NSF Day 8: Delta maintains lead with 122 medals
May 24, 2025 Team Delta has maintained its lead on the official medals table with 122 medals at the end of Day Eight of the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival…
FG begins demolition of structures under Iddo Bridge, cites collapse risk
May 25, 2025 The Federal Government has begun evacuation and demolition of illegal structures beneath the Iddo Bridge in Lagos, citing serious safety concerns and risk of imminent collapse. The…
NAF airstrikes destroy 100 illegal refining sites in 5 months
May 25, 2025 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, has between January and May, destroyed more than 100 illegal refining sites through airstrikes…
Oloyede, JAMB and the baying band, by Ken Ugbechie
The UTME failures were unprecedently massive. One man stepped forward to take responsibility. Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB registrar, was that man. He wasted no time in admitting failure on…
IPI calls for recall of Channels TV crew expelled from Akwa-Ibom Govt. House
The International Press Institute (IPI) has called for the immediate recall of the Channels TV journalists expelled from the Akwa Ibom State Government House on the state government’s orders….
Why gas must replace dirtier fuels to drive energy transition in Africa – NLNG MD
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, Philip Mshelbila, on Wednesday, called for deliberate efforts for the displacement of dirtier fuels, like biomass, by natural gas to…
UTME: Over 21,000 absent as JAMB releases results of 2025 resit
May 25, 2025 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the recently conducted 2025 UTME resit examination for candidates at impacted centres. This is contained…
NDLEA arrests 2 British men, recovers N3.8m cash, others
May 25, 2025 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two British nationals, Mhizha Alexander and Ayedipe Andrew, for attempting to smuggle illicit drugs through the Murtala Muhammed…
NDLEA intercepts N6.5bn opioids in Lagos, Rivers ports, nabs 2 British men
May 25, 2025 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than six million pills of opioids valued at over N6.5 billion at the Port Harcourt Ports…
Defections, Tinubu’s endorsement and 2027 elections, by Tunde Rahman
“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the loser’s tool.” It looks like the Greek philosopher Socrates had Nigeria in mind when he made the statement above. How…