The lead story in This Day newspaper of December 30, 2021 brought the year to a close with a reminder of one of the many ills...
When FINGERPRINTS column returned last week we conversed about the season under the headline- ‘Nigeria’s King Herod this Christmas’. We paid no heed to anything or...
The founder of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, has highlighted the flaws of the cashless policy entrenched by the Central Bank of...
Nigerian investors Shareholders in quoted firms listed on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) realised a gain of N1.238 trillion during the year 2021....
These 10 top stories should interest you. 1. El-Rufai charges security to bomb bandits’ hideouts in Nigeria’s North-West The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday...
The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, on Monday condemned the killing of three persons at Rafin Bauna community of Bassa local government area of the state....
Angry residents of a community near the Nigeria Customs Service checkpoint in Sokoto on Sunday set ablaze two vehicles belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC)...
Suspected herdsmen reportedly attacked a farming community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State on Sunday. Residents told journalists on Monday, the herdsmen who...
A former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Oyo State, Michael Lana, has explained why a former federal lawmaker, Chief Lekan Balogun, should not succeed the...
Coach Chris Danjuma has called up 26 players to the camp of the Nigeria’s U20 Girls, Falconets ahead of this month’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup...
The Rivers State police command on Monday dismissed the report on the attempted abduction of music star, Teniola Akpata, aka Teni, in the state. Reports emerged...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lembi ward, Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, has suspended a former member of the House of Representatives, Umaru...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday banned the recitation of the Nigerian national anthem in schools in the South-East. The IPOB Director of State,...
Police operatives on Monday killed a suspected member of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), an armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), during a...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday described the presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the June 12, 1993 election, Bashir Othman Tofa, as...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Monday declared its support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, saying the...
Two children died and five other persons were injured in an auto crash along Uyo-Ikot Ekpene highway in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom...
The immediate past National Organizing Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Col. Austin Akobundu (retd) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to explore dialogue as...
A report by the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF) has revealed that about 178,459 different types of arms and ammunition are missing...
The Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Sunday Babaji has ordered the arrest of a policewoman for burning the hands of her 10-yewr-old niece who allegedly stole...
Nigerians connected to the National grid and supplied electricity only paid back 68.7 percent for the energy consumed. This is according to documents obtained from the...
A 57-year-old Commercial driver, Alfa Muhammed has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his 40-year-old estranged wife to death. The suspect,...
Amid harsh economic realities, the organised private sector, yesterday, raised concerns over high taxation making the 2022 economy bleak. In a statement yesterday, President, Abuja Chamber...
An arm of the United Nations, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has identified Nigerian drug cartel of being the brain behind the...
Gunmen, on New Year’s Eve, attacked a passenger boat travelling from Yenagoa to Twon-Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The gunmen were said...
Stocks to watch list this week is dominated by company takeovers and stock market sell off, which will affect investment of shareholders in some selected companies....
The presidential candidate of the National Republican Convention (NRC) in the 1993 presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, is dead. Though details of his death are still...
President Muhammadu Buhari last week promised to recover every kobo stolen from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as well as punish all individuals indicted for...
These 10 top stories might interest you. 1. Gov Sule rejects predictions on APC break-up after Buhari’s exit from power The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule,...
A former Governor of Anambra State, Chris Ngige said on Saturday he was offered bribes to accept the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State on Sunday accused Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of financial recklessness. In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary in...
The Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, on Sunday inaugurated the Acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Joseph Awak. He replaced the former Chief Judge of...
Kano State government on Sunday dismissed as false claims by the former governor of the state, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje did not win...
Fire on Sunday morning razed the South Africa parliament building in Cape Town. The parliament’s spokesman, Moloto Mothapo, who confirmed the incident in a statement a...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested two suspected killers of a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Babatunde Dada, in the state. Dada,...
Bandits on Sunday killed eight persons including a housewife during attacks on communities in three local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Home...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday described the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, as a visionary and compassionate leader. Oba Adetunji died in the early...
Gunmen on Friday killed the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Otu Inyang. Eyewitnesses told journalists on Sunday that the gunmen killed...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State on Sunday accused the state government of maintaining the South-East security outfit, Ebubeagu, to prosecute the 2023 general...
The Former Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni, on Sunday explained why he was vying for the state governorship election. In his New Year message to the...
Okpella community in Etsako East local government area of Edo State on Saturday disagreed with the state government over a proposed airport to be cited in...
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Lionel Messi is one of four players at the French club that just tested positive for Covid-19. The Argentine and team-mates Juan Bernat,...
Belgian striker, Romelu Lukaku has been dropped for Chelsea’s game against Liverpool to take place at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. In an interview recorded several weeks...
Two more students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kaduna, who were abducted by bandits have been released, leaving one out of the 121 students there...
The Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the allegations and counter accusations...
Controversial Nigerian transvestite, Bobrisky, real name Idris Okuneye has tendered a public apology to Dubai-based businessman, Mompha, real name Ismaila Mustapha, and has debunked claims that...
Hello, and welcome to the first Business Roundup in 2022. We bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market to...
Nigerian foreign reserves closed 2021 above $40 billion despite heavy withdrawing in the month of December. Data from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that as...
Gunmen, on Saturday kidnapped a former governorship aspirant in the 2019 general elections in Plateau State, Nkemi Nicholas Nshe. Nshe, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic...
