Full List: Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, Eminem shine at 2025 American music awards

Beyonce Billie Eilish, Beyoncé and Eminem were big winners at the 2025 American Music Awards, which were held live in Las Vegas. Eilish won all seven awards she was nominated for. These included Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Hit Me Hard and Soft, Favourite Touring Artist, Favourite Female Pop Artist, and […]

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Dangote Cement PLC Set to Celebrate Top Distributors at 2025 Customers Awards and Gala Night

As Africa’s leading cement manufacturer and one of the continent’s most valuable brands, Dangote Cement PLC continues to redefine excellence not just in production, but in partnership. With operations in over 10 African countries and a distribution network that fuels some of the continent’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, the company is as committed to people […]

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Eight abducted WASSCE students, 11 others freed in Rivers

Nineteen people, including eight students sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, have been rescued after being kidnapped by suspected pirates. The victims were held for 21 days in the Bille waterways area in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. They were freed on Monday evening by a local security group […]

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Obi: N700,000 fee imposed on Anambra traders insensitive

Former Labour Party’s presidential candidate and ex-Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the alleged demand of ₦700,000 each from traders to reopen their shops at the Onitsha Head Bridge Market, describing the action as “insensitive” and calling on authorities to reconsider the charge. Obi, in a statement on Tuesday via X, recalled his […]

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FG to earn $7m daily from fertiliser exports — Dangote

The President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said that in the next two years, the company will be exporting almost 16,000 tonnes of fertiliser, which will amount to about $7m daily revenue to the Federal Government. In a statement on Monday, Dangote announced this when he paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters […]

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Tinubu to inaugurate Lagos-Calabar highway Section 1 Saturday

President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, May 31, inaugurate Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as part of his working visit to Lagos, the Presidency said on Monday. The highway, one of the flagship infrastructure projects of his administration, will be inaugurated alongside other key developments including the Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit […]

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Opposition’s internal crises, legal battles threaten 2027 election

Emerging political developments have continued to cast doubt on the ability of opposition parties to present a formidable challenge to President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. Most major opposition parties, such as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and […]

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We’ll protect our children – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has pledged his administration’s resolve to continue protecting the children, and laying a solid foundation for their future. In his message on the global Children’s Day commemoration today, he launched a nationwide campaign, “See Something, Say Something, Do Something”, which encourages every Nigerian to become a child protection champion. He said: ‘To […]

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Tinubu stops Wike from sealing PDP secretariat, others

– gives 14-day grace President Bola Tinubu has stopped the takeover of the national secretariat of Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and 4,793 other properties in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. He granted the properties owners a 14-day grace to settle their outstanding obligations and regularise their documents. The FCT […]

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