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Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the country will on June 29, export 72 tonnes of yam to Europe and the United States of America (USA). A statement by Dr Olukayode Oyeleye, the Special Assistant to the minister (Media), in Abuja on Thursday, said Ogbeh disclosed this at a meeting […]

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has sent a letter notifying Senator Dino Melaye of a petition for his recall. This, according to the commission, is in accordance with its guidelines for the recall of members of the National Assembly. INEC’s National Commissioner and Member of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Mohammed […]

Lagos and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has claimed that the person behind the quit notice issued to Igbos living in the North, resides in Lagos. Falana said this while speaking at a media briefing organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on the raging agitations by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The […]

We live in a world – the digital age- where we virtually do everything online from corresponding to shopping, banking and socializing. We send and receive emails; shop for virtually everything online; socialize through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram etc; watch movies on YouTube and Netflix; check our bank balances; store our music collection on iTunes […]

A former aide to the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has urged Nigerians to pray for the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo because he needs “wisdom from God” to handle the agitation for Biafra. The former aide questioned why past leaders have refused to talk about the agitation in order to address […]

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Jumoke Akinjide and one Olanrewaju Otiti before Justice J.O Abdul-Malik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on an amended 12-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N650 million. […]

The Greek philosopher Plato is most famous for his book “The Republic” in which he tried to give his ideas about how an ideal state, that is, some kind of utopia should be governed. In short he advocated for a state ruled by a philosopher king supported by a class who through education would know […]

The National Working Committee of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), led by Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi have bickered over Nigeria’s restructuring agitations. While Makarfi said there was nothing wrong with the clamour for restructuring of the country, the Sheriff-led NWC said restructuring is not […]

A Lagos High Court, Ikeja, has remanded a United States citizen, Mr. Marco Antonio Ramirez, in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defrauding three Nigerians of $565,000. The defendant, who claimed to be the Managing Director of three companies – USA Now Plc, Eagleford Instalodge Group and USA Now Energy Capital Group – will remain in prison […]

30-year-old native doctor, Lucky Okon, who allegedly raped a woman for days and defrauded her of N800,000, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The accused was arraigned before Magistrate J.A Adigun on a two-count charge. Okon, who resides on Ajasa Command Road, Ipaja, Lagos, however, pleaded not guilty, and was admitted to  bail […]

What else shall we write? That was the title of a column written by Prof Olatunji Dare in the nineties. It attests to the fact that for every columnist, a moment comes when you look at practically all the issues dominating the news and you wonder what new things you have to say. I am […]

A group under the auspices of Niger Delta Elders and Leaders Forum, NDELF, yesterday advocated for true federalism and increase of derivation from the current 13 per cent to 50 per cent for the region. The coordinator of NDELF, Chief Mike Loyibo, said that, the Niger Delta people were averse to the Federal Government’s “cosmetic […]

Nostra Cancer Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation based in Lagos and founded by a Nasopharyngeal cancer survivor Mr. Frank Aja Ukpabi is set to break the ground of its recently acquired 6 plots of land in Epe, area of Lagos for its proposed holistic and up-to-date cancer treatment centre to help cancer patients in Nigeria beat cancer […]

Singer Dencia has warned Biafrans agitating for a separation from Nigeria that they will still be betrayed by whoever becomes their new leader. This she passed across in a message on social media yesterday, while also addressing Cameroonians demanding a separation from their French speaking side. (LIB)

The World Economic Forum recently released their Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, which analyses the travel and tourism sectors in 136 countries. The report includes a ranking of how safe those 136 countries are for tourists.The ranking is based on the prevalence of violence and terrorism, and not on petty crime. The top five most […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has received signatures from the electorates in Kogi West Senatorial District, asking for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye from the Senate. Six bags, which contained the signatures of 52.3 percent of the electorates from the zone and other petitions, were submitted to the Commission in Abuja on Wednesday. Kogi […]

The Federal Government has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja to file an appeal against the judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal CCT that discharged and acquitted Senate President Bukola Saraki of 18 counts of false asset declaration and other related offences. The tribunal had on June 14th, dismissed the case on the […]

The notorious kidnapper, Chikwudubem Onwuamadike alias Evans, who was recently arrested in Lagos has a Ghanaian passport and owns houses in the country. The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, who disclosed this yesterday at the ongoing West Africa National Security Conference in Accra, Ghana, further affirmed that Evans’ family resides in Ghana. Idris, who underscored […]

Nigeria’s 36 state governors have been scheduled to meet with the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo today to conclude his consultative sessions in relation to recent ethnic agitations. In a tweet by the presidency on Tuesday, it stated: ”Tomorrow AgP @ProfOsinbajo will meet with all State Governors to conclude his consultative sessions in relation to recent ethnic agitations.” Osinbajo […]

A Thai woman who advertised herself as having dated over 5,000 rich men is currently trending after launching an online course designed to guide other Thai women in catching and keeping rich foreign guys. The woman from Khon Kaen, Thailand, who calls herself Praiya Suriya on Facebook, is opening a “club” that recruits eligible Thai […]