The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says all the inmates who escaped from the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) Custodial Centre, Abolongo, Oyo State, will be recaptured.
The...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has commenced the interrogation of a former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim in a case of alleged corruption and diversion of...
A Catholic priest and Vicar of St Theresa’s Catholic Church,Agulu Anambra state escaped death by the whiskers when a band of unknown gunmen at Amansea-Ugwuoba axies on the Enugu...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed misgivings over the proceedings during Kanu’s last court appearance at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Disclosing the Ohanaeze position...
The Federal Government says it has established a link between Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, and a Boko Haram sponsor, Surajo Muhammad, who was sentenced...
Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will use the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Nigeria to promote strategic partnership...
The northern leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have picked Senator Iyorchia Ayu as their consensus candidate for the party’s chairmanship position zoned to the region.
This...
The meeting of the Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for National Offices of the Party ahead of the October 30-31 National Convention ended in Enugu, on Thursday,...
Some prominent Nigerians have established a third political force, Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP), to give Nigerians an alternative platform to the All Progressives Congress, APC and...
A High Court sitting in Rivers State has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus from parading or acting as head of the party’s National...
The All Progressives Congress has scheduled September 4 for the conduct of its state congresses.
This was contained in a statement titled, “APC Schedules Local Government Area Congresses...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the re-election of Rotimi Akeredolu as Governor of Ondo State.
In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, four of the seven-member...
President Muhammadu Buhari will unveil the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), known as the eNaira, today at the State House, Abuja.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had in February...
Seplat Energy Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian and London stock exchanges, has commissioned the project for power supply to Oben Cottage...
An internationally-renowned rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has upgraded Lagos State ratings from AA+ to AAA for its good standing in terms of debt sustainability and resilience.
Communicating...
Following the Presidential applause for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on its posting of ₦287bn profit after tax in the 2020 financial year, the Group Managing...
A significant step towards redeeming the pledge by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno...
The Federal Executive Council has approved contracts for the rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna refineries at a cost of $1.4 billion.
The breakdown shows that $897 million is earmarked...
Dr Anthony Ejike Anigbo is a unique medical practitioner. Through medical philanthropy, he has touched hundreds of lives positively.
Anigbo who is the founder and Medical Director of...
Mr. Stephen Ighomena Irebia is a versatile, experienced and highly resourceful professional accountant. He has over 30 years of professional practice in finance, audit, tax, consulting...
Dr Kasim Olatunde Omokanye is an innovative general practice physician who has put over 20 years into his profession.
However, what stands him out today is his unique approach to...
Dr Olugbenga Olawale Eweoya is a seasoned, passionate, well – rounded and dynamic medical practitioner. He has extensive experience in Family Medicine and hospital setting.
Eweoya...
Mr. Samson Olaleye can easily be described as an accounting and financial management guru. He is a corporate finance executive with sound professional and management background, offering...
Mr. Paschal Okechukwu Achunine is a driven social entrepreneur with corporate professional experience of 25 years spanning various senior managerial roles across Operations, Sales...
The Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulkadir has this Wednesday,September 22, 2021 died in in the city of Kano. St
A presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed the death of the traditional...
The Ooni of Ife, one of Nigeria’s most prominent traditional rulers, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has welcomed a son with his wife, Olori Moronke Naomi Silekunola.
The elated king...
Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamali has emerged as the 19th Emir of the city of Zaria which is traditionally called Zazzau in Kaduna State.
He succeeds Alhaji Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday,...
Kuwait has sworn in its new emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, to receive the body of his half-brother, the late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah who died in the United...
In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many employees were sent by employers to work remotely. This is to reduce the risk of infection in public transport and in crowded...
After the quarantine, things will return to normal (or whatever the new normal will look like). The compulsory stay-at-home laws will be repealed and some other restrictions will be...
Mr. Chaim Zach is an international investor and industrialist. For close to 30 years, he has positively impacted the Nigerian agricultural sector. He has hugely contributed to the...
Dr Adrienne Tikolo is a highly cerebral and skilled educator. She has made profound contributions to education in Nigeria. Now, her work is reaching out to other parts of the world.
Adrienne...
Dr Oyeleke Ajiboye is a seasoned professional in the environmental engineering and property development industry. He has however also recorded huge successes in many other areas of...
Mr. Solomon Adedotun Adegboyega is a first-rate corporate administrator. He has spent over 30 years in management and his dexterity is widely acknowledged. He is today the Managing...
Sudan’s military has placed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest after moving him to an unknown location for refusing to support a coup, according to the information...
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has died aged 84 of Covid-19 complications, his family has announced.
He was a former top military officer who rose to become the first African-American...
A suicide bomb tore through a mosque in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing or wounding more than 100 people, a UN agency said.
Video footage showed...
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their fight to defend free expression in the Philippines and Russia.
Ressa is the co-founder of the...
Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose work touches on colonialism and refugee life, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said.
Gurnah, who grew...
Germany’s Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the United States on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction,...
Text of the address to the United Nations 76th General Assembly by Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, September 24, 2021.
Protocols:
Mr. President,
Let me, on...
The battle lines were drawn, the drums of war drowning the initial applause that greeted the order for the financial probe of the corruption riddled interventionist agency – the...
It is two years since Mallam Mele Kyari, with a simple mien and a rather unassuming disposition, took the reigns of leadership at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as Group...
Fellow Nigerians,
I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria.
2....
The world was suddenly jolted by the spread of an unknown virus later coded the Coronavirus. It was a moment of despair, confusion and a total shift in lifestyle.
Social distancing,...
The new Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, Mr Africa Valentine Ezenyimuru, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s peace and...
The World Cup qualifier between Latin America powerhouses Brazil and Argentina was suspended on Sunday night as the Brazilian Health Authorities stormed onto the pitch to detain Argentina...
Cristiano Ronaldo will wear Manchester United’s iconic number seven again after Edinson Cavani agreed to surrender the shirt.
Ronaldo followed in a long list of United legends...
Manchester United has announced that it has reached agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo.
This was made known by Manchester United via its official website.
Read...
Serena Williams will not play in the U.S. Open because of an injury, she said Wednesday.
“After careful consideration and following the advice of my doctors and medical team,...
Lionel Messi has agreed to join Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year contract.
The six-time Ballon d’Or winner had two other options after leaving Barcelona last week, but has chosen...
Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi is leaving the club after “financial and structural obstacles” made it impossible to renew his contract. The forward, who has spent...
The Honourable Justice Oluwatoyin Abosede Taiwo is far from being an obscure name in the Lagos State Judiciary. She stands tall as a judge of the High Court of Lagos State.
However,...
Chief (Mrs.) Aku Christy Orduh is a unique Nigerian woman. She has dedicated her life to the uplift of people with disabilities in society.
These several years, she has made remarkable...
Mrs. Ifedolapo Runsewe is a uniquely creative, innovative, resourceful and industrious Nigerian woman. She is a veritable woman of enterprise and she represents an exclusive crop of...
Mrs. Temitayo Nelson is a multi-skilled, astute and avid finance professional who has been instrumental to various strategic turnaround in organizations she worked with and in various...
Mrs. Oluwatoyin Adebimpe Durodola is a dynamic manager who has proven her mettle in different fields. From accounting and financial management functions, she has successful transformed...
Mrs. Catherine Uzoamaka Nwosu is an efficient and multi-talented corporate executive. She has over 25 years’ experience in leading and driving business transformation, operational...
A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set for the 19th Century western Rust.
Halyna Hutchins, 42, was shot while...
Dystopian South Korean drama Squid Game has become Netflix’s most popular series launch ever, drawing 111 million fans since its debut less than four weeks ago, the streaming...
White Money has won the Big Brother Naija season 6 ‘Shine Ya Eyes’ reality show.
He was announced as the winner on Sunday night, closely followed by Afije Roseline Omokhoa a.k.a...
Singer R. Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades.
Eleven accusers – nine women and...
After a most engaging week of delivering healthcare to the under-served and indigent in Lagos, Syd-Monic Foundation concluded its third annual Medical and Surgical Outreach on Sunday,...
Mrs Onajite Regha is the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Secretary of the Electronics Payment Providers Association of Nigeria and the initiator of the association which she co-founded...
Mr. Peter Folikwe is an enigmatic corporate manager. He could be said to be the man with the Midas Touch. Much of what he has touched these several years, as a manager of...
Daisy Obiano is a uniquely enterprising and creative Nigerian woman. She has made a bold mark with her company, Capelli Salon and Beauty Parlour Ltd located on Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos....
He is a man with a highly innovative mind. His creativity and spirit of industry make him one of those who hold the promise of launching Nigeria onto higher realms in Information and...
Mr. Silvester Ibeh is a highly resourceful and unassuming gentlemen. He is a philanthropist, an international business strategist, a security expert, a man of transparent honesty,...
