A new industry has mushroomed in the last few weeks in Nigeria. Let us, for want of a better phrase, call it “Pay As You Go” media market in which a litigant loses in court and the next thing, they pay hack writers, “TV pocket lawyers” and online hustlers to …

THE Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening food security in Nigeria through strategic support for farmers, improved irrigation systems, and climate resilience measures. Speaking at the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing Series in Abuja, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, announced plans to commission 11 …

…Calls for more Federal Medical Centres in Borno By Ndahi Inusa, Maiduguri BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, and the and the federal government through the Minister of Health (State), Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cede the general hospital Hawul to federal …

  Abiodun received the torch from Dorcas Adesokan, winner of two gold medals at the 2014 African Youth Games and Women’s Singles and Doubles Champion, at the City Gate on the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway. Speaking at the event, the governor noted that the Torch, which traversed the states of the federation …

THERE was pandemonium on Thursday when fire broke out at the General Hospital in Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos. The fire reportedly razed parts of the facility’s three-storey building, causing widespread panic among residents and hospital visitors. Videos shared on social media showed thick smoke billowing from the hospital, with onlookers calling for …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV. Accompanied by top Catholic leaders, Tinubu will attend a solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop …

So it just had to be the teenage phenom who scored the decisive goal to clinch Barcelona’s 28th Spanish league title. And what a goal it was for the player who still wears dental braces and sports a new dyed-blond hairdo. The 17-year-old struck the winner in Barcelona’s 2-0 victory …

POLICE in Mexico have arrested a retired judge accused of tampering with evidence related to the disappearance of 43 students from Iguala more than a decade ago. Lambertina Galeana Marín was the president of the Superior Tribunal of Justice in the state of Guerrero when the trainee teachers went missing …

THE Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has dissociated itself from the operations of a consumer protection entity known as the Community Crime Prevention Initiative of Nigeria. The commission in a statement issued by Ondaje Ijagwu, its Director, Corporate Affairs, in Abuja on Thursday, said that it had sealed …

SOME yet-to-be-identified assailants shot dead a lawyer and his client after a court session on Thursday around Agulu and Nanka communities in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to witnesses in the area, the attackers carried out the brutal killings without facing any opposition. Although the circumstances …