Month: August 2019
Sanwo-Olu flags off free healthcare for children
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, flagged off a free healthcare programme aimed at combating organ impairment and life-threatening…
ISWAP factional leader flees to Mali
Umar Leni, a factional leader of the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province, has fled to Mali, after a bloody…
PHOTOS: Mikel Obi trains with new club, Trabzonspor
Former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, 32, has been pictured for the first time training with his new club,…
Lawyer asks Stockholm court to free A$AP Rocky
The lawyer for US rapper A$AP Rocky told a Stockholm court Friday his client should be "set free today," in…
Reno Omokri blasts Pastor Adeboye for keeping mute on Leah Sharibu
Former presidential media aide, Reno Omokri has called out Pastor Adeboye, who has called on Nigerians to pray for five…
Cocaine cargo worth $1.1billion found in Hamburg
Cocaine smugglers are getting more brazen in their business as 4.5 tonnes of cocaine worth €1billion ($1.1billion) was seized in…
Aso Rock to ‘Pitiable’ Atiku: Your gambit will fail
The Nigerian presidency has worded another stern note to Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria's former vice-president and defeated candidate of the Peoples…
Security agencies begin aerial surveillance on Enugu forests
As part of measures to stem increasing insecurity in Enugu State, security agencies will commence joint air surveillance around major…
Saudi Arabia gives women independent travel rights
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has lifted the restriction on women to travel with the approval of a male "guardian".
FAAN’s female officer steals $600, suspended
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Friday said it has suspended indefinitely the Aviation Security Officer, Jennifer Luka,…
Heavy flooding kills five children in Adamawa
Five dead bodies have been recovered with many families displaced and business owners disorganised following a heavy rain that has…
Read Lawan’s message to Omo-Agege at 56
The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with the family, friends and political associates of the Deputy…
Atiku’s unrelenting appeal to emotion: A gambit doomed to fail
First, it was laughable, now it gets progressively pitiable, to see and hear efforts by presidential candidate of the People’s…
Fani-Kayode speaks on murder of Catholic priest in Enugu
Controversial former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the murder of a Catholic priest, Rev. FR Paul Offu in…
Flashback: How Odutola refused to help Awolowo with £1,400 loan
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the late Premier of Old Western Region, despite his political and other achievements, had his own rough…