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Death toll soars as fighting rages across Gaza, Israel raids West Bank
Fighting raged across Gaza and Israeli units raided the West Bank on Sunday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has faced…
Police arrest man for ‘faking own kidnap to defraud brother’ in Abuja
The federal capital territory (FCT) police command has debunked reports of abduction in the River Park estate, Lugbe area of the nation’s capital. Reports of abduction in the estate along airport road, circulated on…
Buhari considered assassination of Nnamdi Kanu; chose arrest instead, says Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, a spokesperson for former President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime, says his principal had once said he would have sponsored the assassination of the leader of the leader of proscribed Indigenous People of…
Area Boys Can Be Trained As Tax Officers, Paid Decent Salaries — Committee Chair, Oyedele
In this exclusive interview on Channels Television, the Chairman of Presidential Tax and Fiscal Policy Reform, Taiwo Oyedele, says area boys can be trained for tax collection and paid decent salaries to forsake their old…
Fintechs do not pose any challenge to top-tier banks in Nigeria- S&P Analyst
Samira Mensah, a credit analyst at S&P credit rating agency has stated that Nigerian fintechs do not pose any challenge to top-tier banks across the country. She stated this during an interview on CNBC Africa where…
Ondo: MURIC demands Muslim as Gov. Aiyedatiwa’s deputy
The Muslim Rights Concern has demanded for the emergence of a Muslim as the deputy to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State. The Eagle Online recalls…
British Council hikes IELTS fee by 29% in Nigeria, second in 5 months
The British Council in Nigeria has again increased the fee for the English Language Testing System (IELTS) examinations by 29%. According to the Council, Nigerians will now pay the sum of N139,000 for the Computer…
Women who wear wigs have low self-esteem – Taiwo Ajai-Lycett
Quintessential and ageless thespian,Taiwo Ajai-Lycett has taken a swipe at African women who wear wigs to augment their beauty, saying it is a sign of low self-esteem. The veteran actress, broadcaster and National…
Opposition Leaders Intensify Merger Bid for 2027, Remain Silent on Coalition’s Presidential…
Opposition political heavyweights, including political economist Prof Pat Utomi, 2023 PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and NNPP’s…
Barbarians have taken over social media – Wole Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has expressed dismay over the use of social media in Nigeria. He regretted that in Nigeria, social media has been dragged down to “the lowest common denominator.” Speaking on Saturday…
It Will Be An Aberration If I Don’t Get APC To Produce Akwa Ibom Governor in 2027 –…
With the 2027 governorship election in Akwa Ibom State still three years ahead, the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio at the weekend put Governor Umo Eno on edge when he declared that the All Progressives Congress…
Netanyahu Rejects Palestinian Sovereignty In Phone Call With Biden
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he told US President Joe Biden that he rejected Palestinian sovereignty in the Gaza Strip, in a call the day before. The two leaders spoke by phone on Friday…
Tofa Wasn’t Just A Friend But A Companion – IBB
Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has described the late Bashir Othman Tofa as not just a close friend who shared good and bad times but a companion and confidant that will forever be reckoned…
Desperate Nigerian Seeking Asylum Begged To Be Declared Wanted – Police
The Lagos State Police Command has narrated a shocking account of how a Nigerian seeking asylum abroad asked the police to declare him wanted. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) had in December 2023…
Now That Dangote Refinery is Live
May I congratulate Alhaji Aliko Dangote for finally giving birth to a “bouncing” refinery after being in the labour room for a decade. It is heartwarming…
Katsina Residents Turn To Ox-Driven Carts, Donkeys, Bicycles To Cut Transportation Cost
Amidst rising economic costs, occasioned by fuel subsidy removal, Katsina residents are resorting to ancient ways of transporting goods and services. The residents, who are mostly low-income earners, made the…
Marketers Await Commercial Terms for Lifting Products from 650,000bpd Dangote Refinery
•Say refinery will change business dynamics in downstream sector With production reportedly ongoing at the 650,000 barrel- per- day capacity…
Are FCT Residents Suffering Due to Rivers Crisis?
Having publicly focused largely on fighting for the control of his home state, Rivers, with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,…
Power Minister Directs Nigerians to Cease Buying Transformers, Poles, Issues Warning to DisCos
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has called upon Nigerians to abstain from purchasing electricity infrastructure, including transformers and poles. The…
Why I rejected $100m to show my manhood on OnlyFans – Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg, the American rapper, says he turned down a $100 million offer to show his manhood on OnlyFans. OnlyFans is an internet content subscription service used primarily by sex workers who produce pornography.…
“It’ll be a celebration” – Aiyedatiwa hints on plans for Akeredolu’s burial
Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has hinted on plans for the burial of former governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu died at a German hospital last month after a protracted battle with prostrate cancer. According…
Kidnappers release Nabeeha’s four sisters after payment of N100 million ransom
Kidnappers have released Late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyah’s remaining four siblings who were abducted alongside their father early this month. Politics Nigeria learnt that the girls arrived their Abuja residence late Saturday,…
Nigerian sacked for operating on ‘African time’ wins discrimination claim against US firm
Tolulope Fayokun, a Nigerian lady who worked at Johnson & Johnson, a US pharmaceutical firm, has won a racial discrimination claim against the company after she was sacked for operating on “African time”. The…
Three Abuja men in trouble for labelling woman a witch
Three men identified as Michael Abraham, Anti Augustin and Kasuwa Ahmodu, were on Friday arraigned in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, FCT for labelling, their neighbour, Mrs Lami Bako, a witch and threatening to kill her…