US Electoral College set to confirm Biden win Monday

Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognise Joe Biden as the next US president has taken on unusual import this…

US Electoral College set to confirm Biden win Monday

Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognise Joe Biden as the next US president has taken on unusual import this…

Boko Haram attacks Borno town, kills soldier, four civilians

Boko Haram terrorists have killed one soldier and four other persons in an attack on Askira town in the southern part of Borno State. It was gathered that the attack…

Corruption: Buhari fails to assent Federal Audit Bill since Jan 2019

DESPITE his vaunted anti-corruption stance, the President, Major General, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has failed to sign the Federal Audit Bill, two years after it was presented to him for assent.…

IPOB launches security outfit against criminal herdsmen

The Indigenous People of Biafra has launched a security outfit  against criminal herdsmen. The Media and Public Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, announced this in a statement on Sunday.…

Mother of quintuplets stranded in hospital, accumulates N3.7m bill

A woman, Mrs Abigail Musa, who was delivered of five babies after 23 years of bareness, has been stranded at the Fertile Ground Hospital, Zaramaganda Road, Jos, Plateau State, over…

Blacklist: NSCIA faults US, CAN over religious intolerance

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has told the United States that churches in Northern Nigeria were over 300 per cent more than the number of mosques in the…

Civil servant paid self N145m PIB media fund – Senate

The Senate Public Account Committee has sustained a query which indicted a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of awarding N145m meant for the media campaign on…

Banks’ non-performing loans now N1.17tn – NBS

Non-performing loans in the Nigerian banking sector fell by N42.4bn in three months, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. According to figures obtained from the NBS’…

Airlines face new threat as COVID-19 second wave spreads

With the rising cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria and other countries, Nigerian airlines are likely to be hard hit again by the impact of the looming second wave on air…