Year: 2021
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Buhari demands crushing response against bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday condemned repeated bandit killings in Zamfara and Kaduna States, urging the nation’s military to respond to…
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Faith
Methodist church offers free sugar, blood pressure test to 60 persons in Enugu
By Alex Enebeli Enugu, July 10, 2021 No fewer than 60 people benefitted from free blood pressure and sugar…
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Local
Enugu residents turn to potatoes as yam prices skyrocket
By Maureen Ojinaka Enugu, July 10, 2021 Some residents in Enugu have shifted patronage to sweet potatoes as alternative staple…
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Business and Economy
Fidelity Bank unveils 7-point agenda to get ahead of competition
By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma Lagos, July 10, 2021 Fidelity Bank Plc. has unveiled a seven-point agenda aimed at making it…
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Local
Stop inflicting more hardship on Nigerians, Obi urges leaders
Mr. Peter Obi, the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, has appealed to…
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Health
Upsurge in TB, HIV, Hepatitis in Filiya: Gombe assures community of cottage hospital
William Attah, Gombe Authorities of the Ministry of Health in Gombe State have assured Filiya Community in Shongom Local…
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Local
PSC reinstates 21 officers, promotes, pays arrears of some (See names)
By Monday Ijeh Abuja, July 9, 2021 The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the reinstatement of 21 police officers…
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Local
Red Star’s ‘Click & Ship’ – Enhancing e-Commerce Logistics
One of Nigeria’s foremost logistics solutions providers, Red Star Express Plc, has further improved its e-commerce service with the new…
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Education
Baptist Conference calls for immediate release of kidnapped students
By Amen Gajira Kafanchan (Kaduna) July 10, 2021 The Southern Kaduna Baptist Conference (SKBC) has called for the immediate and…
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Lead Story
Hon. Chinedu Martins to withdraw controversial “anti-jungle justice” Bill
Mbaise, July 10, 2021: Hon. Emeka Chinedu Martins (Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – Imo), representing Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency, in Nigeria’s National Assembly…
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Local
Again, Oyo govt evacuates 14 mentally ill, 86 destitute
The Oyo State government, on Friday, evacuated 14 mentally ill persons and 86 destitute from some popular areas in Ibadan.…
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Local
UN chief welcomes Ethiopia’s pledge to allow humanitarian access to Tigray
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 9, 2021 United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Ethiopia’s commitment to ensuring…
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Local
FC Barcelona sign “Austrian Messi” on loan from Rapid Vienna
Berlin, July 10, 2021 FC Barcelona have completed the signing of Yusuf Demir on loan from Rapid Vienna with an…
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Education
Bayelsa Govt wades into rift at Niger Delta University over fees, dress code
The Bayelsa government on Thursday said it has intervened to halt the dispute between students of the state owned Niger…
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Business and Economy
Chevron receives Award at 2021 NOG Industry Dinner and Awards
Chevron Nigeria Limited, (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL, (NNPC/CNL JV),…
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Health
Sanction UUTH CMD for insubordination, disobedience of court orders, lawyer urges Federal Government; Alleges victimization of workers
By Our Reporter, Uyo Fresh facts have emerged that, the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH)’s refusal to reabsorb sacked…
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Arts & Entertainment
A love song for my fatherland, Haiti, By Alphonse Prophet
New English Edited Version Haiti Haiti my love you’re the fire that warms me day and night. Haiti, You have…
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Health
1.5m children in Haiti need urgent emergency aid – UNICEF
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 9, 2021 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says nearly a third of all children…
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Local
15 Colombians, 2 Haitian Americans arrested over assassination of Haitian president
Santo Domingo, July 9, 2021 Haitian police arrested 15 Colombians and two Haitian Americans suspected in connection with the assassination…
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Lead Story
ECOWAS Court awards N30m against Buhari govt for ‘torture of journalist Agba Jalingo’
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has “ordered the Federal Government to pay journalist Agba Jalingo N30m as compensation…
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Sexual affinity in friendship, marriage: The contradictions By Michael West
July 9, 2021 In recent times, some of the issues I attended to are inimically cancerous to good relationships and…
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Local
Bi-Courtney denies owing FAAN
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2) in a swift response by its Spokesman, Mikail…
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Local
New NSITF board ready to deliver on its mandate – Akabogu
The new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Michael Akabogu, has…
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Speaking to PDP in the language it understands By FEMI ADESINA
There’s this recent cartoon in Daily Trust Newspaper that sends me holding my sides in laughter each time I see…
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Local
From Wild, Wild West to National Inferno By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
A seemingly innocuous spark in an otherwise isolated part of a nation can change the course of history. Nigerian history…
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