MERCER, a firm that produces individual cost of living and rental accommodation cost reports for cities, has ranked Lagos as the fourth most expensive city in Africa among those surveyed. Although in comparison with other cities in the world, Lagos, ...

The Yoruba Youth Vanguard has lampooned an Afenifere faction for deliberately trying to mislead Nigerians by quoting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo out of context. It said at a media briefing in Abeokuta yesterday that the Afenifere group does not represent ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s dismissal of kidnappings in the country has confirmed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is insensitive to the sufferings of Nigerians. A statement issued by its National Publicity ...

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Bwari has nullified criminal charge proceedings of the Grade 1 Area Court, Karishi, Abuja, the African Peoples Party (APP) brought against Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. In an application for ...

The presidency has commended purported endorsement of the 2019 presidential elections as free, fair and credible by 60 presidential candidates and chairmen of their political parties. The presidential candidates, therefore, urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others challenging the ...

Hundreds of supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) staged a peaceful rally faulting the notions in certain quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in total control of power. The group, which marched through the Unity Fountain near the ...

The Federal Government has assured of producing more female seafarers with a view to exploring their potential in shipping for national development. It stressed the need for collaboration between the private and public sectors to review existing policies that would ...

Medical experts have raised the alarm over increasing cases of drug misuse and addiction in the country, blaming it on mental health issues that were left undiagnosed and untreated. Speaking at the symposium on practical solutions to combat substance abuse ...

Three communities in Akuku-Toru Council of Rivers State staged a protest in Port Harcourt yesterday against alleged involvement of Governor Nyesom Wike in their confrontations with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in the OML 25 oilfield. Belema, Ngeje and Offoin-Ama ...

 About 47 million Nigerians or 24.4 per cent of Nigeria’s population still defecate openly, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. Nigeria, it added, ranked second on the world behind India among those still practising open defecation. Making the declaration ...