Court uses 19th century law on horse-drawn carriage to jail cyclist who...
A British cyclist who hit and killed a pedestrian and was convicted under a 19th-century law for drivers of horse-drawn carriages was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison. Charlie Alliston, a...
View ArticleLagos varsity ASUU chapter, authorities trade words on sacked teachers
Sodiq Oyeleke Authorities of the Lagos State University have issued a directive banning dismissed workers from entering the premises. A statement by the Acting Public Relations Officer of LASU, Mr....
View ArticleHurricane Maria bears down on battered Caribbean
Hurricane Maria strengthened Monday as it blasted towards the eastern Caribbean, a region already struggling to recover from megastorm Irma. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Maria had...
View ArticleAfter lab tests in Lagos and Senegal, FG confirms yellow fever case in Kwara
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a new case of Yellow Fever in a young girl in Oke Owa Community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole,...
View ArticleWe’ll bounce back, says IPOB
Tony Okafor, Awka The Indigenous People of Biafra on Monday said no amount of intimidation would make it surrender its fight for an independent Biafra nation. It described the proscription of the group...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills village chief imam, four others in Borno
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri A village chief imam and four others were slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram members in Borno State, the caretaker chairman of Magumeri Local Government Area of the State,...
View ArticleOrtom asks community leaders to report ‘trouble makers,’ says Benue not part...
John Charles, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday declared that Benue is not part of any regional agitation, saying the state is committed to one, indivisible Nigeria. He also asked...
View ArticleSoldiers begin gradual withdrawal from Aba
The Nigerian Army has commenced gradual withdrawal of its men stationed at various checkpoints in Aba after the recent clash with protesting members of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The News Agency...
View ArticleUNGA: ‘Bureaucracy’ holding UN back, says Trump
US President Donald Trump on Monday warned “bureaucracy” is holding the United Nations back, a barbed first message to an institution he once derided as a talking shop. Kicking off a frantic week of...
View ArticleLagos International Airport gets certification
Nigeria’s premier gateway, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday became the first airport in the country to be certified by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The...
View ArticleEgypt court acquits Irish citizen after four years in jail
An Egyptian court on Monday acquitted Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa after four years in jail on accusations he participated in clashes with police in August 2013, a judicial official said. Halawa, who...
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PHOTOS: Newly sworn in SANs in Abuja
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen (SAN), on Monday swore in 29 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria. The inauguration of the new SANs is part of the proceedings of a special court...
View ArticleEx-Trump aide Flynn raises money for legal costs
The family of former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn has launched a defense fund to raise money for mounting legal costs in the sprawling Russia election interference probe....
View ArticleModel blasts French magazine for slimming her curves
The US model and actress Emily Ratajkowski has called out a French magazine for reducing her lips and breasts in a photograph for an interview which deals with the discrimination she says she has faced...
View ArticleFG inaugurates committee to coordinate statistical data in agencies
Ifeanyi Onuba,Abuja The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated a Finance Sectoral Consultative Committee for the effective coordination of statistical data in the ministry of finance and its...
View ArticleIPOB: Northern govs to visit Abia, Imo, Rivers
A delegation of Northern Governors Forum will pay a visit to the South East and South-South geo-political zones of the country. A statement by Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, issued by his...
View ArticleIPOB using fake videos to hoodwink international community – FG
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Federal Government has accused members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra of using fake videos of mass killings, harvested from other parts of Africa and doctored to...
View ArticleArmy not under political pressure, says Buratai
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai, on Monday said the Nigeria Army was not under political pressure regarding its activities on the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra....
View ArticleAllow Igbo to go, Niger Delta militants tell FG
THE Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has called on the Federal Government to allow the Igbo ethic group to leave Nigeria in order to avoid a civil war that could claim millions of lives. They also...
View ArticleNCND: Youths demand minister’s sacking over poor attendance
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usain Usain, has come under severe attacks by youths of the Niger Delta for alleged poor attendance of representatives from the region...
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