Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress says the party’s preparation for the forthcoming general elections, particularly how to conduct transparent primaries formed the major discussion held during the party’s caucus meeting held on Tuesday night. Oshiomhole disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents at the end of […]

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded four men charged with the murder of one Abubakar Mohammed, alleged to have taken his cattle to graze on a farm land. The four men–Abdulrahman Olatunji, 27, Amode Kehinde, 28, James Olamilekan, 20, and Ajadi Sadiq, 28, all of Oke-Oyi in Kwara — are standing trial for criminal […]

Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The Medical Superintendent of the Leprosy Hospital in Ekpene-Obom, Etinan Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Afia Afia, has warned the general public against stigmatising people suffering from leprosy. Describing leprosy as a curable disease, Afia said the general attitude to patients was capable of promoting stigmatisation and it should be […]

Eric Dumo A United Kingdom-based company, Integrated Digital Healthcare System Ltd, has unveiled a digital healthcare platform in Nigeria. The move, which the firm says will afford Nigerians access to quality medical services from some of the best doctors in the world, will go a long way in reducing the number of people travelling outside […]

Samuel Awoyinfa  Abeokuta Authorities of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, has developed what it called first improved indigenous chicken breed called the ‘FUNAAB Alpha.’ The Vice-chancellor of the institution, Prof. Kolawole Salako, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists about the breakthrough and the presentation of certificate of ‘FUNAAB Alpha’ by the National Centre […]

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Nigerian Medical Association has urged politicians to guard their utterances so as to avoid a possible eruption of political violence and an attendant crisis that may be beyond the capacity of the health sector. The NMA said this in a statement jointly signed by its President, Dr Francis Faduyile and Secretary-General, […]

Mr Salman Jawondo (A former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch) I think it should be made a subject that is open to public scrutiny because this is public money and public money should be accounted for to the last kobo. So, the concept of security vote being kept secret should not be the case. […]

  Femi Makinde, Osogbo Popular Nigerian pop star, Innocent Idibia, popularly called 2Face, visited Osogbo, Osun State capital on Tuesday to campaign for a violence-free governorship election in the state. The singer joined the state Director of the Department of State Services, Mr Brown Ekwaba, and the Commandant of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, […]

John Charles, Makurdi A federal lawmaker representing Gwer East and ‘Gwer West of Benue State, Mark Gbillah, said on Tuesday that the unabated killings by herdsmen led to the defection  of about  8,000 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress to the opposition PDP. Among those who defected were council chairmen, councilors, political appointees from […]

Niyi Odebode, Olusola Fabiyi and Eniola Akinkuotu The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mrs Theresa May, has painted a grim picture of economic inequality in Nigeria and many other countries in Africa. May, who is visiting Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa this week, made the comment in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday The […]

Olufemi Atoyebi, Sunday Aborisade and Williams Babalola Three Senior Advocates of Nigeria and a former presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, have advised the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to follow due process in its attempt to remove the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Okupe and the senior lawyers, Professor Fidelis Oditah (SAN), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama […]

Friday Olokor, Jos  A former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang, on Tuesday, declared his intention to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, saying “I’m the face of the Middle Belt in this contest.” While insisting that the time had come for the Middle Belt to govern […]

German international defender Benjamin Henrichs joined Monaco on a five-year deal from Bayern Leverkusen on Tuesday, the Ligue 1 club said, for a reported fee of 20 million euros ($23.3 million). READ ALSO: Ronaldo wins UEFA’s Goal of the Season award The versatile 21-year-old who can play at right-back, left-back or as a defensive midfielder played […]

A former Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, and his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Godswill Akpabio, who recently left the Peoples Democratic Party for the APC attended the meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress’ national caucus at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for the first time on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Buhari presides over APC caucus meeting, Uduaghan […]

Ghana and Britain on Tuesday signed a £20 million (22 million euros, $26 million) trade and investment agreement to create jobs and promote economic development in the west African nation, the Ghanaian presidency said. The presidency said a Memorandum of Understanding, which represents Britain’s new working programme in its former colony, has been tailored along […]

President Donald Trump welcomed FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to the White House on Tuesday, congratulating football’s governing body for awarding the 2026 World Cup to North America before jokingly waving a red card at journalists. “I very much appreciate the fact that we have won a very important event, the World Cup in 2026,” said […]

West Ham survived a scare from League One Wimbledon to register Manuel Pellegrini’s first win in charge and progress to the third round of the League Cup as Premier League sides Cardiff, Huddersfield and Brighton bowed out on Tuesday. The Hammers have suffered three straight defeats to begin their league season, despite former Real Madrid […]

The UN Children’s Fund said more than 82,500 children are being prepared for the new school year in Ebola-affected areas of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo . UNICEF said it was scaling up education, health and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes to assist the schools to provide a protective learning environment for children […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari would soon do the needful on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill currently before him for assent. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, stated this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps engaged 1761 drivers nationwide in a free and voluntary Eye Test during the 2018 Eid-El Kabir special patrol operations. The free eye test which ran from Friday, August 17 to Sunday, August 26, 2018, was successfully carried out in collaboration with the Optometrists Association across the country. According to the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has injected 210 million dollars into the inter-bank foreign exchange market to ensure adequate supply of foreign exchange to customers. READ ALSO: Ogun guard kills repairer for riding on ponmo The CBN acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor, said 100 million dollars was offered to authorised dealers in the […]

Seven members of the security forces were killed early Tuesday after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Burkina Faso, security sources said. The fatalities were gendarmes and troops who had been sent to the town of Pama as reinforcements after a police station there came under attack, they said. READ ALSO: Three things that […]

Two women, Cynthia Mosupi, and Sharon Gugu Thwala, who murdered schoolgirl Boitumelo Dlamini by dousing her with petrol and setting her aflame were on Monday sentenced to 18 and 14 years in jail by the High Court in Pretoria. Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela sentenced Mosupi, 24,  to 18 years in jail, while her friend, Thwala, 25,  […]

The Nigerian Air Force  says the Air Task Force  of ” Operation Diran Mikiya” has successfully neutralised several armed bandits at Bayan Ruwa and Rugu Forest in the Eastern part of Zamfara. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ” The attack […]

A nine-year-old boy has committed suicide allegedly because his classmates refused to accept him after he has confessed to being a homosexual. According to Yahoo Lifestyle, his distraught mother said the young boy had also told his mom the same news weeks before, and she did not seem to mind. However, it proved to be […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with the government and people of Kebbi State on the flood disaster that ravaged 11 local government areas of the state. The Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi Governor, Abubakar Dakingari made the disclosure in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. He said the president’s message was read to the affected Koko, Koko/Besse […]

Manchester United Manager, Jose Mourinho stormed out of his news conference, following Monday’s 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur. Mourinho was ranting about the three titles he won with Chelsea and demanding “respect” from reporters present. The conference came shortly after he had stood at length in front of a mainly empty Stretford End applauding […]

The first batch of 312 Lagos pilgrims who participated in the just concluded hajj will depart Saudi Arabia for Nigeria on Tuesday, aboard Medview Airline. Their departure was announced in a statement signed by Mr Jamiu Dosunmu, Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Tuesday. The statement said the Commissioner […]

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described Monday’s defection of its chairman ,Mr Moshood Salvador to the All Progressives Congress as good riddance. Salvador defected to APC with his supporters on account that his efforts to reposition PDP in the state were frustrated by some elders of the party. He said […]

Prime Minister Theresa May indicated Tuesday that a no-deal Brexit would not be a disaster for Britain, playing down warnings of serious consequences for the UK economy. May said she was confident of striking an acceptable new deal with Brussels as Britain prepares to leave the European Union in March. She cited WTO director general […]

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Improvement in the release of joint venture funds for oil and gas projects by the Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation will attract more investments to Nigeria’s oil sector, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has said. According to the SPDC, the recent development in the JV funding by the […]

…we are encouraged by growth in non-oil sector – FG Ifeanyi Onuba, Nike Popoola and ’Femi Asu The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released the Gross Domestic Product growth rate for the second quarter of this year with the economy recording a decline in performance from 1.95 per cent in the first quarter to […]

Adewale Kupoluyi Anytime I get to read about how our politician cross-carpet from one party to another, I feel greatly troubled and unhappy for two reasons. First, it shows the level of indiscipline in the polity. Secondly, it gives one the impression that our journey into the enthronement of good governance and sustainable development is […]

Everest Amaefule, Abuja Coverage gaps in 200 communities across the country deprive more than 40 million people access to the Internet, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. The Executive Vice Chairman at NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, said this in Abuja on Monday at the annual International Telecommunications Union regional capacity building workshop hosted by the […]

This problem didn’t just start; it has been there for long. It is part of the challenge of the administration of public institutions in this country. It is a kind of reluctance of Nigeria to decentralise. Registration is the simplest thing that anybody can do. You should be able to register at any point. INEC […]