Politics
Fani-Kayode threatens to dump PDP over Ayade
By Shola Abayomi. Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has threatened to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if the party structure in Cross…
I don’t care what anyone says after my death, Obasanjo responds to criticism of his condolence statement on Kashamu
By David Olalekan. Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has responded to the criticisms that have trailed his controversial condolence message on the passing of Buruji…
‘Why allow persons under EFCC trial to testify against me?’ — Magu queries Salami panel
By Shola Abayomi. Suspended Ag. Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has questioned some of the procedure adopted by the panel…
Ondo 2020: Akeredolu begs aggrieved APC members, appeals for unity
By Olawande Charles. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has called on all members of the All Progressives Congress to work for the success of the APC in…
Entertainment
ENTERTAINMENT: Tunacious to release debut album August 7
By Esther Ajibuwa. Babatunde Muhammed, also known as Tunacious, is set to drop his debut album titled, ‘ORIGINAL’ The album set for release on August…
ENTERTAINMENT: 2020 BET Awards — Wizkid, Burna Boy win [FULL LIST]
By David Olalekan. Two Nigerian music superstars, Burna Boy and Wizkid have both emerged winners at the 20th BET Awards held on Sunday. The award…
Dubai Police accuse Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Hushpuppi of defrauding 1.9m people
By Shola Abayomi. Sequel to the arrest of popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abass, aka Hushpuppi by the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) in the…
Veteran On-Air personality, Dan Foster dies of Covid-19
By David Olalekan Popular Nigerian-American radio host, Daniel ‘Dan’ Foster has passed away. It was gathered that the veteran On-Air personality died from Covid-19 complications…
Veteran singer, Majek Fashek dies at 71
By David Olalekan. Veteran Nigerian musician and entertainer, Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek has passed away. Fashek, 71, died in a hospital in…
Business View More
ABS Foundation rescues young fish farmer hit by flood in Ilorin
By Abdulqadir Abdulganiyu As part of its capacity building and empowerment programmes for the youth, the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation, in commemoration of this year’s…
We had a system error, there was no mistaken transfer of N573 million – FCMB
By David Olalekan. The management of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has refuted stories in the media of alleged deposit of N573 million into the…
Kwara revenue agency delivers IGR targets as staff protests poor welfare
By Balkis Tijani. KWARA has emerged as the first state in the northern region to record Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in excess of 20% compared…
HAPPENING NOW: KWIRS staff protests poor welfare (VIDEO)
By Nafiu Toyin Abdulqadri The members of staff of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIR) have protested the poor welfare service in the agency.…
NEWS ON TRACK: KWSG allegedly concludes plans to sell part of Kwara hotel
By Balkis Tijani. INSIDER is following up with a scoop regarding an alleged plan by the Kwara state government to sell off a part of…
Lagos state govt reverses 2018 land use charge
By Amusan Aishat Abiodun. The Lagos State Government has announced the termination of the 2018 land use charge. The state commissioner for Finance, Rabiu Olowo,…
Why Shoprite is leaving Nigeria
By Ndubuisi Ekekwe. Looking at the financial records of Shoprite, the company is not doing bad in Naira. Reported sales dropped 6.7% for ‘half second’…
Awrab Suites boss initiates entrepreneurship competition, targets 100 youth beneficiaries across Kwara
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Awrab Suites and Hotels Limited, Offa, Otunba Adekunle Ajeigbe has announced plans to hold an…
Customs Kwara area command destroys 927 bags of poisonous rice
By Balkis Tijani. The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara State Area Command Tuesday in Ilorin destroyed seized food items said to be dangerous for human and…
Editorial
Edo guber: Gov Obaseki’s commissioner resigns ahead of primary
By David Olalekan. Barely six weeks after the resignation of Taiwo Akerele as the Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, another…
2023: Presidency cabals move against Osinbajo
By Nimi Princewill. Speculations are brewing as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s influence in the Presidency is reportedly being watered down by a widely believed presidential…
Sports
Sports Ministry visits Kwara, pledges monthly stipend for Yekini’s mum
By Kennedy Pwaspo. The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has promised to pay a monthly allowance to Alhaja Sikirat Yekini, mother of late…
Fans want NPFL scrapped as player slumps, dies during league match
By Kennedy Pwaspo. Reactions have continued to trail the death of Chineme Martins, a defender with Nasarawa United FC, who slumped on the pitch during…
Rohr names rejuvenated Iheanacho, Akpeyi in squad for S/Leone clash (Full list)
By Kennedy Pwaspo. Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has unveiled his 24-man squad ahead of the double header 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier…
NFF appoints ex-Int’l, Joseph Yobo as new Super Eagles’ assistant coach
By Kennedy Pwaspo. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Super Eagles’ captain, Joseph Yobo as the new assistant coach of the team. The…
Over 3,000 athletes storm Ilorin for polytechnic games
By Ibraheem Solaudeen. The 20th edition of the Nigeria Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA), kicked off on Saturday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, with over 50…
Education
Lumumba, Abdullahi, others to speak at BBYDI youth day event tomorrow
By Laide Suleiman. Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), an international and leading youth-led non-profit, has unveiled the list of speakers for its 2020 International…
Bolaji Abdullahi youth mentorship programme begins tomorrow
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. The much talked about Bolaji Abdullahi mentorship programme will commence tomorrow, August 12 in commemoration of this year’s edition of International Youth…
Covid-19: PTF asks NYSC to begin preparations for camp re-opening
By David Olalekan. The national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Sani Aliyu said the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been advised…
WAEC releases 2020 official timetable for WASSCE
By Shola Abayomi. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the timetable for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The West African…
First Bolaji Abdullahi youth mentorship series holds August 12
By Balkis Tijani. Former Minister for youth and sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi is institutionalising a yearly youth mentorship as part of activities to mark his…
Special Reports
Access Bank refunds Feb-April stamp duty charge to customers after backlash
By Shola Abayomi. Following severe backlash from a cross-section of Nigerians on social media, Access Bank has resolved to reverse the accumulated stamp duty charge…
EFCC fingers Kwara NUT chairman, others in alleged N31m fraud
By Ibraheem Solaudeen. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday gave vivid account of how some officials of…
Covid-19: 13 more deaths, 119 recoveries as infections surpass 16,000
By Shola Abayomi. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 403 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the…
Ilorin bridge collapse: Residents blame accident on govt’s non-responsiveness
By Ibraheem Solaudeen. Residents of Oko-Erin in Ilorin have attributed the collapse of the bridge in the area following Saturday’s downpour to negligence of the…
Ilorin: Four reportedly killed as Oko-Erin bridge collapses after heavy downpour
By Ibraheem Solaudeen. No fewer than four persons reportedly lost their lives late Saturday in Oko-Erin community in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital following the…
Opinion
FEATURED: A man like BJ…
By Tajudeen Habeeb The 12th of August, as I always said, is significant to us the Omoluabis, an ideology based on diligence and brilliance, ethics,…
TESTIMONIAL: How I won Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi’s #1,885 thirteen years ago
By: Luqman Olarewaju-Unique Often does imagination’s tide sway the seafarer into the realm of possibilities. What if I was famous like our Commissioner for Education,…
FEATURED: Mamman Daura is not the problem
By Azu Ishiekwene. I’VE been amused by the strenuous efforts to explain exactly what Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, meant or did not mean…
FEATURED: Omoluabi and the politics of defection
By Tajudeen Habeeb. I do not know how to put it, but this month isn’t a month of politics. I had wished to start writing…
OPINION| Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction: Should the Igbo Negotiate Power with the North?
By Prince Ejeh Josh “To clinch the seat of Nigeria President, the south east zone needs the north more than it needs any other geopolitical…
TRIBUTE: LOM at 51— Celebrating a complete mentor
Ibrahim Sheriff .A. (Gold) On occasions like this, I do prefer celebrating characters behind a personality to hyping individuals based on what they have, or…
Buhari backs Giadom as APC Ag. Chairman, to attend Thursday NEC meeting
By Shola Abayomi. Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight behind one of the claimants to the Ag. chairmanship of the APC, Chief Victor…
FEATURED: A ‘Good Setback’ By 60 Years
By Femi Adesina. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a fixation with 60 years. At the height of its heady days in power, it challenged…
OPINION: Adams Oshiomole — Now that the Game is Over
By Prince Ejeh Josh. If he had known that his days of reckoning were fast approaching, maybe he could have spared his erstwhile political godson…