Ukraine war
ICC warrant: S. Africa offers Putin virtual presence at BRICS’ Jo’burg summit
After all the tough talks, the government of South Africa has finally made its choice to align with the international community which has issued warrant of arrest on President Vladimir...
Prigozhin had beaten contractors
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had a man dubbed "The Teacher" who beat up employees, according to The Project. "The Teacher" beat up people who'd fallen out of favor in a...
NATO members pledge eternal support for Ukraine
The 31-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, has reaffirmed Ukraine's inherent right to self-defence as enshrined in Article 51 of the UN Charter. The declaration which...
Zelenskyy accuses Putin of planning nuclear scare
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of planning a nuclear scare at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to deter...
Politics
Obi in Rwanda proffers solutions to food insecurity and youth unemployment in Africa
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has said that adequate investment in...
Senator Nenadi Usman heads 29-Member Caretaker Committee as Labour Party Sacks Abure-led NEC
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia The Labour Party (LP) has appointed a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, as Chairman...
.Obi, Otti other stakeholders move to recreate the Labour Party
…Appoints Caretaker Committee, names Sen Nenadi Usman as Chairman. The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general...
Fuel scarcity: Peter Obi demands transparency from NNPCL
...says incompetence is the bane of the fuel crisis. The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general...
Alleged anti-party: Wike to face disciplinary committee-PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to answer charges...
Business
Metro
2027: I don’t subscribe to playing God –Otti …Denies plans to retrench workers
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has declared that he does not want to start discussing what will happen in the 2027 general elections. The Governor...
2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Osimhen, Lookman on song as Nigeria beat Benin Rep 3-0
Goals from Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen ensured that Nigeria’s Super Eagles began the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 qualifiers with a 3-0 victory over Benin Republic at the Godswill...
LASG signs MoU with FG, Chinese company on Green Line Rail Project
The Lagos State Government, Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Green Line Rail Project in...
ANSG says Chido Obidiegwu, ex-MD of ABS is redeployed, not sacked
Chido ObidiegwuThe Anambra State Government has made a clarification that the exit of Mr. Chido Obidiegwu as the Managing Director of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) is just a routine redeployment...
Sports
2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Osimhen, Lookman on song as Nigeria beat Benin Rep 3-0
Goals from Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen ensured that Nigeria’s Super Eagles began the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 qualifiers with a 3-0 victory over Benin Republic at the Godswill...
Ugandan athlete dies from fire attack from boyfriend
Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend. The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in the recent...
Boyfriend burns up Ugandan Olympian over land dispute
Boyfriend attacked Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei and set her on fire just weeks after she returned from the Paris 2024 Olympics. Local police sources officers in Kenya confirmed that...
Imo loses a star in Christian Obi, says Uzodimma
Governor of Imo State, Sen. Hope Uzodimma has decried the sudden passing, in a ghastly auto crash, of the Head Coach of Heartland Football Club of Owerri, Mr. Christian Obi,...
Opinion
A wedding and Soludo as a unifying force for national good
By Christian ABURIME Weddings in any society are always occasions of profuse celebrations that bring together families, friends, and well-wishers...
Oshiomhole’s Politics of Tribal War
By Erasmus Ikhide ADAMS Oshiomhole is seeking to recreate himself as a political dynamo in Edo State politics, once again....
The looming anarchy in Rivers State
By Chris Eze, Port Harcourt Gradually, the political crisis in Rivers State is heading to the end at which the...
Power Currency: The Conspiracy against Bola Tinubu. (Part One).
By Dr Jimoh Ibrahim CFR. What is Tinubu’s offence? The failure to use power as trading currency not...
RSPIC launch and President Tinubu’s non-kinetic approach to insecurity
By Stanley Nkwocha Insecurity has been a major challenge in Nigeria for decades now, leading to the loss of lives,...
Entertainment
‘Our mother has passed on’- Onyeka Onwenu’s Children
It is with heavy hearts that I and my brother wish to announce the passing of our mother, the much...
Nollywood actress Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha USAID Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition in Nigeria
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has named Nollywood actress Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha as its inaugural Goodwill Ambassador for...
Tiger Beer roars at the AMVCAs, celebrating creativity and empowering talent
The African entertainment scene roared with the 2024 African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs), celebrating the continent’s boldest creative talents...
How Amstel Malta celebrated African Fashion, and Film at AMVCA 2024
The 10th edition of the Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCAs) was not just an event; it was a night...
62-year-old woman among winners as cobra casino berths in Lagos
A 62 year-old woman, Mrs. Benson was among the first set of winners at the grand opening ceremony of Cobra...
Education
E-Platform
VP Shettima commends MTN on N1bn donation to FG
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has commended MTN Nigeria for donating N1 billion to the Federal Government’s Food Support Programme. Shettima also thanked the telecommunications company for donating 4,600 units of digital...
Nigeria pushes for 80% digitalisation of government operations by 2025
… As State House leads charge in nationwide push for e-governance The federal government has announced plans to digitalise 80% of government activities by next year as part of President...
Tech outage cost large corporations $5.4 bn
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Large global companies whose operating systems hibernated across day after faulty security update may have lost staggering $5.4 billion in operating cost and revenues as...
Faulty Microsoft update shakes global systems with disruption
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Technology and information technology glitches have struck the global connectivity among banks, airlines, healthcare management and media systems after Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike deployed a faulty...
Crime
Ugandan athlete dies from fire attack from boyfriend
Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend....
Perverse French husband offered wife and daughter to rapists
The French pervert who had drugged his wife and hired 72 men to rape her 92 times, had also paraded...
Hamas leader, militants charged in US Oct. 7 massacre in Israel
The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the...
Boyfriend burns up Ugandan Olympian over land dispute
Boyfriend attacked Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei and set her on fire just weeks after she returned from the Paris...
Seventy-two men rape drugged wife 92 times
A French pensioner went on trial Monday for allowing scores of strangers to rape his wife after he drugged her,...
Insurance
AIICO’s PAT jumps by 132% to N12bn, N110.1bn GWR, hails adoption of IFRS 17 standard
AIICO Insurance Plc., has declared a profit after tax (PAT) of N12 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2023, as the insurer also hailed its transition from using...
AIICO records N1.3bn monthly payout to annuitants, as customers attest to underwriter’s financial stability
AIICO Insurance Plc, has announced disbursing a staggering N1.3 billion monthly to its customers, including annuitants, providing them with a guaranteed stream of income for their retirement years. Mr. Babatunde...
AIICO commemorates 2024 ICD, rewards school children
AIICO Insurance Plc has opted to commemorate this year’s International Children's Day (ICD) by honouring and rewarding school children, making the day a memorable and remarkable one for hundreds of...
Independent Newspaper charts new growth path for insurance sector
The Independent Newspaper had on Wednesday, 17th April 2024 charted a new growth narratives for insurance sector in Nigeria at its maiden Insurance Summit tagged: Inclusive Insurance: Navigating The New Narratives...
Interview
Money Market
Double Column Posts Subtitle
EXCO moves to tackle water supply problems in Abia
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia Abia State Executive Council (EXCO), has approved the reinvigoration of the Abia Integrated Water Sanitation and Hygiene Accelerated Programme which would include the upgrade of water...
FG launches $500m domestic bond
The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a $500 million domestic bond, marking a significant milestone in the country’s economic reform and development journey. This is coming three weeks after...
FG launches first series $500m domestic bonds to draw investors
Federal Government has officially launched the first series of its $500 million domestic bond, in a move aimed to attract both local and international investors. Minister of Finance and Coordinating...
Ecobank Group announces the top finalists for 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge at its first ever Semi-Finals event in Lagos, Nigeria
…finalists to compete for coveted $50,000 cash prize Ecobank, the pan-African Bank, has announced the top finalists for the first-ever and inaugural 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge Hybrid Semi-Final event held...
Aviation
Paradox of profligacy: Tinubu’s jet amidst crushing poverty in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka President Bola Tinubu’s recent acquisition of a new Airbus A330 business jet, amid Nigeria’s most severe economic crisis...
FG initiates legal steps to reclaim impounded aircraft,as Daniel calls for use of diplomatic channels
The Federal Government is currently addressing the issue concerning impounded federal assets and has identified instances of mismanagement of international...
Chinese firm , Zhongshan releases one Nigeria’s Presidential Jet
The Chinese firm which had seized Nigeria’s Presidential Jet, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, has released one of the...
China trials cargo drones, air taxis as low-altitude economy gains speed
Engineers sent China's biggest-yet cargo drone on a test run over the weekend while a helicopter taxi took to the...
Delta, United airlines cancel flights to Israel as M.East set to explode
United Airlines is suspending its daily flights to Israel, beginning with the Wednesday night flight from Newark to Tel Aviv,...
Health/Living
Travel and hospitality
Minister receives draft National Tourism Policy document, as validation kicks off
Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John has formally received the Draft National Tourism Policy, a collaborative effort between her ministry...
FTAN bemoans disruptions to Nigeria tourism growth, insists on common agenda
Umbrella body of private sector operators in the industry, the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) has expressed worry...
FG hikes fees of standard Nigerian passports
Federal Government, through the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has announced a hike in the fees charged for the processing of...
Tourism ministry, COMCEC open capacity building workshop for local, international industry operators
Nigeria's Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the...
Tinubu endorses Ipada Initiative, as Tourism ministry, Motherland Beckons strategize ahead 2024 carnival
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally endorsed the Ipada Initiative and the Ipada Carnival, both groundbreaking projects championed by Motherland...
Energy
Dangote Refinery: Fuel to hit stations in 48hrs
*Why petrol from my refinery looks clearer — Dangote The President of Dangote Group and owner of Lagos-based refinery Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday, spoke on the pricing of petrol produced...
Group fault NIS over allege inconsistent policies, seeks Presidential Probe
A Group, Concerned Nigerians Alliance (CNA) has faulted the alleged inconsistencies in recent policies of the Nigerian Immigration Service (ÑIS) under the supervision of the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo...
WIEN Woman Podcast ends Season 1 with insightful Dolapo Kukoyi
Sopuruchi Onwuka The WIEN Woman Podcast has just released the final episode of its debut season, marking the end of a series that has spotlighted the journeys and achievements of...
NCDMB commends BEAMCO on local assembly of Train 7 equipment The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, has commended the oil and gas...
International News
U.S strengthens commitment to flood relief and disaster preparedness in Nigeria
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $6.5 million to the International...
Perverse French husband offered wife and daughter to rapists
The French pervert who had drugged his wife and hired 72 men to rape her 92 times, had also paraded...
North Korea to execute 30 officials over deadly floods
North Korean authorities sentenced between 20 and 30 people to capital punishment last month for their failure to stop the...
Women against women: Taliban deploys female spies on women
The Taliban is using female workers to spy on other women who defy laws banning women from working outside the...
China: Tinubu meets Xi Jinping , as Nigeria-China elevate ties to comprehensive strategic partnership
President Bola Tinubu and Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Tuesday in Beijing, China, announced the elevation of Nigeria-China ties to...