Nigeria’s superstar, Burna Boy will perform live at the UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey in June. UEFA made the announcement via its official Twitter handle on Thursday. “Big news! @burnaboy will be performing at the Champions League final in Istanbul alongside another amazing headliner,” the tweet read. The …

The Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke has declared Friday, March 17, a public holiday. The public holiday according to a statement signed by Rasheed Olawale, the spokesperson to the governor, is to enable Osun State residents to travel to their polling units to vote on Saturday for the state House …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday described as shocking the occurrence of fresh terrorist attacks and killings in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Buhari demanded a swift arrest of and punishment for the culprits. Garba Shehu, the senior special adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, disclosed …

The Labour Party Youth Wing on Thursday vowed to take over Lagos, Rivers and Edo States, among other South-South and South-East states in the March 18 governorship and houses of assembly elections. Kennedy Ahanotu, Acting National Youth Leader of the Labour Party said this at a news conference to herald …

A transparency organisation, Connected Development (CODE) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that the many challenges that marred the credibility of the Presidential election are handled ahead of Saturday’s Governorship election in parts of the country. Hamzat Lawal, the Chief Executive Officer of the group, gave …

The Supreme Court has affirmed Marama Abba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the validly elected candidate for the Borno House of Assembly, to represent the Hawul State Constituency in Saturday’s election. The five-member panel headed by Justice John Okoro, in a judgment, held that Abba’s appeal was meritorious and …

Nigeria’s rising inflation rate has raised concerns among economic stakeholders and citizens at large. The country has witnessed its twelfth inflation increase in recent times. It is worth noting that the December inflation rate represented Nigeria’s first drop in 2022. The figure dropped from 21.47 per cent in November to …

An official of the Directorate of States Services (DSS) has allegedly killed a man in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Sources said the man whose wife was just delivered of a baby was preparing to go see his wife and the new baby in the hospital …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared Friday a half working day for civil servants in the state. Makinde made the pronouncement on Thursday. He made this known in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, a copy of which was made available to us. He …

President Muhammadu Buhari says for any economy to grow and create jobs, an equally vibrant and successful small and medium enterprise sector is also needed. This, he said, informed his recent signing of the Business Facilitation Bill into law. The president stated this at State House, Abuja, on Thursday when …