As Victory Beckons, Joe Biden Launches Transition Website

News Investigators/ Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. President, has launched an official transition website, www.buildbackbetter.com. The...

China’s August Crude Imports Jump 13% One Year As Delayed Cargoes Clear Customs

News Investigators/ China’s crude oil imports in August climbed 13 per cent from a year earlier. The imports are...

Osinbajo Presides Over 28th Virtual FEC

News Investigators/ Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the 28th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the...

Protesters In New York Demand Transparency In SARS Disbandment

News Investigators/ Hundreds of young anti-SARS protesters on Sunday stormed the Nigeria House in New York demanding transparency in the disbandment of...

APC Chieftain ,Colonel Talabi, Others Defect To PDP ….As Omisore Pledges Anti-Poverty Programmes

Less than twenty days to the Osun state governorship election,the All Progressive Congress on Wednesday  lost one of its top chieftain,Colonel Olayiwola Talabi (rtd) who...

Liberia’s Frontline Presidential Hopeful, George Weah, Visits TB Joshua

(News Investigators) Ahead of November Presidential run-off in Liberia, former soccer star and front runner, George Opong Weah on Sunday visited the Synagogue Church...

HIV/AIDS: US Provides $6 Bn Dollars To Nigeria Since 2003, Says Consul

News Investigators/ The U.S Consul-General in Nigeria, Claire Pierangelo, on Tuesday, announced that the US government had provided over $6 billion since...

Firm Mulls Africa’s Largest Farmers’ Market In Nigeria

News Investigators/ An integrated agro-business company, First Aquagrico Farms Nigeria Ltd., is perfecting arrangements to establish Africa’s largest farmers market in the...

Chinese President Discusses With Merkel, Macron As China-EU Investment Deal Looms

News Investigators/ Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday had a discussion with European leaders as a landmark investment agreement between China and...

Ndoma-Egba  Heads To Court, Seeks Cancellation Of Cross River Central Primaries

By Nuel Suji, Abuja. The Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, on Tuesday demanded for total cancellation of the just concluded  Cross River Central senatorial primaries, saying the...

Our Judiciary: The Intrigues Of Judgement And Justice

 By Umana Nsikak  Citizen Eseme Eyiboh, erstwhile member and Spokesperson of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic. The Supreme Court judgment of July 7,...

Former Nigeria Goalkeeper, Raymond King Dies At 52

By Nuel Suji - A former Nigeria goalkeeper, Raymond King who has been battling with the partial stroke has died. The ex-goalkeeper who was a...

Court Fixes Nov. 7 For Ruling On Abdulrasheed Maina

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, said that it would deliver its ruling on the bail application filed by the former Chairman of...

FOR THE RECORD: The Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s Declaration Speech

In the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in...

More Trouble For PDP As Court Sacks Uche Secondus

By Sadiq Umar - A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the acting National Chairman of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP),...

Nigeria Wins Big In $11 Billion P&ID Case

News Investigators/ The Nigerian Government secured a judgement to halt the enforcement of the $11 billion arbitration award to Process and Industrial...

COP27: UN Unveils $3Billion Plan To Achieve Early Warning Systems

News Investigators/ United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on has unveiled an Action Plan for the Early Warnings for All initiative that would...

Why Security Council Ordered Reopening of Dangote Cement

News Investigators/ The National Security Council says it ordered the reopening of the Obajana Cement Company for the sake of peace and...

Authority Newspaper Loses Chairman Editorial Board

News Investigators/ A veteran journalist and Chairman, editorial board of the Authority Newspaper, Uchenna Ezechukwu is dead. Late Ezechukwu's...

The Goons In The Other Room

By Hon. Segun Olulade There exist a large room in the All Progressives Congress (APC) province; the room is large enough to accommodate the hopes...

Buhari Approves Rank Salary Adjustment, Tasks Police On Efficiency

By Sadiq Umar - President Muhammadu Buhari Monday assured that his administration would continue to give attention to the welfare and operational needs of...

COVID-19: CreditRegistry Offers Free N25m Credit To Lenders

News Investigators/ CreditRegistry, a credit bureau, says it is offering lenders free usage of its premium credit reporting service to cushion the...

Sudan Conflict: NiDCOM Making Arrangements To Evacuate Students, Citizens

News Investigators/ Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says the commission is making arrangements to evacuate Nigerians from Sudan.

FEC Approves ₦‎3.4bn Consultancy Fee For Second Abuja Airport Runway Project

(News investigators) The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the sum of N3.4 billion as consultancy fee for the construction of a second...

Energy Magnate, Dr. Louis Ekere, Bags Doctoral Degree In America

THE billionaire businessman, Dr. Louis Ekere, Chief Executive Officer, Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited, is a man of great feats, who has made several...

National Conference Deadlocks On Voting Formula…Consensus Group Named As Lamido Adamawa Threatens A Walk...

By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja. In three consecutive sitting, attempts by delegates at the National Conference to forge a common position on the thorny issue how...

Kidnapping: NIMCC Advocates Use Of Personal Locator Beacons As Security Measure

By Sadiq Umar As the incidence of kidnapping increases in the country, Nigerians have been advised to get personal locator beacons as part of safety...

MNJTF Commander Seeks Stronger Synergy With Cameroonian Defence Forces

News Investigators/ The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF), Ibrahim Yusuf, has solicited for synergy between MNJTF and the adjoining national operations...

Lagos COVID-19 Patients Increase To 1,861

News Investigators/ Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Anatomy, on Monday announced that the number of COVID-19 patients across the state had...

Russia Offers Gas Transit Agreement Extension to Ukraine

Russian energy minister Aleksander Novak has said that Russia has offered Ukraine the opportunity to extend an existing gas transit agreement to the end of 2021.

How Tunde Ayeni, Lagos Business Magnate, Secured Multi-Billion Naira Loan To Revival Moribund Government-Owned...

…How government’s refusal to honour contractual agreements ran him into monumental debt By Obafemi Ajayi It wouldn’t be hyperbolic to say that Dr. Tunde Ayeni has...

Top two Seeds Djokovic, Thiem Ousted In Vienna Open Quarter-Finals

News Investigators/ World number one Novak Djokovic and U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem crashed out of the Vienna Open in the quarter-finals...

Minister Poisoned In Abuja, Battles For Survival -Reports

Nigeria’s Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, has been hospitalised in Abuja after allegedly suffering acute poisoning from unknown origins. “Her family members...

Stay Away From Toxic Relationships – Lawyer Counsel Women

News Investigators/ An Ilorin based legal practioner, Aishat Temim, has advised women to avoid toxic relationships and speak out when they are...

UK Court Bans ARISE TV Chairman, Nduka Obaigbena For 7Years

News Investigators/ Founding Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the THISDAY Media Group, ARISE News Channel and Magazine, Nduka Obaigbena has been banned from...

Packaging Technology: Expert Advocates Use Of Silos Made Of Termite Mud

By Henry Oloja -  Dr. Francis Olaniji Adegunloye, an expert in the field of Agricultural Engineering and a Lecturer at Adeyemi College of Education (ACE)...

UPDATE: Four Died In Jimeta Bomb Blast

By Sadiq Umar - Four persons have been confirmed dead while a few others were injured by an explosion that occurred at a police...

Monarchs’ Death: Police Arrest Five Suspected Kidnappers In Ekiti Forest

News Investigators/ No fewer than five suspected kidnappers have been arrested in Ekiti State, the police command has announced.

Print Notification Slips Before April 25, JAMB Urges UTME Candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to proceed to print...

NFF Presidency: Amaju Pinnick Wins Election For Another 4-Year Term

By Nuel Suji - President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has been re-elected for a second term in office. Mr. Pinnick...

Alleged N5.8 Billion Fraud: Court Remands Ex-Katsina Governor Ibrahim Shema In EFCC Custody

By Sadiq Umar - A Federal High Court sitting in Katsina Tuesday ordered that former governor of Katsina state, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, be remanded...

U-20 World Cup: U.S. Show Class, Maul Flying Eagles 2-1

US Under-20 world cup (News Investigators)/The forward’s two goals led the way, but Tab Ramos’ side put...

Nigeria’s Finance Minister Bags World Bank Appointment

News Investigators/ Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has been appointed as the Chairman of the...

Airtel Commences NIN Registration In Retail Outlets Across Nigeria

News Investigators/ Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications service provider on Thursday says it has commenced the National Identity Number (NIN) registration exercise in...

Ogun Agro-Cargo Airport Is A Game Changer -NIPSS Team Leader

News Investigators/ The Agro Cargo Airport in Ilishan Remo, Ogun State has been described as a game changer and a project that...

BREAKING: Supreme Court In Flames

News Investigators/ A section of the Supreme Court has been engulfed by fire on Monday morning but with no casualty recorded.

OPINION: Bayelsa Dep Gov NYSC Certificate Saga, Sylva And DSS Credibility Crisis

By William Jumbo Since its creation 34 years ago, on 5th June 1986, the credibility of the Department of...

Northern Governors Urge Ag. IG To Adopt Proactive Security Measures

News Investigators/ The Northern Governors Forum has urged the Acting Inspector General (IG) of Police, Usman Baba, to take proactive measures in...

Don’t Shy Away From Your Constitutional Responsibilities, IGP Tells Police Personnel

News Investigators/ The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, has urged police personnel not to shy away from performing their constitutional responsibilities...

Alleged Fraud: Maina’s Son, Faisal, Escapes To U.S. –EFCC Tells Court

News Investigators/ Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), has fled to the United States...

Niger: 11 ECOWAS Heads Of State In Extraordinary Meeting As Junta Names Cabinet

News Investigators/ Eleven out of the 16 Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), Heads of State and Governments are currently at...

UK Budgets $100 Million To Women Owned Businesses In Nigeria

News Investigators/ The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, Wednesday said the United Kingdom (UK) government has launched a $100 million...

Extend Ban To Akeredolu, Cronies, Group Urges International Community

News Investigators/ A group, Democracy Integrity Network, has urged the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US)...

APC Meets Thursday To Harmonise Positions On NASS Leadership

By Nuel Suji, Abuja. The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold a crucial meeting with all its Senators-elect and House of Representatives; members-elect on Thursday,...

Nigeria’s Super Eagles Names 30-Man Provisional Squad For Russian 2018

By Sadiq Umar - The Super Eagles’ manager Gernot Rohr named a 30-man provisional list for the 2018 FIFA World Cup holding in Russia. The...

8.734 Megawatts Electricity Generated Up In Q2 2020 –NERC Report

News Investigators/ The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says a total of 8.734 million Megawatts-hour (MWh) of electricity was generated in the...

Buhari Inaugurates New Cabinet, Retains Petroleum Minister Position

(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday swore in the 43 appointed ministers at the Federal Executive Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

EndSARS: Wike Pays N200m Pledge To Families Of 10 Slain Security Agents

News Investigators/ Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has redeemed his pledge of N20 million to each family of...

Unilag VC Position Not Vacant –Workers Unions

News Investigators/ Four labour Unions of the University of Lagos have condemned the purported removal of the Vice-Chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, by the...

British Charity To Offer Scholarships To 50 Out-Of-School Nigerian Kids

News Investigators/ British charity, IA-Foundation is to offer scholarships to 50 out-of-school Nigerian children in schools this year as part of an...

Pay Up $717.4m Trapped Airlines Fund, Senate Tells Emefiele

News Investigators/ The Senate, on Wednesday, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release the sum of $717, 478, 606 (usd)...

Nigeria’s Low COVID-19 Cases Due To Low Sample Collection —Officials

News Investigators/ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that the low number of the Coronavirus (COVID-19 )cases in the country...

Chinese Medical Team Will Not Treat Covid-19 Patients -CCECC MD Jiang

News Investigators/ The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) says the Chinese medical team that arrived Nigeria Wednesday are not going to...

US-based Artiste Wants Nigerian Entertainers To Participate In Politics

News Investigators/ A US-based actor and producer, Sam Ojo, on Saturday advised Nigerian entertainers to participate in politics so as to formulate...

Ondo Heavyweight Boxing Hopeful Knocks Out Opponent In 15 Secs, Cruises Into Semis

News Investigators/ Ondo state pugilist, Adedeji Adegbola, on Friday, knocked out his opponent, Oluwafemi Adetoye of Yobe state, in a record 15...

Akpabio, Abbas Emerge Senate President, Speaker

News Investigators/ Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom North-West), has been elected as the President of the Senate...

OPINION: Olusegun Mimiko, An Enigma At 63

By Kayode Akinmade It is not very often that a state helmsman gets more popular after office, certainly not in this clime. But that is...

Inuwa Appoints Njodi, Ismaila Misilli, Shehu As Advisers

News Investigators/ The governor of Gombe State Mohammad Inuwa has approved the appointment Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi as the Secretary to the...

AFCON Qualifier: Sierra Leone Holds Nigeria To 4-4 Draw

News Investigators/ The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone came back from 4-0 down to hold the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a...

High-Flying Manchester City Turn Attention To FA Cup, As Everton Meet Spurs

News Investigators/ English Premier League (EPL) leaders Manchester City will turn their attention to the FA Cup this week when they travel...

EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture Of N60 Million, Prado Jeep

News Investigators/ The Federal High Court, sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State has granted the prayers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...

Plateau Massacre: Police Confirm 86 Dead, Cattle Breeders Association Says It’s ‘Retaliatory’ Killing

The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 86 people in attacks on Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashish...

AFCON Qualifiers: 16 Players Participate In Super Eagles First Training Session, Osimhen Missing

News Investigators/ The Super Eagles on Tuesday in Benin had their first training session in the last leg of preparations for their...

Opposition Lawmakers Leading Anti-Corruption Investigations, Says Elumelu

News Investigators/ The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) says opposition lawmakers in the house have been...

Wale Aboderin, PUNCH Chairman Dies At 60

By News Investigators - The Chairman, PUNCH Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbadebowale Wayne Aboderin is dead. According to the newspaper, Mr. Aboderin died Wednesday, May 30,...

3 Nigerian Shortlisted For 2023 Africa Prize For Engineering Solutions

News Investigators/ Three Nigerians have emerged among fifteen talented entrepreneurs shortlisted for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Solutions.

FOR THE RECORD: Buhari’s Address To The Progressive Governors’ Forum

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, TO THE PROGRESSIVE GOVERNORS’ FORUM AT THE CONSULTATIVE MEETING HELD AT...

AfCFTA: Stakeholders Say Access To Finance, Information Biggest Challenges For African Businesswomen

News Investigators/ Advocates of women entrepreneurs have identified inadequate finance and information as topmost challenges among the leading Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) facing...

CJN, Walter Onnoghen, Dragged Before Code Of Conduct Tribunal On Six-Count Charge

Justice Waltter Onnoghen (News Investigators) /Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, will be arraigned before the Code...

VIEWPOINT: The Liberating Power Of BREXIT

     By  Isidoros Karderinis The referendum of June 23, 2016 regarding Britain’s remain at or exit from the European Union, through its subversive BREXIT result...

Attempts To Divide World Into Different Camps Won’t Solve Global Challenges – Envoy

News Investigators/ Attempts to divide the world into different camps are not solutions to global challenges including the battle against the COVID-19...

VVF: Early Marriage Remains Source Of Concern As Thousands Of Girls Live With Fistula

News Investigators/ Amina Bala, the Community and Mobilisation Officer of Engender Health, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) funded by the U.S. Agency for...

APC Senators Rejects N5000 Welfare Package For Unemployed Youths

By Sadiq Umar, Abuja - The All Progressive Congress (APC) senators Wednesday rejected a proposal seeking to pay a welfare sum of N5000 monthly...

Insurgency: IGP Deploys Surveillance Helicopter, 3 Police Units To Taraba

YOLA/By Tom Garba - The Inspector General (IGP) of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Monday says he has deployed a surveillance helicopter and three mobile...

WTO Post: Expert Urges FG To Intensify Diplomatic Lobbying

News Investigators/ A trade expert, Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba, has called on the Nigerian government to intensify diplomatic lobbying that will ensure that...

Nigeria Partners Israel, Japan To Manufacture Electric Automobiles By 2023

News Investigators/ The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has entered into partnership with the Israeli and Japanese to commence...

World Earth Day: 57 Million Nigerians Lack Access To Safe Water, 130 Million Without...

By Nuel Suji - Fifty-seven million people in Nigeria do not have access to safe water while over 130 million are without access to...

Access Bank Approves Paternity Leave For Employees

By Nuel Suji - Starting January 2018, male employees of Access Bank Plc can take advantage of an enhanced parental leave policy that extends paid...

CRA Says Southern Kaduna Now Like Rwanda 1994… Urges ICC, UN Investigation

News Investigators/ The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA), has called on the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague...

2023: Pa Fasoranti Backs Tinubu’s Presidential Ambition

News Investigators/ An Elder Statesman and former Leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has expressed support for the presidential...

(Updated)ANALYSIS: Experts Proffer Solutions To China-US Tension Based On Shared Values and Future

By Dr. Zhang Yanqiu The COVID-19 pandemic poses severe challenges across the continents. The...

Ripples Over Substandard Digital Switch-Over Equipment

There are indications that the success recorded at the recent launch of Nigeria’s digital switch over in Jos and Abuja may be on the...

Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Army General’s N426.7m

News Investigators/ Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 8, 2020, ordered the final...

DNA: Ooni Hosts, Renames Americans With Ile-Ife Root

News Investigators/ The Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Tuesday played host to some American, who traced their root to the...

Oyinlola Court Victory: We Are Vindicated -G7 Govs

The Abubakar Kawu Baraje led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has described the court decision upholding Former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola...

Former Oyo Governor, Abiola Ajimobi Is Dead

News Investigators/ The former govermor of Oyo State and deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abiola Ajimobi, is...

WTO: OPEC Hails Okonjo-Iweala Appointment

News Investigators/ The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has congratulated Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her appointment as the Director-General of the World...

Buhari Signs N8.916 Trillion Budget Into Law

President Muhammadu Buhari (News Investigators)/President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed into law the sum of N8.916 trillion being...

FOR THE RECORD: Address By President Muhammadu Buhari On The ENDSARS Protests, 22nd October,...

Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having...

PRESS RELEASE: Facebook Kicks Off Global Effort On Women’s Safety In Kenya

By Nuel Suji Facebook convenes group to focus on women’s safety for Safer Internet Day NAIROBI, Kenya, February 17, 2016/ -- Facebook hosted a Women’s Safety...

How We Auctioned 2 Helicopters For N1.2Billion –NCAT

News Investigators/ The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, said it has auctioned two helicopters at 556,200,322USD (N1.2 billion),...

Man Who Accused Former EFCC Boss Of Corruption Bags Four Years Jail

By Sadiq Umar - The man who once accused former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, of diverting proceeds...

Alleged Fake Miracles: Pastor Petitions I-G, Demands Justice, Apology

(News Investigators)/ Founder and General Overseer, Light Way Ministry, Warri, Melody Adjija, has demanded for justice over the circulation of a scandalous...

First Lady Doles Out N14.2Million To Trademore Flood Victims

News Investigators/ The first lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has donated ₦250,000 to each household affected by the June 23, 2023 flooding incident at...

Bomb Blasts: Killings Not A Solution To Any Problem -Mark

By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.Senate President Senator David Mark has for the umpteenth time urged the perpetrators of terrorism and bomb blasts in the country...

No Community In Borno Is Under Boko Haram Now -Zulum

News Investigators/ The governor of Borno State in Nigeria's north east region, Babagana Zulum has said that there is no community in...

Medical Practitioner Urges Patients To Seek Help On Differential Diagnoses

News Investigators/ A medical practitioner and Consultant Pediatrics, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Ogun state, Tinuade Ogunlesi has urged patients to...

AT&T To Buy CNN, Other Time Warner Companies For $85 Billion

By Dipo Awojobi - The US telecoms giant AT&T has announced that it will buy entertainment group Time Warner for nearly $86bn (£70bn). The deal...

Music Producer, OJB Jezreel To Be Buried July 8 In Lagos

By Dipo Awojobi - The funeral rites for late music producer, Babatunde Okungbowa otherwise known as OJB Jezreel, have been released by his family. OJB breathed...

JNI Alleges ‘Conspiracy Of Silence’ Over 9 Abducted Kano Children

(News Investigators)/ The Jama’atul Nasril Islam (JNI), on Thursday berated a section of the media over what it called conspiracy of silence...
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News Investigators/ Ahead of the Korea Africa Summit 2024 scheduled for Seoul, Korea, from June 4 to 5, 2024, the Africa Korea...

JUST IN: Again, Dangote Slashes Diesel, Aviation Fuel Prices To N940, N980

News Investigators/ Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Tuesday announced a further reduction in the prices of both diesel and aviation fuel to N940,...

Inuwa Congratulates Gombe’s Prof B.Y. Abubakar For Winning 2024 HLF Excellence Award

News Investigators/ The governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has congratulated an illustrious son of Gombe and member of the State's...