Year: 2018
Chiwetel Ejiofor joins Angelina Jolie in`Maleficent II’
Nigerian -born British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor has joined Angelina Jolie in Maleficent 2, an upcoming sequel to the 2014 American…
Danny Welbeck ready to fire for England
England striker Danny Welbeck says he has emerged mentally stronger after a knee injury ruled him out of the 2016…
Zidane resigns as Real Madrid boss
Zinedine Zidane says he is stepping down as Real Madrid boss, five days after leading them to a third straight…
Airline profits unlikely at December forecast level – IATA chief
Profits in the airline industry are unlikely to reach the record levels forecast in December due to a jump in…
Nigerian cleric, Joshua Iginla uplifts widows, orphans, poor with N60m on birthday
Senior Pastor of Abuja-based Champions Royal Assembly, Bro. Joshua Iginla, on Monday 21, May, 2018 added a year. In his…
Man in police custody over senior wife’s mysterious death
The Jigawa police command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a 40-year-old man, Adamu Tela, whose senior wife, Hadiza Adamu,…
ICRC partners Nigerian Police on rights of detainees
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is partnering the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) to evaluate how…
Man remanded for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Thursday ordered the remand of one Adamu Usman in prison custody over his…
S. Sudan forces, rebels accused of massacre, burning children alive
A Juba-based monitoring group, Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) has accused South Sudan’s army and rebels of…
Labourer bags 7 months imprisonment for assaulting police officer
A Sharia Court in Minna on Thursday sentenced a labourer, Samiu Abdulrahim, to seven months imprisonment for assaulting a police…
Myanmar: Cyclone kills 5, destroys 1,400 houses
At least five people have been killed and 1,400 houses destroyed as strong cyclone storm swept across Myanmar over the…
Sri Lanka: Viral flu kills 14 children
Sri Lanka’s Health Officials on Thursday said 14 children had died from a viral fever which was spreading in Southern…
President Trump meets reality star Kim Kardashian
Donald Trump took time out from bashing his attorney general Jeff Sessions and making the Roseanne Barr racism storm all…
School feeding programme not a political gimmick – Dankwambo’s aide
The Federal Government’s National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) is not a political gimmick, Mrs Maryam Mele, Special Adviser…
Cholera: NCDC urges Nigerians to maintain high hygiene
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday charged Nigerians on the need to maintain high hygiene to prevent…
Resident doctors mull nationwide strike over sacked members
The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Thursday, warned that it may proceed on strike if the Federal Government…
Prostitution: Returnee from Russia narrates ordeal
A 25-year-old returnee from Russia, Miss Blessing Atale, has cautioned Nigerian girls on the dangers of travelling abroad to engage…
Court sends ex-Kaduna governor Mukhtar Yero, 3 others to prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has remanded a former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero, and three others…
Nipah virus: India records 2 more deaths
Two more people have died in the outbreak of Nipah virus in the southern Indian state of Kerala, taking the…
How toothpastes cause health problem
American and Chinese scientists have found that an antimicrobial ingredient commonly used in hand soaps and toothpastes could have adverse…
Libya holds Iftar feast for illegal immigrants
The Libyan immigration department on Wednesday held a Ramadan Iftar feast for nearly 1,300 illegal immigrants inside a reception centre…
Assad warns U.S. should leave Syria
President Bashar al-Assad said he would recover areas of Syria held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and that…
Punch Chairman, Aboderin dies at 60
The Chairman, Punch Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbadebowale Aboderin ha died at the age of 60.
Meet the tough female judge who jailed ex-governor Jolly Nyame
This is Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory High Court who found former governor of Taraba State, Reverend…
UK PM May’s Conservative Party urged to tackle Islamophobia
Britain’s largest Muslim group on Thursday urged Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party to launch an independent inquiry into Islamophobia…
China exceeds U.S. in healthy life span – WHO
China exceeds U.S. in healthy life span for the first time since records began, , according to WHO data.
Russia, Saudi agree foreign troops should leave Syria
Russia and Saudi Arabia have agreed that Syria should be freed of foreign troops and terrorist groups, Saudi Ambassador to…
Investigative journalism is dangerous – Osoba
A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Wednesday in Lagos likened the risks in pursuing investigative journalism…
Yobe Govt ready for negotiation with doctors
The Yobe Government says it is ready for discussions with the state branch of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD)…
Court nullifies Rivers APC congresses
The Rivers High Court in Port Harcourt has nullified the ward, local government and state congresses of the All Progressives…