Idowu Sowunmi
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a full investigation into a security breach at the Presidential Villa in Abuja in which an Aide-de-Camp to First Lady, Usman Shuguba, fired gunshots last Thursday in a bid to apprehend Buhari's cousin, Sabiu Yusuf, who was alleged to have refused to self-isolate...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Malawi Opposition Alliance Leader, Lazarus Chakwera, the winner of the country’s presidential election re-run.
The president stated this in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu, on Sunday in Abuja.
According to the statement, President Buhari...
Debt Management Office (DMO) Wednesday put Nigeria's Total Public Debt Stock at N31.009 trillion or USD85.897 billion as at June 30, 2020.
Releasing information on the Public Debt Stock, DMO said the data comprised the debt stock of the Federal Government, the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory...
The Federal Government has announced that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be totally shutdown for two days beginning from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday in order to carry out special repair works on the 11.8km platform.
The shutdown of the very busy bridge was made known...
A world leader in music entertainment, Universal Music Group (UMG), has announced key appointments in order to strengthen its position as the leading music company in Africa
The latest appointments were essentially designed to underscore UMG’s ongoing commitment to support and grow Africa’s domestic music ecosystems, while also creating new...
A doctor, Adepoju Anuoluwapo was today arrested and arraigned, with her company Medcontour plastic surgery clinic, before a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday.
The doctor’s arraignment comes more than two months after the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) had sealed Medcontour plastic surgery clinic over...
For about the umpteenth time since he was rumoured to have died on three different occasions in July, juju music maestro, Chief Ebenezer ‘Obey’ Fabiyi has again reacted to his purported death, saying it wasn’t a good experience.
The 78 year old legendary performer, who was a guest on an...
In furtherance of the resolution of an emergency meeting of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led National Economic Council (NEC) last week, the Ad-Hoc Committee set up to engage with youths, civil society organisations, and different strands of leadership across the nation in the wake of the recent protests have...
International Criminal Court (ICC) has told BBC that it would "analyse materials" it has received about the violence which hit Nigeria last month following protests against police brutality.
ICC chief prosecutor's office said contrary to an earlier report, it has not already opened a "formal preliminary examination" into the unrest.
For...