Flood sweeps 11-year-old boy and his rescuer to death in Lagos
Tragedy struck residents of Aboru and Iyana-Ipaja in Alimosho area of Lagos on Saturday as flood swept away an 11-year-old…
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Nigerian Army captures 10 Boko Haram commanders
The Nigerian Army says it has captured 10 suspected key Boko Haram members at Bitta in Gwoza LGA of Borno,…
Algeria’s protesters march against ruling elite as elections approach
Algerian protesters vowed to keep up street rallies against the country’s ruling elite on Friday, rejecting a December presidential election…
Nigerian Army kills 39 bandits in Zamfara
No fewer than 39 armed bandits were reportedly killed by soldiers in two different operations in Zamfara this week, the…
Uber launches ‘boat taxis’ on Lagos waters
American transportation company, Uber, has launched boats as a means of transportation in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub. The firm already…
Nigerian women respond to lawmaker on comments on leadership roles
Women rose in unison at a forum in Abuja on Thursday to disagree with a member of the House of…
Degree programme in agricultural extension services at OAU gets 100% funding
A group, Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000), has assured Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, of 100 per cent funding to enable…
The Naira Marley trilogy—-Soapy, Opotoyi, and Am I a Yahoo Boy?
The Naira Marley trilogy—-Soapy, Opotoyi, and Am I a Yahoo Boy?—is a study in curious unification: it has that capacity to…
PDP inaugurates reconciliation panel and campaign councils for Kogi and Bayelsa
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated a national reconciliation committee and campaign councils for Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections,…
Governor Umahi speaks about his wealth
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said that he became a billionaire at 25 years of age due to…
Extra troops and equipment deployed to Saudi Arabia by the U.S.
The U.S. is deploying additional troops and military hardware to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Friday, in what appeared…
Bayo Abubakar emerges winner at NUJ Inter-Chapel Table Tennis championship
Bayo Abubakar of Sobi FM and Aminat Babatunde of the National Pilot Newspapers are the winners of this year’s edition…
45% of under-5 mortality can be prevented by a healthy diet
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Umar, says 45 per cent of death of children…
Former patient speaks on HIV cure by Dr. Abalaka
One of the 30 Nigerian soldiers who contracted HIV while serving in ECOMOG and were sent to Jeremiah Abalaka for…
Endurance Edafewotu And The Return To The Isoko Root
By Palmer Ogheneyole Nathaniel Over the years, there has been a raging battle between literary scholars and historians over whose discipline…
ICYMI: Senator Joshua Dariye Bags 14 Years for N1.16bn Fraud
Senator Joshua Dariye, a former governor of Plateau State, who was being prosecuted by the EFCC for a N1.16bn fraud…
Buhari demands tougher action against sexual abuse
President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated stricter laws to prevent girls from being abused in our schools. In his reaction to…
Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk emerge Nobel prize winner for literature
A 76-year-old Austrian author, Peter Handke, has won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was pronounced the 2019 winner alongside 57-year-old…
Dangote Flour forced to postpone AGM by court order
The management of Dangote Flour Mills on Friday announced the postponement of the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the…
What Jonathan should tell Buhari on Dasuki’s case
Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to…
Suit seeking sack of FIRS chairman, Fowler postponed
A Federal High Court in Kano has postponed its judgement earlier slated for Friday in an application seeking the sack…
Suspected killers of five soldiers arrested by Nigerian Army in Plateau
Operation Safe Haven, (OPSH), the multi-security task force maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi states, claimed it has…
Appeal Court upholds Dino Melaye’s sack from the Senate
The Court of Appeal has upheld the August 23 judgment of an election tribunal which nullified the election of Dino…
Nigeria, China Sign Contract Agreement To link FCT, Itakpe/Warri by Railway
The Federal Government has signed a contract agreement for the construction of railway to link Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory…