Politics
Magu’s lawyer requests IGP to release him on bail
By Shola Abayomi. Mr Oluwatosin Ojaomo, lawyer to suspended Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has requested the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to release…
BREAKING: Buhari approves Magu’s suspension
By Shola Abayomi. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate suspension of Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…
Ondo assembly suspends deputy speaker
Ondo assembly suspends deputy speaker Fijabi Micheal. The Ondo State House of Assembly Wednesday suspended the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Iroju Ogundeji, for alleged gross misconduct.…
50 HoR members allegedly test positive for Covid-19
By Shola Abayomi. Not less than 50 House of Representatives members have reportedly tested positive to Corona virus, a situation that Tuesday led to panic…
Entertainment
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…
Fuji icon, Kwam 1 denies alleged illicit affair with Alaafin’s youngest wife
By David Olalekan. Popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, aka Kwam 1 has denied having a romantic affair with Olori Badirat Ajoke, the youngest wife…
Business View More
Buhari signs revised N10.8trn 2020 budget
By Shola Abayomi. President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,…
Aero Contractors: We’ll isolate any passenger who sneezes while onboard
By David Olalekan. As the federal government planned to open the airspace on the 8th of July, the chief executive officer of Aero contractors, Ado…
Covid-19 loan application closes, as bank disburses N49 billion to over 80,000 households
By David Olalekan. Nigerian Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Microfinance Bank has announced the closure of the Targeted Credit Facility, otherwise known…
‘Go with the Sobi FM winning spirit,’ Lukman Mustapha charges new Radio Kwara GM
By Ibrahim Solaudeen. The founder and chairman, Board of Trustees of SOBI 101.9FM, Mallam Lukman Mustapha has called on the newly appointed General Manager of…
CBN intervenes, stops banks from retrenching full-time, part-time workers
By Shola Abayomi. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has scuttled the planned retrenchment of workers by some commercial banks in the country. According to…
Traders rain curses on Kwara govt for evicting them from Mandate Market (VIDEO)
By Balkis Tijani. Some roadside marketers, who trade outside the popular Mandate Market in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital have expressed anger over the decision…
Nigeria’s economic woes deepen as oil price crashes to $29
By Shola Abayomi. Nigeria’s staggering economy took another hit on Monday night as the international oil benchmark, Brent crude, fell below the $30 per barrel…
Nigeria becomes Africa’s biggest economy as S/Africa plunges into recession
By Shola Abayomi. Nigeria has emerged as Africa’s biggest economy, edging out its economic rival, South Africa which currently suffers its second recession in two…
Nigeria’s GDP records quantum leap, beats IMF’s 2.1% projection
By Shola Abayomi. A report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.55% in 2019.…
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
COVID-19: Rethink decision to withdraw from 2020 WASSCE, Reps tell Education Minister
By Shola Abayomi. The House of Representatives, through its Committee on Basic Education and Services, has expressed surprise over a statement credited to the Minister…
Kogi to establish new university
By Umar Salam. Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has approved a bill seeking to establish a new university in the state. Kingsley Fanwo, commissioner…
FG to pay students studying education courses Grade Level 04 salaries, other allowances
By Shola Abayomi. The federal government would, beginning from next year, sponsor any Nigerian student willing to study education courses in tertiary institutions. The sponsorship,…
Nigerian senate passes anti-sexual harassment bill
By Shola Abayomi. The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the bill on sexual harassment in tertiary institutions after reading it for the third time. The…
Alhikmah university announces Noah Yusuf as new Vice Chancellor
By Ibraheem Solahudeen. The foremost private institution, Alhikma University located in Ilorin, Kwara State, north Central Nigeria has announced Professor Noah Yusuf as its new…
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
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…
OPINION: Of Politicians and Godfathers
By Shotonwa Waheed Nigerian political system basically has been designed in a way that it is somewhat difficult to contest an election without some persons…
OPINION: Another Ambode in Edo State?
By Shotonwa Waheed. The name ‘Ambode’ is a familiar nomenclature to many Lagosians and even citizens from other states of the country who are cognisant…
OPINION: Representation – How do Asa/Ilorin West fare?
By Abdulwahab Tajudeen. A gleeful victory to Kwara’s liberators in the last general elections. In pomp and pageantry, a dynasty was uprooted; a new starting…
OPINION: N’Assembly delegation from Kwara – Where is Ilorin West/Asa Rep?
By Yusuf Mutiu Olaitan. Amid pomp and pageantry, I will want to say happy democracy day and first anniversary to every beneficiary of the Otoge…
OPINION: Is this the end of Bola Tinubu’s political hegemony in Nigeria?
By Prince Ejeh Josh. The game has just begun. The Cold War is already boiling. We’re feeling the spill. The feud between the Abuja caucus…