A support group, Asiwaju Project Beyond 2023, has expressed its readiness to purchase the presidential nomination form for an All Progressives Congress aspirant, Bola Tinubu. In a statement released in Abuja by its National Director, Media & Publicity, Adeboye Adebayo, on Wednesday night, the group said picking up the form …

THE President, Academic Staff Union of University, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has accused the Federal Government of not giving priority to tertiary education. According to him, the government had addressed the issue of fuel subsidy with a budget of N4trillion, whereas, it ignored issues concerning university education. Speaking during a programme …

A yet-to-be-identified driver has crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Jamiu Issa, to death in the Lekki-Ajah area of the state. A statement by the spokesperson for the agency, Olumide Filade, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Wednesday. Filade said the driver was driving against …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, directed the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, to submit a progress report by the end of May 2022 on the indigenous production of vaccines in the country. He gave the directive while receiving at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the leadership of the Nigeria Integrated Biopharmaceuticals …

Chief Ede Dafinone and Chief John Nani have joined the race to succeed Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, as Delta Central legislator in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. While Dafinone is aspiring on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nani is seeking the slot on the banner …

Yesterday at Abuja, The Federal Government said, that the effort to improve power supply across the country was back on track, after about two months of challenges that led to the collapse of the national grid thrice within a month. The government said it expected the grid to deliver a …

Luuk de Jong headed in a 92nd-minute winner on Sunday as Barcelona prevailed in a five-goal thriller against Levante to return to second in La Liga. De Jong’s late goal, his sixth in the league for Barca, proved the decisive moment in a 3-2 victory in Valencia but it was …

There is palpable tension in Enugu State metropolis as gunmen reportedly killed a driver and burnt his sienna bus at the Holy Ghost area of the state capital. The gunmen also reportedly disrupted early morning businesses and chased away people who came out to board vehicles to travel to various …

The Zamfara State Police Command has rescued 37 kidnapped victims who were abducted at various villages and locations in the Bungudu and Maru Local Government Areas of the State. Addressing journalists in Gusau on Monday, the State Police Commissioner, CP Ayuba N. Elkanah, said the rescued victims included eight males, …

Nigeria seems to be losing out in trade with other African countries as reflected in a 33.8 percent decline in trade balance with the continent to N1.86 trillion in 2021 from N2.81 trillion in 2019. This development, coming ahead of the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area …