Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
NNPCL announces new appointments
Also announced in the statement were the appointments of Mr. Isiyaku Abdullahi as Executive Vice President (EVP), Downstream and Mr.…
Obaseki: I’m embarking on medical vacation
Obaseki whose tenure ended on Tuesday with takeover of Monday Okpebholo as the new governor of Edo State said this…
The legacy of Johan Cruyff
Born in Amsterdam in 1947, Cruyff emerged from the famed Ajax youth academy to become one of the most iconic…
British writer Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize
Harvey’s tale of six fictional astronauts on the International Space Station was “unanimously” chosen as the winner after a “proper…
Edo: Okpebholo suspends revenue collection, orders arrest of defaulters
Governor Okpebholo said he will review the issues surrounding the collections soon and decide on the way forward
India’s PM Modi visits Nigeria on Saturday
The visit, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to Nigeria in 17 years, was at the invitation of Nigeria's…
Alleged bullying: Minister orders suspension of 13 FGC Enugu students
Federal Ministry of Education announced this in statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji…
National Museum exhibits Enwonwu’s 1956 masterpiece of Queen Elizabeth II
The bronze sculpture of Elizabeth II by Ben Enwonwu was commissioned by the Queen on her visit to Nigeria in…
‘Defend yourselves against Boko Haram’, Zulum tells Southern Borno communities
“You cannot gain victory over Boko Haram unless you as the indigenous people in the areas stand to defend yourselves",…
Arab-Islamic summit mandates Nigeria, others to end Israel-Palestine crisis
In a communiqué, the summit urged the Ministerial Committee to “intensify its efforts and expand them to include working on…
Hijab: Again, UI-ISI loses bid to stay execution of judgement
Tuesday’s ruling, therefore, means UI-ISI lost its application for a stay-of-execution regarding the usage of hijab by its female Muslim…
Police smash notorious kidnappers, car snatcher, others in Kaduna
According to him, during interrogation, the suspects confessed to their roles in a series of kidnappings. “They even disclosed their…
Rivers crisis: Wike’s aide tackles Afenifere chieftain Okunrounmu
Olayinka said this while reacting to the statement by Okurounmu that President Bola Tinubu has laid back on the ongoing…
Gov. Yusuf donates 78 patrol vehicles to Kano Police Command
Speaking in appreciation, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Salman Dogo Garba said: "It is my honour and pleasure, on…
Pastor Bakare donates solar panel to UNILAG, institutes endowment fund
The gestures, according to Bakare, also a politician, are to encourage learning in his alma mata. The donation and the…
Morocco 2025: Ekong, Lookman, Simon, 19 others train in Abidjan
Eleven players, including Captain and AFCON Man of the Competition, Ekong, reigning Africa Player of the Year Victor Osimhen and…
Gov. Yusuf gives Kwankwaso’s daughter to Mangal’s son
According to a statement by Governor Yusuf's spokesperson, Comrade Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, "Governor Yusuf will on Saturday give Dr.…
Shettima: I’m optimistic of Okpebholo’s ability to transform Edo
Shettima in his address at the swearing-in ceremony of the governor on Tuesday in Benin, emphasised the significance of the…
64-year-old Lagos man, Durojaye bags life jail for defiling neighbour’s 11-year-old
The prosecution submitted that on Nov. 30, 2019 while the mother of the survivor in her shop, the convict, who…
Court jails 36 internet fraudsters arrested in Ebonyi
The convicts were arrested on November 1, 2024, at different locations of Abakaliki , Ebonyi State following actionable intelligence linking…
Edo governor Okpebholo announces critical appointments
Okpebholo also nominated a two time member of the House of Representatives, Samson Osagie (PhD) as Attorney-General and Commissioner For…
Okpebholo: What I will do as Edo governor
said: "My administration shall support small businesses and market women with soft loans. "Our teeming youthful population will not be…
Okpebholo: I’ll probe non inauguration of 14 assembly members in 2019
The delay and refusal by the previous administration to swear in the three judges recommended by the National Judicial Council…
Dissecting the Tinubu Tax Reform Bills (Part 1)
These tax reforms bills did not come out from the blues, they are products of a year worth of intense…
Court adjourns pro-Wike PDP EXCOs’ suit against Damagun, others
The plaintiffs had approached the court to stop the defendants from dissolving the Rivers State Executive Committee (SEC) and others…
About- to- wed son of Seriki Hausa shot dead in Edo
A source who craved for anonymity said Danladi was sitting in his friend's shop along Enohuwa street, off First East…
Kano man Ibrahim-Abdullahi docked for raping minor to death
Ibrahim-Abdullahi, who lives in Jaba Quarters, Kano, was arraigned on charges bordering on culpable homicide and rape before a Kano…
Ondo governorship election: Obasanjo wishes Aiyedatiwa all the best
Speaking when he paid courtesy visit to Aiyedatiwa in Akure on Monday, Obasanjo wished the governor the best in the…
Tinubu’s people-centric tax reforms and Ndume’s threat
Estimates from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) a few years back had it that out of 70 million taxable…
10 questions & answers on Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills
The bills are seeking to merge taxes and harmonise revenue administration. The system will leverage technology for integration which will…