Senator Abaribe in court for Kanu’s trial
Ade Adesomoju A serving senator, Eyinnaya Abaribe, who is one of the three persons standing as sureties for the bail granted the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip mark 70th wedding anniversary
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrate 70 years of marriage on Monday, becoming Britain’s first reigning couple to mark a platinum wedding anniversary. The decades-spanning marriage of the...
View ArticleNigerian and gay: dodging police and the Yahoo Boys
It was a life-changing moment for Daniels when five police officers in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, locked him in the back of a van two years ago. The officers scrolled through the photos on his...
View ArticleSenator Abaribe in court for Kanu’s trial
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A serving senator, Eyinnaya Abaribe, who is one of the three persons standing as sureties for the bail granted the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi...
View ArticleFRSC procures equipment to detect liquor from breath of motorists
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Bayelsa command, has threatened to apprehend and prosecute drunk drivers especially, during the yuletide. Mr Ikechukwu Igwe, the state FRSC Sector Commander, who made the...
View ArticleEkwueme`s death, big loss to the nation, Nigerian community in S/Africa
The Nigerian community in South Africa says the passing away of Dr. Alex Ekwueme, former Vice President, is a big loss to the nation. Ekwueme died in a London clinic, aged 85 on Sunday. Mr Adetola...
View ArticleMugabe has lost public, party support – Britain
Robert Mugabe has “lost the support of the people and of his party”, Britain said Monday after the Zimbabwean president insisted he still holds power despite a military takeover and demands to quit....
View ArticleBuhari mourns Ekwueme
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sent condolences to Nigerians, and to the Government and people of Anambra State, on the death of a former vice president, Dr. Alex...
View ArticleShagari, Saraki, Mark pay tribute to Ekwueme
Former President Shehu Shagari has condoled with the family of the late former Vice President Alex Ekwueme who died on Sunday night. In a statement on Monday in Sokoto, Shagari said that Ekwueme’s...
View ArticleEkwueme, epitome of a detribalised Nigerian – Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has described the late former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme as an epitome of a detribalised Nigerian. Ekwueme, 85, died on Sunday in a London hospital after a brief...
View ArticleOhanaeze mourn Ekwueme, congratulate Obiano
Olusola Fabiyi The Igbo socio-political and Cultural Organisation, the Ohanaeze has described the former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, as an outstanding patriot whose contributions to the country’s...
View ArticleCustoms hands over seized container of pharmaceutical products to NDLEA
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Command, on Monday said it had handed over a 40-foot container containing confiscated and falsely declared pharmaceutical goods to the National Drug...
View ArticleFG demands explanation from Italy over burial of 26 girls
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has expressed dismay over the hasty burial of the 26 girls who were found dead on the Mediterranean Sea by Italian authorities nine days ahead of the...
View ArticleMedical expert advices pregnant women against patronising traditionalists,...
A pharmacist at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Dr. Gbola Olayiwola, has warned pregnant women against patronising traditionalists and quack doctors. Olayiwola, Head of Department of Clinical...
View ArticleHold Buratai responsible for Kanu’s whereabouts – Abaribe
Ade Adesomoju Senator representing Abia South, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has accused the Chief of Army, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, of frustrating his role as a surety for the bail granted the leader of the...
View ArticleAnti-graft war not meant to intimidate judiciary – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured the judicial community that the recent investigations involving some judicial staff were not aimed at intimidating the Judiciary as wrongly portrayed in...
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51 Lagos teachers failed professional examination — TRCN
Not lesser than 51 teachers failed the Professional Qualifying Examination conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria in Lagos State. Mr Gbolahan Enilolobo, the state coordinator of the...
View ArticleZimbabwean students rage against defiant Mugabe
Branding President Robert Mugabe a dark force who threatened their future, several hundred Zimbabwean students on Monday added their voices to the clamour for the 93-year-old autocrat to quit. Classes...
View ArticleZANU-PF to begin Mugabe’s impeachment process on Tuesday
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party will launch the parliamentary process on Tuesday for impeaching President Robert Mugabe, a government lawmaker told AFP. The decision on Monday came after Mugabe missed...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills six in Borno
Boko Haram fighters killed six farmers outside Maiduguri, the civilian militia and the brother of one of the victims said on Monday. Sunday’s attack in Lawanti village, in the Jere area of Borno...
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