Global hunger on the rise, 282m Africans malnourished —UN report
The United Nations in a report on Monday said the COVID-19 pandemic heightened global hunger with Nigeria and 53 other African countries, accounting for 282 million malnourished people. The report...
View ArticleWhat it means to be Nigerian, according to social media warriors
In a country of 210 million inhabitants with more than 500 native languages and hundreds of ethnicities that was colonised by the Portuguese and the British, identity can be a daunting question. But...
View Article‘APC will end after Buhari’s tenure’, Elumelu warns defectors
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, has said government of the All Progressives Congress is failing, adding that the ruling party will leave power after the tenure of the...
View ArticleTraditionalists urge Ogun Assembly to dismiss bill on installation, burial of...
The traditional worshippers in Ogun State, under the aegis of Isese Practitioners, have asked members of the Ogun State House of Assembly to dismiss the bill on the installation and burial of...
View ArticleRecruitment: Online supplementary list not from us, Navy warns
The Nigeria Navy has described as ”fake” a purported sectional list of supplementary candidates in its recruitment trending online and amplified by an online newspaper of questionable integrity(Not The...
View ArticleI have completed 128 projects in two LGAs under two years – Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, said his administration had executed 52 projects in Imeko Afon and 76 projects in Yewa North in the past two years. Abiodun said this while flagging off...
View ArticleFour Olympic contractors held in Tokyo over cocaine
Four Olympic contractors have been arrested in Tokyo for alleged drug use, police and Games organisers said Tuesday, as the Japanese capital counts down to the July 23 opening ceremony. Tokyo 2020 said...
View ArticleDeath toll in China hotel collapse rises to eight
Eight people have been confirmed dead and nine more remain missing after a budget hotel collapsed in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, the local government said Tuesday. Six others were rescued from...
View ArticleCuba blames US for anti-govt protests against chronic shortages of power...
Havana has blamed a US “policy of economic suffocation” for unprecedented protests against Cuba’s communist government, as Washington pointed the finger at “decades of repression” in the one-party...
View ArticleFederal mortgage bank disburses N298bn under NHF scheme
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria Managing Director, Ahmed Dangiwa, on Monday in Katsina, disclosed that the bank had so far ‘given out over N297.7bn under its various windows’ in the National...
View ArticleArmy foils kidnap attempt in Borno, rescues 17
Troops of the Nigerian Army have foiled a kidnap attempt in Borno State, rescuing 17 civilians in the process. This was disclosed by the Army Director of Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, on Tuesday,...
View ArticleCOVID-19: How Nigeria disappointed experts – Aregbesola
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the Federal Government must have disappointed experts who predicted that Nigeria and other African countries would collapse under the damaging economic...
View ArticleEFCC breaks into Lagos hotel, arrests 30 over fraud
No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State. During the raid on...
View ArticleDecomposing body of NDU undergraduate killed by soldier boyfriend uncovered
The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has recovered the decomposing body of one Jennifer Ugadu, a 200-level undergraduate of the state-owned Niger Delta University. This was contained in a statement...
View ArticleCCT chair tackles Senate in court, National Assembly threatens judge’s arrest
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, on Tuesday attempted to stop the probe into the alleged assault against him by the Senate with an originating summons from the court. The...
View ArticleObaseki vows to implement #EndSARS panel report
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday vowed to carry out the recommendation of the EndSARS panel while calling on political leaders in the country to listen to the yearning of the...
View ArticleBasketball: Australia defeat Nigeria 108-69 in exhibition game
Australia trounced Nigeria 108-69 to win their third game in a row at the Las Vegas exhibition series on Wednesday as both teams continue their preparation for the Olympics. The loss is Mike Brown’s...
View ArticleOnazi scores as Zalgiris Vilnius advance in UCL qualifier
Nigerian midfielder Ogenyi Onazi scored a wonder-strike as nine-man Zalgiris Vilnius defeated Linfield 2-1 in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League first qualifying round tie played at Windsor Park in...
View ArticleRapists tied Omowumi’s hands, neck before killing her – Relation of murdered...
A relation of Omowumi Olajide, the murdered student of the University of Ilorin, Mrs Stowe Opeyemi, said the deceased was stripped naked and her hands tied by her assailants before she was killed....
View ArticleBuhari seeks National Assembly’s help to end insecurity
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has urged the National Assembly to partner his regime in order to bring insecurity to an end . Buhari made the plea at a dinner held in honour of...
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