News

Nzuko Umunna condemns JAMB glitch, demands transparency for South East candidates

By Ihechi Enyinnaya Nzuko Umunna, a prominent pan-Igbo intellectual and advocacy group, has strongly condemned the recent technical glitch by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) which disrupted the…

Politics

JAMB’s UTME glitch symptom of deeper institutional crisis in Nigeria – Peter Obi

By Our Reporter Nigeria’s opposition figure, Peter Obi, has decried the technical glitches experienced by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board in the just-concluded UTME examinations, citing it as a…

Metro

VeryDarkMan re-arraigned over alleged cyberbullying of Iyabo Ojo, others

By Our Reporter The Inspector-General of Police has re-arraigned social media influencer, Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja over…

Business

Court rejects LAFARGE’s bid to stop lawsuit over planned sale to Huaxin Cement

By Our Reporter A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has dismissed a motion by Lafarge Africa Plc challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear a suit against its planned sale…

Entertainment/Arts

American Singer Chris Brown arrested In UK over assault

By Agency Reports American R&B singer Chris Brown, the former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, was arrested Thursday in the UK on suspicion of a serious 2023 assault at a London…

Sports

Man United lose 0-2 @ home to West Ham

Amorim continues poor domestic form West Ham bury Man United 2-0 as Amorim continues poor domestic form Manchester United slumped to a 2-0 home defeat West Ham as their woeful…

Opinion/Features

The blood profits of Nigerian banks

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D The astronomical rise in banks’ profits as reflected in the 2024 full year financial report has exposed the banking industry as a lucrative enterprise powered by…