult for me to comment on the VAT component of the tax reform bills because of lack of data. President Bola Tinubu has proposed to…
Joe Igbokwe’s comment against Seyi Tinubu’s guber ambition discriminatory, awful— Uche Darlington
The recent comment credited to Chief Joe Igbokwe of the All Progressives Congress, APC that Seyi Tinubu, son of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu should drop his ambition to contest the governorrship of Lagos State on…
‘Port Harcourt Refinery products exclusively for us’ – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, said the Port Harcourt Refining Company, PHRC, has not yet started bulk sales to marketers. The company disclosed that products from PHRC are…
Court strikes out Bobrisky’s fundamental rights suit against EFCC
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju (a.k.a…
Nigeria now preferred destination for stolen cars — Customs
•Customs swings into action The Comptroller General of Customs(CGC), Mr Wale Adeniyi, has lamented that Nigeria has become a preferred destination for internationally stolen vehicles which not only tarnishes…