By Steve Osuji EHIMEAKHE: Tribute to a doyen of Nigeria’s banking at 80 One of the last titans of the banking profession in Nigeria, Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Ehimeakhe turns 80 on this day, December 20th, 2025. Those who know him…
 A night out turned into a nightmare in the early hours of Sunday morning as gunmen stormed a tavern in the Bekkersdal township, opening fire and killing nine people in a “purely criminal” rampage. The attack, which occurred around 1:00…
 What started as a terrifying report of a woman snatched by gunmen has ended in a police cell after investigators discovered the “victim” was actually the mastermind behind her own disappearance. Lagos State Police have taken a 26-year-old housewife and…
Barely five days after laying their mother to rest, the family of Lawrence Iorwa has been thrown into fresh pain following a violent attack on their family compound by unknown gunmen. Eyewitnesses said three armed men stormed the residence in…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised an alarm over the recall of Indomie Vegetable Flavour noodles after tests revealed the presence of undeclared milk and egg allergens that could pose serious health risks…
The Nigerian Navy has strengthened its manpower with the recruitment of 1,962 new ratings to support ongoing joint military operations across the country. The new sailors were officially inducted on Saturday during the Batch 37 Passing Out Parade at the…
By Sufuyan Ojeifo For decades, Nigeria’s public procurement system laboured under an unenviable reputation. It was widely perceived as a creaking colonial inheritance, labyrinthine in process, porous in execution, and more feared as a bureaucratic choke point than respected as…
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU ON A THREE-STATE VISIT; TO SPEND THE END-OF-YEAR HOLIDAY IN LAGOS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday to visit Borno, Bauchi and Lagos States. While in Borno State, President Tinubu will commission…
It was a prolonged celebration; expression of joy, as men and women of the Uzanu community of Uneme-Uzanu clan, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, installed Muhammadu Osiregbemhe Adamu, a substantive Oliola (king) of Uzanu-Uneme clan. In an…
December 19, 2025 CRITIQUE: Senator Oshiomhole; the proverbial tortoise is every story. By Chris Osa Nehikhare …its time to stop the ravaging bull. It is deeply troubling that a Senator who neither represents Edo South nor has any legitimate mandate…
