Mr Otedola is accusing Zenith Bank of perpetrating banking fraud against him and some of his companies. He claims the lender controversially disposed of his shares in the bank, manipulated the company’s bank accounts, and forged documents to cover up the alleged crimes.The businessman has also ...

Skin tone reflects humanity’s incredible diversity and a key player in determining our skin color is melanin, a pigment that not only adds hue but also offers crucial protection against the sun’s harsh rays. Notably, individuals residing closer to the equator generally exhibit darker skin—a ...

By Williams Anuku Talks to reach a compromise on a new minimum wage for workers in the public service have been deadlocked as organised Labour, again walked out of the meeting. Sources attending the meeting said the government failed to propose an amount higher than the N60,000 it earlier offered ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu has said the reintroduction of the old national anthem has always been his priority. Tinubu disclosed this during his meeting with the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, at the State House in Abuja, according to a statement issued by his ...

…As UNIzik Executes N60 Billion Projects . The Federal Government is to create a total of 40 million jobs within it’s four years in office under the Labour and Empowerment Enhancement Programme (LEEP). This is coming as the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka have successfully executed ...

The Katsina State House of Assembly has passed a unanimous vote of confidence on Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s leadership styles towards handling of security issues in the state. Rt. Hon. Nasiru Yahaya, the ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Presidential CNG Initiative has said the Nigerian federal government has concluded plans to roll out 5,000 Compressed Natural Gas-powered tricycles over the next three months. Michael Oluwagbemi, the Programme Director and Chief Executive of P-CNGi, disclosed this on Thursday ...

    The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has said that most people he helped to power during the 2023 general elections now avoid him. Umahi said this in Abakaliki on Thursday while speaking with newsmen. The minister said that even National Assembly members who he helped to power, were ...

The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) has reversed its decision to sack manager Marc Brys following a heated confrontation with Fecafoot president Samuel Eto’o. Brys, who was appointed as Cameroon’s manager in April by the country’s Sports Ministry, seemed to have parted ways with the ...

Ten people have been rescued from the rubble of a four-storey building that collapsed at No. 15, Iga Idunganran in the Lagos Island area of Lagos. The permanent secretary of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the collapse, said the agency ...

The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) has urged the federal government to ensure that the laws governing mining and natural resource governance reflect peculiarities and realities of host communities for maximum benefits to the country and citizens. The ...

Brazilian legend, Rivaldo has backed Borussia Dortmund to beat Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final. Dortmund will on Saturday evening tackle Real Madrid in the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium in London. However, Rivaldo believes the German Bundesliga club have so much ...

Former US President, Donald Trump was found guilty on all charges in his New York “hush-money” trial on Thursday, and the judge will soon determine whether a former president should be imprisoned for a felony conviction for the first time. Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, inau-gurated the Wuye bridge interchange, linking Wuse and Wuye Districts in the Federal Capital City (FCC). Speaking at the inauguration, President Tinubu reassured Nigerians of his admin-istration’s resolve to prioritize their wel-fare and make it the ...

The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that troops of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and Operation Whirl Punch have neutralised six insurgents and arrested three suspects during special operations in Giwa LGA. Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna State’s Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, ...

The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms says it has asked the federal government to adopt an exchange rate of N800 per dollar for customs import duty. Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the committee, spoke on Thursday while engaging journalists on the activities of the tax panel ...

Hausa musicians are constantly pushing boundaries and fusing traditional styles with modern influences, creating exciting new hybrid genres and sounds worth discovering. Below are five (5) reasons why you should listen to more Hausa music : Diverse styles: Hausa music encompasses a wide ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms says it has appealed to the Federal Government to adopt an exchange rate of N800 per dollar for customs import duty. Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the committee, spoke on Thursday while engaging journalists on the activities ...

Another round of massive job losses and price hikes looms as Kimberly-Clark, the producer and manufacturer of the popular diaper brand ‘Huggies’ and various sanitary pads, is set to announce the closure of its production facility in Ikorodu, Nigeria, after several years of investing $100 ...

Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has criticized the signing into law of the old National Anthem. On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu signed the National Anthem bill seeking to return the old National Anthem ‘Nigeria, We hail thee’ into law. But Omokri feels ...

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has reiterated its commitment to providing girls interested in the Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields with the necessary support, mentorship, and resources needed to achieve their dreams. Speaking at ...

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has praised Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State for his substantial investments in the state’s future. This commendation was made during the commissioning of a multi-billion-naira interchange project, celebrating Fintiri’s five-year tenure in ...

By Ogaga Ariemu House of Representatives has resolved to look into the mass retrenchment exercise by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The lawmakers passed the resolution during the plenary session on Wednesday after the adoption of a motion sponsored by Jonathan Gaza from Nasarawa state. In recent ...

The Federal Government has again extended an invitation to organised Labour for the continuation of minimum wage negotiations, a source familiar with the matter told our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. The source noted that Labour would honour the invitation. “A letter has been addressed to ...

The Obi-Datti Chief Spokesman, Dr Yunusa Tanko has reacted to the claim by Mr Calistus Okafofor that the National Chairman of Labour Party, Bar Julius Abure, gave the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi N850 million to prosecute the 2023 election. Tanko said Obi did not collect any ...

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a cop who killed two persons at an accident scene in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The accident, which involved a Lexus car and a Jincheng motorcycle occurred late on Tuesday night at the Omisanjana ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Educational Fund (UNICEF), has conducted a comprehensive hazard risk analysis across Nigeria.  A statement issued by the NEMA media office in Abuja  Wednesday said the initiative was aimed at ...

 The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa’s brilliance was celebrated by Governors, National and state Assembly leaders and members as well as top politicians gathered in Agege, Lagos on Tuesday for the eighth day Fidau prayer of his father Alhaji Sulaiman Atanda ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas on Wednesday officially flagged off the use of the old national anthem, “Nigeria We Hail Thee”, replacing the current anthem, “Arise o’ Compatriots”. The flag-off which took place at a joint ...

Ahead of  the November governorship elections in Ondo State, some political groups and structures of governorship aspirants in the State numbering over 250 have collapsed into Omoluabi Coalition Group. At an expanded Exco’ meeting held in Ore recently, the President of the Yoruba Council (YCW); ...

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have joined the new trend that has spread across Nigeria and other tertiary institutions. Osun Defender observed that students of OAU from different levels have been seen tapping on their phone screens in pursuit of ...

Fiorentina will be hoping to avoid consecutive Europa Conference League final defeats when they take on Olympiacos at the AEK Arena on Wednesday night. Lucas Beltrán’s late equaliser against Club Brugge in the semi-final secured a 1-1 draw for the Italians as they advanced to the final on a ...

The U.S dollar crashed to N1,173.88 on Tuesday after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold over $300 million to commercial banks on the day and on Monday. With the CBN’s interventions, the naira jumped to a one-month high of N1,173.88 on Tuesday, the highest since April 12, 2024 when the ...

George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is a satirical novella published in 1945 that uses a group of farm animals to allegorize the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent rise of the Soviet Union. The story critiques the corruption and hypocrisy that can arise in revolutionary movements and ...

Kano Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has banned public protests and imposed strict restrictions on gatherings following an ongoing emirship tussle in the State. The governor cited intelligence reports of planned protests by opposition parties and student associations, allegedly sponsored by ...

By Janet Ogundepo The President of the Nigerian Association of Nephrology and Transplant Association of Nigeria, Prof Jacob Awobusuyi, says nephrologists and transplant experts are working hard to improve the availability of organs for transplant ethically. His statement is coming amid the organ ...

Eze Onyekpere, the Lead Director of the Centre for Social Justice, has said the one year of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was a failure. Onyekpere disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television as Tinubu marks one year in Office. He said fuel subsidy removal, ...

The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult a day stood at N1,035 as of April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The NBS revealed this in its CoHD report for April 2024, released on Wednesday in Abuja. The bureau said the CoHD in April increased by 5.4 per cent ...

Nigerians across the country yesterday charged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to make life better for them. They spoke to Daily Trust on the first anniversary of the administration. This is just as former President Muhammadu Buhari and Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin sought ...

Rangers have celebrated their defender, Kenneth Igboke’s maiden invitation to the Super Eagles. Igboke was called-up as a replacement for the injured Napoli hitman Victor Osimeh by the Super Eagles head coach, Finidi Goerge for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa ...

The trial of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, continued on Tuesday with a former Director of Operations at the apex bank, Ahmed Umar,  telling the court that the naira redesign embarked upon by Emefiele late 2022 did not have the approval of the Committee ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Minister of Finance, Wale Edun has said the federal government has restarted the provision of conditional direct N75,000 cash transfers to 75 million Nigerians to tackle the impact of inflation. Edun disclosed this on Tuesday at a ministerial sectoral briefing to mark the first ...

Amalgamated All Progressive Congress (APC) Support Group has called on Nigerians to be patience, assuring that the country is on the right path under the current administration. The group also called on the President to create more incentives to encourage women entrepreneurships at the grass ...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said his administration has constructed over 600 kilometres of road since his inception in office. Abiodun noted that these roads were the fulfilment of promises made during his campaign. The governor, who spoke on Tuesday while commissioning a newly ...

Lagos State Government on Tuesday said a total of 3,857 newly recruited officers in various cadres of the state were uploaded into the Oracle database and thereafter, deployed to relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), reiterating the commitment of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill seeking to return Nigeria to the old National Anthem. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Joint Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Legal Matters, Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs at plenary. Presenting ...

By Francis Ugwu The Organised Labour has rejected a fresh minimum wage proposal by the Nigerian Government. Channels Television reports that the Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, rejected the offer of the Federal Government to pay ...

By Mansur Abdulmalik The atmosphere was very convivial even when the interactions were frank, deep and very elevated. It was the inaugural meeting of the North – West Stakeholders of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) hosted and chaired by the Governor of Kaduna State, ...

Overwatch 2, the dynamic and fast-paced sequel to Blizzard Entertainment’s beloved team-based shooter, has captured the hearts of gamers worldwide. This article delves into advanced strategies designed to elevate your gameplay and help you dominate the competition. Whether you’re battling for ...

For many Nigerians, the last one year has been a renewed suffering as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s eight-point agenda fails to tackle rising headline and food inflation, unemployment, and a declining Gross Domestic Product. From Tinubu’s speech anchored on an eight-point agenda, the country ...