Igboho writes President Buhari
Shugaban Nigeria, ya kwana uku. Your Excellency, I do not seek to rouse the ghosts of the slain victims of Fulani Ghoulish Nomads (FGN). Before you hasten to add hate speech charge to the list of...
View ArticleVIDEO: How my son was mistaken for a cultist, killed by Amotekun operatives...
The father of late Femi Ilori, a victim of extrajudicial killing, narrates how his son was chased and killed by Amotekun operatives who thought he was a cultist in Ogun State. Read More
View ArticleNaira exchanges for 503/$ at parallel market
The naira exchanged to the dollar at 503 at the parallel market on Friday according to the Bureau de Change operators. Figures obtained from naijbdcs.com, the official website for the licensed BDCs by...
View ArticleOlympics: Nigeria’s Adesokan loses to Spanish opponent in badminton
Nigeria’s Dorcas Adesokan on Monday lost to Clara Azurmendi of Spain in her opening game in the women’s singles event of the badminton competition at the 2020 Olympic Games. In the group play stage...
View ArticleGunmen barricade Sokoto-Gusau highway, abduct three-bus load of travellers
Bandits on Sunday blocked the Sokoto-Gusau Road and kidnapped passengers in three buses belonging to the Sokoto State Transport Authority. A motorist, Alhaji Mohammed Yusuf, who narrowly escaped the...
View ArticleTokyo Olympics: Edem crashes out of table tennis women’s singles
Offiong Edem on Monday bowed out of the women’s singles event of the table tennis competition at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Edem lost 4-1 to...
View ArticleFive things to know about BBNaija’s Wildcard twist
The Big Brother Naija Season 6, themed, Shine Ya Eye, has presented the first twist of the show with the ‘Wildcards’. During the second launch show on Sunday, the host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, announced...
View ArticleNetherlands Olympics rowing team self-isolates after virus cases
The Dutch rowing team is self-isolating at the Tokyo Olympics after a spate of coronavirus infections in the camp, director Hessel Evertse said on Monday. Coach Josy Verdonkschot is quarantining after...
View ArticleLet Olympic Games be sign of hope in pandemic -Pope
Pope Francis said Sunday he hopes the Tokyo Olympics, which opened Friday, will be a sign of hope and “universal brotherhood” during the coronavirus pandemic raging around the world. “In this period of...
View ArticleVatican discloses property portfolio as historic trial threatens to expose...
A once-powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others stand trial at the Vatican this week in an embezzlement scandal that allegedly saw charity funds used in a ruinous London property venture. Ex-cardinal...
View ArticleIt’s blackmail, students never swore to oath of secrecy – Premiere Academy
The management of the Premiere Academy in Lugbe area of Abuja, on Sunday, faulted the claims by the Coalition of Gender Based Violence Responders that its students had sworn to an oath of secrecy on...
View ArticleVIDEO: How Jamilu was killed on his birthday by Amotekun operatives -Brother
The brother of late Ibrahim Jamilu narrates how some officers of the Amotekun operatives in Ogun State killed his younger sibling on his birthday, 24th of April, 2021. Read More
View Article15 corpses recovered, four missing as flood washes away stuck bus
At least 19 people have been confirmed dead in the Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State after the vehicle they were travelling in was washed away by flood. It was gathered that the incident...
View ArticleTunisia’s main party decries ‘coup’ as president fires PM, suspends parliament
Tunisia was plunged deeper into crisis as President Kais Saied suspended parliament and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi late Sunday, prompting the country’s biggest political party to decry a...
View ArticleBBNaija S6 ladies in their own words
The Big Brother Naija Season 6, Shine Ya Eye, welcomed the female contestants on Sunday. Each lady has an outstanding personality and in this piece, our correspondent compiles how the Shine Ya Eyes...
View ArticleBritain’s Daley, Lee win gold in Olympic diving
Britain’s Tom Daley and Matty Lee edged out hot favourites China to win gold in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Daley, 27, in what could be his final...
View ArticleBREAKING: Road users stranded as protesters shut down Eleme East-West Road
Hundreds of youths from various communities in Eleme, Rivers State, on Monday shut down the Eleme section of the East-West Road. The youths, who began an early morning protest, blocked the Akpajo and...
View ArticleBeninoise courts not used to large crowds, Igboho’s lawyers caution supporters
Lawyers have asked supporters of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to shun coming to the Cour D’Appel De Cotonou where the activist is expected to appear today....
View ArticleBREAKING: Buhari departs to London for medical check-up, summit
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will leave Abuja today for London to see his doctors and participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education...
View ArticleBREAKING: Tight security as FG bars journalists from Nnamdi Kanu’s trial
There is tight security at the premises of the Federal High Court Abuja leading up to the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. Journalists at the entrance to the court are barred by officers of the Department of...
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