Why we’re visiting Boko Haram ravaged areas – UN
The UN Security Council’s delegation says it is visiting the four countries affected by the activities of the Boko Haram terrorists to get
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Nigeria needs strong anti-corruption agencies and State Police – Ekweremadu
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, said the country needed strong, independent, decentralised and impartial anti-corruption agencies, operating within rules and
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Customs gives a grace period for payment of vehicle duties
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved a grace period of one month, between Monday, 13th March to Wednesday
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Harvest of celebrity marriage break-ups
There was a time celebrities’ marriages were breaking up easily as if it was a competition. Then, virtually every month, one would hear
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Horror! Mother throws newly born baby inside soakaway
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a woman for throwing her one-day-old infant into a soakaway shortly after delivering the baby at
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Four places not to touch during sex!
Many men are not aware that, the fact that a woman has agreed to have sex does not mean you can run your
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Southern Kaduna: Osinbajo meets CAN, JNI, herdsmen over killings
Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday met with major stakeholders in Kaduna State in a move to put an end to the
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Trump Inauguration: Court frees 35 Biafra agitators
A Magistrate court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged 35 pro-Biafra protesters charged with conspiracy to commit treasonable felony. The accused were arrested
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Again, Naira loses ground against US dollar
The Naira yesterday Friday depreciated against the dollar at the parallel market after posting days of appreciation. The nation’s currency lost N7 to
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Penis artwork fetches teacher sack
An Austrian teacher has been fired from his job at a secondary school after he let his 12-year-old students create an oversized model
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Residents complain as Hemp smokers take over Evans Square
Traders and those residing close to the Kudirat Abiola Square, popularly called Evans Square, say they have been living in fear as the
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Company sues Nestle, bank for disobeying trade agreement
Nestle Nigeria Plc has been dragged before an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, by the owner of First Nigeria Enterprises, Prof.
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Army loses 31 soldiers to B’Haram in one month
The Nigerian Army has revealed that 28 of its men were killed while three others were abducted during different clashes with members of
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Opposition leader’s son takes over in Congo
The son of Mr. Etienne Tshisekedi, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s late opposition leader, has been chosen as his father’s successor. Tshisekedi, 53,
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Malabu oil Scandal: “Publish your facts, you are shielding some people”, ex-minister, Adoke, dares EFCC
A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke(SAN), yesterday rejected accusation by the Economic and Financial Crimes
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Fresh crisis brews over Buhari’s extension of Perm Sec’s tenure
A crisis is looming in the federal civil service over the extension of the tenure of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr.
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Chimamanda elected into US Academy of Arts and Letters
Award winning Nigerian Author, Chimamanda Ngozi- Adichie has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters as a foreign honorary member.
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PDP crisis: Makarfi, others dump PDP, form APDP
Anxiety has hit the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the submission of an application to the Independent
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Germany, Tunisia tackle illegal migration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has unveiled a new agreement with Tunisia on tackling illegal migration. Merkel visited Tunis on Friday to douse tensions
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PDP sank when Ahmadu Ali and I left – Obasanjo
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party sank when he and a former chairman, Ahmadu Ali, left
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Sagay lists Customs, NDDC, Judiciary as cesspools of corruption
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Thursday, said the recklessness with which public officers spent
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Bitcoin ‘creator, Nakamoto,’ races to patent technology
The man who last year made global headlines by claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, is working with a fugitive
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Malabu oil Scandal: EFCC charges Shell, Agip, Adoke with fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged oil giants, Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited, Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited, ENI SPA and
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Filing fees hike: Protesting lawyers lock out Osun Chief Judge
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association, Osogbo branch, on Thursday locked out the Chief Judge of Osun State, Mrs. Adepele Ojo, during their
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Abuja airport to be shut midnight, Tuesday, March 7
The Federal Government has approved the temporary closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with effect from the midnight of Tuesday March
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Police trail killers of popular Nasarawa herbalist
The Nasarawa State Police Command this Friday urged residents of the state to provide it with information on the killers of a popular traditional
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Tanzania cracks down on alcohol factories, shuts four
Tanzanian authorities this Friday closed four liquor making factories on the first day of the crackdown against the outlawed sachet-packed liquors. The crackdown was
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For increased birth rate, Spain creates Ministry for sex, appoints Minister
Spain has appointed a Minister for sex, Edelmira Barreira to help the country boost its dwindling birth rate and avoid a population crisis.
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Multiple suicide attacks in Maiduguri. Three bombers killed
The Police Command in Borno state confirmed multiple blasts. The command’s spokesman, Mr. Victor, said on Friday, ““Our men are still working at
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Buhari further mismanaged Nigerian economy – Soludo
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari had worsened the “very bad”
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