Year: 2021
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Local
Court remands bricklayer in correctional facility for allegedly raping deaf 20-year-old
By Adebisi Fatima Shittu Ibadan, Sept. 17, 2021 An Iyaganku Magistrates’ court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday ordered one Azeez…
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Africa
Nigeria determined to ensure prompt return to democratic rule to Guinea – Osinbajo
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Sept. 17, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is determined to ensure a prompt return…
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Business and Economy
Fresh petroleum crisis looms in South-East as IPMAN withdraws services
By Emmanuel Acha Enugu, Sept. 17, 2021 The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed its members to…
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Local
Ex-lovers and their deluge of affection, cravings By Michael West
September 17, 2021 Have you wondered why some people refuse to let go of their former partners after breakup? Even…
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Education
Bauchi plans robust 2022 budget for children… Perm Sec.
William Attah, Gombe The Bauchi State Ministry for Budget and Economic Planning says it will ensure children’s issues in…
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Education
Uzodimma wants establishment of Air Force secondary school in Imo
By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Sept. 16, 2021 Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has requested the establishment of at least one…
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Local
Parading suspects is media trial, Judge tells law officers
By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Sept. 16, 2021 Justice Cyprian Ajah of the Enugu State High Court, on Thursday, urged…
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Local
Troops arrest Police sergeant with 370 rounds of ammunition in Plateau
The suspect By Polycarp Auta Jos, Sept. 16, 2021 Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have…
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Local
This Buhari has no boundaries By FEMI ADESINA
Many were the prayers and goodwill messages that sped our feet to Owerri, capital of Imo State, the Eastern Heartland,…
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Local
Bawa is hale and hearty – EFCC; He scarcely sleeps – official
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that their Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, is hale and hearty. The Commission, in…
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Local
Guinness Nigeria to hold 71st AGM by proxy
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Sept. 16, 2021 Guinness Nigeria Plc. on Thursday notified the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd. and the…
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Local
Heartland FC appoint ex-Flying Eagles assistant coach Abdallah to lead team
By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Owerri, Sept. 16, 2021 The management of Heartland Football Club of Owerri on Thursday confirmed the…
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Health
World Clean-up Day: Nestlé volunteers join call for cleaner planet
Nestlé volunteers and participants clean up The Arena Market, Oshodi, Lagos State, Nigeria to mark the World Clean-up Day 2021…
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Business and Economy
Southern Governors back collection of VAT by states (Read full text of Communique here)
By Emmanuel Acha Enugu, Sept. 16, 2021 Governors from the southern states of Nigeria have expressed their support for…
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Defection: President Buhari welcomes Femi Fani-Kayode to APC
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 16, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has formally welcomed former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-…
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Local
We sold Na-Allah’s car for N1m – suspected killers of Senator’s son
By Muhammad Tijjani Kaduna, Sept. 16, 2021 The two suspected killers of Abdulkareem Ibn-Na-Allah, the eldest son of Sen. Bala…
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Buhari receives FIFA President, Infantino; Pledges to use football for national development
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja declared his administration’s commitment to use football for the development of the girl-child and…
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Local
Union Bank appoints Aisha Abubakar as Independent Non-Executive Director
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Sept. 16, 2021 The Board of Directors, Union Bank of Nigeria has announced the appointment of…
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Business and Economy
Debt accumulation: Salami’s outcry confirms APC, Buhari are wrecking Nigeria – PDP …Says borrowed funds being looted by APC leaders
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted that the outcry by the Chairman of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Economic Advisory Council…
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Local
Filling stations resume sale of petroleum products in Imo
Mr Okechukwu Okoro, Zonal Controller of DPR, flanked by members of his team during a surveillance exercise in Owerri on…
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Local
Nigeria remains world’s 34th, Africa’s 5th in FIFA world ranking
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Ilorin, Sept. 16, 2021 Nigeria’s Super Eagles remained world 34th in the FIFA September ranking in spite…
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Local
Anambra 2021: Election is “must win” for PDP – Ekwunife; Support swells for Valentine Ozigbo
Senator Uche Ekwunife, the Chairperson of the Anambra Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Campaign Council, has described the forthcoming guber…
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Lead Story
Okonjo-Iweala makes TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021
Nigeria-born Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named among the TIME Magazine’s most…
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Local
Messi, Neymar, Mbappe flop; It’ll take time for attacking trio to shine, PSG coach says
Brugge (Belgium), Sept. 16, 2021 Paris St-Germain (PSG) coach Mauricio Pochettino has warned that it would take some time for…
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