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Nigerian News
NDLEA arrested 50,901 in 38 months – Marwa
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa on Monday said that 50,901 drug…
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Business
China’s Q1 GDP growth tops forecasts on policy support
China’s economy grew faster-than-expected in the first quarter, data showed on Tuesday, offering some relief to officials as they try…
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Business
NGX set to adopt technology for bank recapitalisation exercise
The Nigerian Exchange Group has said that it will be adopting technology to drive the capital-raising efforts of financial companies…
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Health/Lifestyle
Japa Syndrome: Health workers push for 70 years retirement age
HEALTHCARE workers in the country have urged the Federal Government to extend the retirement age, to bridge the manpower shortage…
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Politics
APC Officials nullifies Ganduje’s purported suspension
The Ganduje Ward Executive Committee and Dawakin Tofa Local Government Executive Committee have vehemently denounced the purported suspension of the…
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Sport
Paris Olympics Flame To Be Lit In Its Greek Birthplace
Nearly 100 days before the 2024 Paris Games open, the Olympic flame will be lit in ancient Olympia on Tuesday…
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Tech
Samsung regains Top position in Smartphone Market – Industry tracker
Samsung regained its position as the top smartphone seller, wresting back the lead from Apple as Chinese rivals close the…
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World/Foreign News
Israeli military vows response to Iran attack as calls for restraint mount
Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran’s first-ever direct attack as international pressure for…
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Politics
Pres. Tinubu Declares April 7 National Police Day
President Bola Tinubu has declared April 7 as National Police Day. The president, who was represented by his Vice, Kashim…
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World/Foreign News
US intel said to indicate Iran could strike ‘Israeli soil’ in next 24 to 48 hours
Iran could launch an attack on Israeli soil within the next 24 to 48 hours, the Wall Street Journal on…
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Metro
‘I’m a man,’ Bobrisky admits in court
Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has admitted to being a male during his appearance at the Federal…
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Sport
OJ Simpson, former US football star acquitted of murder, dies aged 76
O.J. Simpson, the NFL Hall of Famer whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called “trial of the century” for the brutal…
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World/Foreign News
Ukraine Opening Embassies Across Africa To Counter Russia
Ukraine inaugurated an embassy in Ivory Coast on Thursday, a day after opening an embassy in the Democratic Republic of…
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Business
Adelabu Apologises For Saying Nigerians Keep Freezers On Due To Low Tariff
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has apologised to Nigerians for saying that they keep freezers on for days due…
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Politics
Idumota fire: Lagos Fire Service Unveils Comprehensive Safety Plan For Markets
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has launched an extensive plan to bolster fire safety measures in markets across…
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Nigerian News
NAF Air Strikes Eliminate Terrorists In Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force says that air strikes by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji, on Wednesday, led to…
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World/Foreign News
New Zealand aims to boost U.S. ties amid global instability
New Zealand is facing the most unstable global environment in decades, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Friday, as he…
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World/Foreign News
South Korea, Japan, US hold naval drills amid N.Korea threats
South Korea, Japan and the United States staged long-planned joint naval exercises involving an American aircraft carrier to ensure readiness…
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World/Foreign News
Water level rises sharply in Russia’s Kurgan region
The village of Kaminskoye in Russia’s Kurgan region was being evacuated on Friday morning after the water level there rose…
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Nigerian News
Idumota Fire: All unapproved buildings’ll Be Demolished, Says Sanwo-Olu
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, visited the scene of a fire incident at the popular Idumota market in the state.…
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Nigerian News
Tinubu, Buhari, govs mourn as ex-minister Onu dies at 73
President Bola Tinubu, former President Muhammadu Buhari, and other prominent Nigerians have expressed sadness over the passage of the former…
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Nigerian News
Sultan lauds Sokoto Ramadan feeding
THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has commended Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, on this year’s arrangement of…
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Metro
PICTORIAL: Sanwo-Olu’s daughter, Modupeoreoluwa, marries in Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, gave out his daughter, Modupeoreoluwa, in marriage to her lover, Oladele. The union…
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World/Foreign News
Rwanda Commemorates 30 Years Since Genocide
Rwanda on Sunday paid solemn tribute to genocide victims, 30 years after a vicious campaign orchestrated by Hutu extremists tore…
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Nigerian News
President Tinubu To Observe Eid-El-Fitr In Lagos State
President Bola Tinubu will spend the Eid-El-Fitr in Lagos State and will leave Abuja on Sunday. This is according to…
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Politics
3.7trn Budget padding: SERAP sues Akpabio for failure to recall Ningi
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has dragged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to court over “the failure to refer…
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World/Foreign News
Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, pledges help
President Joe Biden took an aerial tour on Friday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East…
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World/Foreign News
US, China hold military talks in Hawaii
U.S. military officials met their Chinese counterparts earlier this week for a series of meetings in Hawaii focused on how…
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World/Foreign News
Six dead, 10 injured in Russian strike on Kharkiv, officials say
A Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killed six civilians and injured 10 early on Saturday, regional officials said.…
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Politics
Plenary Sessions: Senate postpones resumption till April 23
The Senate has postponed the resumption of plenary sessions originally slated for Tuesday, April 16, to Tuesday, April 23, 2024.…
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Nigerian News
NIMC: FG to unveil new ID card with payment, social features
The Federal Government, through the National Identity Management Commission, will unveil an enhanced National Identity card layered with payment capabilities…
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Business
Electricity Tariff Hike: Atiku faults FG’s move
Former Vice president and PDP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar has joined the growing list of critics…
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Nigerian News
EFCC arrests Bobrisky for Naira abuse
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, over abuse of naira,…
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Nigerian News
Pres. Tinubu signs student loan bill into law
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, passed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, into…
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Nigerian News
Israeli-Hamas war: NCPC again moves 2024 Jerusalem pilgrimage to May
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission has shifted the resumption of the 2024 pilgrimage to Jerusalem to May from the earlier…
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Politics
“Tag Along”: Nigerian Youths Only Interested In Being PAs – Sowore
In light of the swearing-in of 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the Senegalese president, the 2023 presidential candidate of the…
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Nigerian News
FIRS Apologises To CAN, Christians Over Easter Message
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to Christians in the country over its Easter message which has stirred…
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Metro
South Koreans bid tearful farewell to first giant Panda, Fu Bao
South Koreans on Wednesday bid farewell to Fu Bao, the first giant panda born in the country, as she left…
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World/Foreign News
Senegal President, Faye appoints ally Sonko as Prime Minister
Senegalese New, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday, appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister in…
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World/Foreign News
Tsunami warning : 4 dead in Taiwan’s strongest quake in 25 years
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years,…
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