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The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said Northerners can withdraw their cows from the South but should not forget that the southern states produce petroleum, the country’s economic mainstay. Speaking on Friday, the group’s National […]

Professor Abiodun Salawu of the North-West University, South Africa, has described food blockade against the South from the North as an effort that was doomed to fail. The don told the Tribune Online on Friday […]

FOODSTUFF and cattle dealers across the Northern part of the country have started diverting their goods and all consumables to the neigbouring countries of Niger Republic and Cameroon. They have also begun blocking trade routes […]

If regulators give the go-ahead as expected in the next few days, there will be three vaccines available in the United States to prevent COVID-19. A fourth is in widespread use in 50 countries around […]

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has confirmed the successful completion of the maintenance and rehabilitation works on the Third Mainland Bridge. Sanwo-Olu through his official Twitter handle on Saturday said, “Dear Lagosians, The Third […]

A Lagos State High Court has barred Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, the daughter of All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, from imposing levies on traders at the Computer Village, Lagos. The development comes over a year after […]

Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has received the African Leadership Person of the Year Awards for 2020. The award was organised by the African Leadership Magazine. He was honoured on Friday at the 9th […]

The Department of State Services, DSS, has spoken on the attempt to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Ighoho on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The DSS, in a statement said it never attempted to arrest Igboho at any time, […]

By Abankula President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why security forces have been reluctant in fighting bandits with the full force at their disposal. He was reacting Friday to the kidnapping of 317 schoolgirls in Government […]

A motorist who knocked a Police Inspector into a canal while fleeing arrest for driving against traffic has been arrested, the police said Thursday. A viral 52-second video showed moment the driver, identified as Sunday […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals who constitute a threat to innocent citizens across the country. Speaking on Thursday during the joint security meeting […]

The Managing Director of Style Properties, Otunba Akinsanya Doherty, appeared favoured by fate after three men, suspected to be bandits, posed as EFCC operatives and attempted to abduct him at 1004 Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos […]

By Aisha Cole The Lagos State Government has announced that there would be total closure of the third mainland bridge from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde who made […]

Tiger Woods was injured when the car he was driving hurtled off a road in a Los Angeles suburb and rolled over, sending the golfing legend to a hospital where he was undergoing surgery for […]

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the apex bank’s directive to financial institutions on cryptocurrency transactions, is in the best interest of depositors and the country’s financial system. Emefiele said […]

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, are on each other’s throat. These two politicians, who, ordinarily should have been working together by virtue of their being members and leaders […]