The most competitive Ballon d’Or ever

We will see perhaps the most competitive ever shortlist for the Ballon d’Or winner, with 30 names being published on Friday afternoon by France Football Magazine for the 2021 award.  The ceremony…

Military decorates late COAS, Attahiru, with posthumous PhD

The late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, was posthumously honoured with a PhD in Military Science by the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. The COAS died alongside others…

2023: Race for Buhari’s successor triggers debate on national unity

Since the return of democratic rule in 1999, the clamour for the respect for an unwritten agreement to rotate power at the centre between the North and the South appears…

Anambra poll: INEC seeks schools closure, to deploy 26,000 ad hoc staff

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Dr Nwachukwu Orji, on Friday, said the Independent National Electoral Commission had approached the government to grant its permission to close down schools…

Bandits release five more students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna

Bandits have released five more students of Bethel Baptist School, located in Chikun Local Government of Kaduna state.  Rev Israel Adelani Akanji, President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention confirmed the release of…

Secondary school student grabs his female classmate’s boobs as they celebrate end of exams in Ogun

A student of a secondary School in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State is pictured grabbing his female classmate’s boobs in front of the school while celebrating their final exams.  A local journalist, Tosin visited…

IPOB: Army handed over Chiwetalu Agu to us —DSS

The Department of State Services says veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu, was brought to its custody by the Nigerian Army. It added that justice would be served. DSS Spokesman, Dr Peter…

2022 budget: FG ignores Rivers, Lagos VAT row, targets N316bn

Despite ongoing legal tussle over which tier of government to collect Value Added Tax, the Federal Government has estimated N316.69bn as its share of VAT in 2022. The sum is…

Northern group attacks Clark for opposing proposed Kano naval base

A group, the Northern Compatriots in Southern Nigeria, has criticised Chief Edwin Clark, for opposing the proposed naval base in Kano State, alleging that he mocked Kano people. Clark had…

I’m optimistic about Nigeria’s future – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday  declared that his faith in a better Nigeria remained unshakable. Obasanjo insisted that the country would  not be destroyed by the myriads of challenges…