Year: 2021
Akintoye, 44 leaders of Ilana Omo Oodua pull out of NINAS
The Chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), Professor Banji Akintoye, has left his chairmanship role in…
Ecobank Nigeria to sustain SMEs support
Managing Director/Regional Executive, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has said the bank will continue to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs),…
Ex-convict, Oluwatobi to rot in jail 28 years for Cyber fraud
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin has convicted a 29-year-old ex-convict, Joshua Ajayi Oluwatobi for impersonating…
Tiger Woods “limping” cancels fulltime golf career
American golfer, Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods has ruled out a full-time return to golf after surviving a serious car crash.
Robbers invade Ekiti bank, shoot policeman, FRSC operative dead
Armed robbers killed a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday in Aramoko-Ekiti when…
Religious persecution: Russia vows to revenge for being blacklisted by U.S
Moscow on Tuesday denied there was religious persecution in Russia while commenting on the recent remark by U.S. Secretary of…
NCDC records 21 new COVID-19 cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 21 new COVID-19 infections across five states of the federation.
Omicron: Living with COVID-19
The world’s greatest fear about the coronavirus pandemic was confirmed last week with the discovery of a new mutation of…
Xi promises 1B doses of COVID vaccine, $10B investment for Africa
Xi will also encourage Chinese companies to invest no less than $10 billion in the continent over the next three…
Two gunmen who killed mourners shot dead in gun-duel with police in Benue
The Benue State Police Command said its operatives have shot two of the gunmen who killed mourners in the state…
Mustapha scared Nigeria will become world’s 3rd most populous
Nigeria is world's sixth most populous nation. But Mustapha believes the narration will change soon, without explaining the basis of…
2023 presidency: North-Central PDP adopts Saraki
Prof. Hagher said Sen. Saraki is a young man with wealth of experience at every cadre of governance.
Where were the trapped gunmen? Official lies about assault on Jos Custodial centre
As things turned out, there were no gunmen trapped or subdued inside the Jos Custodial Centre. Enobore lied. The obverse…
Tears as Kano lady Hanatu dies hours after wedding
Hanatu who have been complaining of stomach pains got married to Isyaka Yusuf at Bulama mosque in Kano on Saturday.
Port Harcourt residents lament losses to fire incidents
The Rivers Government has promised to investigate the causes of the fire incidents in Port Harcourt and environs
African fashion designers mourn loss of Louis Vuitton’s Virgil Abloh
Though born in the United States, Abloh did not forget his Ghanaian roots: in January 2021, he brought Kente, a…
UN chief Guterres slams isolation of southern Africa over Omicron
Guterres has long warned about the dangers of vaccine inequality around the world and that low immunization rates are "a…
Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu, storm night of tributes for Pastor Odukoya’s wife (Photos)
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinabajo alongside Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo Olu attended the night of tributes for…
Ayade commisserates with Maduka over wife Charity’s death
Charity died on Sunday afternoon after a stroke in Nnewi, Anambra state where she went to attend a function with…
Avic Engineering building Gusau airport dragged to Zamfara Assembly
Magarya orders the commissioners for Housing, Works and Transport, the consultant of the project, B.J. Aeronautics, to appear before the…
Barrister Ejiofor fumes over Orji Kalu’s visit to Kanu in DSS custody
"There is more to it than meets the eyes, which the DSS is now under a compelling duty to explain…
Obaseki orders repairs of Federal-abandoned Benin-Sapele highway
Protesters had barricaded the road for some days over its poor state, which, they said, had brought hardship to users.
Omicron: Rwanda bans flights to and from southern Africa
The Rwandan government has imposed a ban on all inbound and outbound flights to southern African countries in the wake…
Africa should not be penalised because of Omicron – UN
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the restrictions imposed on travellers from southern African countries due to…
Canada confirms 5 cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant
Ontario, which announced two cases in Ottawa on Sunday, linked to recent travellers from Nigeria, announced an additional two Monday.
2023: Sen. Adeyemi drums support for Yahaya Bello
By Ibironke Ariyo Smart Adeyemi, the senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly has declared support for the president…
BioNTech announces vaccine development for Omicron variant
BioNTech said that the new variant is significantly different from previously observed variants because it had additional mutations on the…
13-year-old girl raped by father, grandfather
The girl has been handed over to the state Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, pending the conclusion of investigation…
Jos prison Update: 11 killed, 252 inmates escape
Francis Enobore, a spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), said in a statement that one of the guards at…
Bill Cosby dragged to U.S. Supreme Court
They argued in the petition Monday that a dangerous precedent could be set if press releases are treated as immunity…