Month: August 2020

Federal Government’s plan to reopen the international airspace amid restricted traffic flow and four daily flights each at Lagos and Abuja airports has stirred worry …

Samsung and SIMS Nigeria celebrate 27 years of partnership with special rewards for customers

Samsung Electronics, West Africa in partnership with one of its major sales and distribution partners, SIMS Nigeria, has announced the commencement of a loyalty promotion …

stakeholders: Don’t scrap NDDC, let professionals run it

Stakeholders across political divides and the academia in Akwa Ibom State have spoken in unison against calls in some quarters that the Niger Delta Development …

”It is not too late to save Nigeria”, says Utomi

In this interview with MARCEL MBAMALU and KABIRAT AZEEZ, political economy professor Pat Utomi says it’s not too late to save Nigeria. •’Leaders must be …

Nigerians kick the Multichoice tariff hikes twice in three months

More Nigerian subscribers have expressed their readiness to boycott digital satellite services offered by Multichoice, owners of DStv and GoTV. The resolve follows the South …

Lagos Health Commissioner tests positive for COVID-19

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has tested positive to coronavirus. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for …

Ondo will remain in APC fold – Sanwo-Olu

His choice as the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council (NCC) for the October 10 governorship poll in Ondo State took few party …

NSCDC arrests eight suspected kidnappers in Oyo

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested eight suspected kidnappers terrorising the people of Ado Awaye, Araromi, Okaka, Ilero …

Eyes on Lisbon as PSG, Bayern Munich battle in the Champions League final

Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria (L) celebrates with Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar after scoring his team’s second goalduring the UEFA Champions League …

An air ambulance carrying Kremlin critic Navalny lands in Germany

An air ambulance landed in the German capital on Saturday carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has suffered a suspected poisoning, after a day-long …

Rape: Ememobong tasks FEDA with research and societal values

The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FEDA, has been tasked to step up sensitization on societal values as well as undertake indepth research into the …

Gunmen attack a police station in Ibadan and kill a police corporal

Tragedy struck on Friday evening as some unknown gunmen attacked the Ikolaba Police Station in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, leaving a police corporal on …

Monarchs go spiritual and send hunters to fish Shodipe

• Victim’s Husband Alleges Conspiracy • Barakat Was Not Allowed To Realise Her Ambition, Father Laments As the search for the escaped prime suspect in the serial …

UNILAG: Buhari suspends Babalakin and Ogundipe and sacks the acting VC

The Federal Government has directed the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin, to recuse himself from official duties …

Mixed reactions trail the departure of Buhari’s nephew Mamman Daura to the UK

Nigerians on Thursday had mixed reactions to the departure of Mamman Daura, a nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom (UK). Daura’s departure …

Kim calls a rare congress for North Korea’s ruling party

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party for January to address policy “shortcomings” and layout a …

Thousands flee as fast-moving wildfires spread across California

Thousands of people fled their homes in northern California on Wednesday as hundreds of fast-moving wildfires spread across the region, burning houses and leading to …

ISWAP terrorists attack troops and kill three soldiers in Borno