-
Local
Tinubu, beware the gathering dark clouds (1) By Hassan Gimba
This was published on 10/05/2024, precisely five months ago. Was I clairvoyant? No, the signs were there for all to…
Read More » -
Local
Plateau Govt. imposes 24 hours curfew on Jos-Bukuru Metropolis
By Patience Aliyu Jos, Aug. 4, 2024 The Plateau State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos -Bukuru Metropolis,…
Read More » -
Local
Perspectives on #EndBadGovernance protests By Dakuku Peterside
We are witnessing some of the worst anti-government protests in our recent democratic history, fuelled by economic hardship, hunger and…
Read More » -
Local
Paris 2024: D’Tigress stun Canada to seal historic Olympics quarter-final berth; Ezinne Kalu shines again
By Victor Okoye Abuja, Aug. 4, 2024 Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has made history by qualifying for the…
Read More » -
Local
Constitutional breach: Law Professor faults announcement of new CCT Chairman
A renowned law professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prof. Mamman Lawan Yusufari, has expressed concerns over the announcement…
Read More » -
Arts & Entertainment
IPI Nigeria demands investigation, prosecution of security agents who fired live bullets at journalists
The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) has condemned in strong terms the deployment of excessive…
Read More » -
Local
Dangote Refinery: Civil societies to monitor crude sales compliance by NNPCL
.…To set up situation room in Abuja A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) at the weekend said it would…
Read More » -
Business and Economy
NNPC Ltd: An all-round asset to Nigeria By Olufemi Soneye
In its editorial of 2nd August, 2024, the BusinessDay newspaper, characteristically, launched another scurrilous and baseless attack on the Nigerian…
Read More » -
Local
SERAP asks Commonwealth to sanction Nigeria over attacks on journalists, protesters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an Urgent Appeal to Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth,…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Soyinka: Hunger marches serve as summons to governance that breaking point has been reached; Counsels security agents on handling of protests
By Kamal Tayo Oropo Lagos, Aug. 4, 2024 Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on security agents to be…
Read More » -
Local
The protest, M̀gbekē and her cutlass By Festus Adedayo
Sunday August 4, 2024 There is this anecdote in Igboland of M̀gbekē and her cutlass. By the way, M̀gbekē is…
Read More » -
Lead Story
‘Our government is committed to listening, addressing concerns of our citizens’ – Tinubu (Read full speech here)
BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA…
Read More » -
Education
Underage admissions controversy: The way forward By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Visit any of our institutions of higher learning and you begin to see toddler-undergraduates all over…
Read More » -
Local
Alfred makes Olympic history for St Lucia with 100m gold
Paris, Aug. 4, 2024 Julien Alfred ran away from American world champion Sha’carri Richardson to win Olympic gold medal in…
Read More » -
Local
Venezuela in the valley of hope By Nixon Uzoma
Venezuela was the first Latin American country I ever visited in 2001. It was a land awash with wealth as…
Read More » -
Local
NNPC has deployed team to contain fire outbreak at Akaso Wellhead – NUPRC
By Emmanuella Anokam Abuja, Aug. 3, 2024 The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has reported a fire incident on…
Read More » -
Faith
Protest: Archbishop of Lagos cautions against ethnic profiling
By Uchenna Eletuo Lagos, Aug. 3, 2024 The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most. Rev. Adewale Martins, on Saturday cautioned against…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Nationwide protest: Tinubu to address nation Sunday
President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am. A statement…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Police fault Amnesty’s claims on protest casualties
By Monday Ijeh Abuja, Aug. 3, 2024 The Nigeria Police has dismissed as “untrue”, a claim by Amnesty International that…
Read More » -
Local
Rivers NUJ postpones Press Week by one week
The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has postponed its Press Week by one week due…
Read More » -
Africa
African Development Bank Group approves $500 million loan to boost electricity access in Nigeria
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a loan of $500…
Read More » -
Local
NCAA permits Arik Air to operate remaining fleet
By Gabriel Agbeja Abuja, Aug. 2, 2024 The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has not suspended or halted…
Read More » -
Africa
41 African countries set for stronger economic growth, says Edun
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Aug. 2, 2024 Mr. Wale Edun the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy,…
Read More » -
Local
Group begins tree planting to combat desertification in Sokoto
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, July 30, 2024 The Shehu Maikoli Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), in partnership with RAISE4Sahel (R4S),…
Read More » -
Local
Abia: NEMA sensitises stakeholders to waste mgt., flood preparedness
By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Aug. 1, 2024 The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sensitised disaster management stakeholders to proper…
Read More »
