Author: Isa Isawade
‘Mama Boko Haram’ admitted to N1.3m bail
Federal High Court in Maiduguri on Tuesday admitted Aisha Wakil, popularly called 'Mama Boko Haram' and three others to bail…
Coronavirus: Greece denies 24,000 migrants entry
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said Greek security forces had prevented more than 24,000 attempted illegal entries at…
Nasarawa to construct access road to Doma Dam
Nasarawa State Government has restated its commitment to opening up access roads to Doma Dam and other potential tourist sites…
Death toll reaches 22 after tornadoes hit U.S city
At least nine people were killed and many others injured after tornadoes ripped through the south-eastern U.S. state of Tennessee…
Why NCDC Director-General had to be quarantined – Health Minister
The Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire has offered explanation as to reason the Direcror-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
Coronavirus: Senate President’s urgent demand from Buhari
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on the Federal Government to provide more standard isolation centres across the…
MAUTECH sacks 2 lecturers over sexual harassment
The Governing Council of the Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, has terminated the appointment of two senior lecturers following…
Experts’ messages on family planning
In a bid to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), some experts have charged journalists to sensitise the public on…
2023 and Tinubu’s rumoured interest
Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of…
Adesina wins 2019 African of the year award
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) has won 2019 African of the Year Award by African…
Ondo govt’s message to citizens over coronavirus
The Ondo State Government has urged residents not to panic over the discovery of corona virus in Ogun state, saying…
NiMET to establish 6 regional meteorological research centres
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) has said it would establish Regional Centers of Excellence in Meteorological Research in the six…
Why Nigerian military needs special financing – Lawmaker
A lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, Tajudeen Adefisoye, has drummed support for a bill seeking special financial support for the…
How 3 Northern governors created Boko Haram – Musa-Dikwa
A Borno State-based cleric and Director General, Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Rev. Kallamu Musa-Dikwa, has…
Afghan President rejects Taliban’s ridiculous offer
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has refused the Taliban outfit's demand for the release of 5,000 detainees within 10 days,…
Kenya’s Kipkemoi suspended for failed anti-dope test
Former Africa Games 10,000m champion Kenneth Kiprop Kipkemoi is the latest elite athlete to be banned for failing an anti-doping…
Coronavirus: Myanmar donates 200 tons of rice to China
Myanmar's government on Sunday donated 200 tons of rice to China as a humanitarian assistance in the battle against the…
Ogun Deputy Gov’s promise at stakeholders forum
Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, has said that the good governance policy of Governor Dapo Abiodun led government…
Coronavirus: NCDC releases 4th advisory to Nigerians
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released the fourth public health advisory on the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to…
Coronavirus: Lafarge says production on course as contacts hit 39
The Ogun Government and Lafarge Africa have confirmed that number of contacts in respect of the recorded single case of…
Photos: Senate President graces Emir of Bade daughters’ wedding
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Saturday attended the wedding Fatiha of two daughters of the Emir of Bade,…
Police lied, alleged serial killer West tells court
A drama has started playing out in the case of the alleged Port Harcourt serial killer, Gracious David West, as…
NSCDC member accused of raping 2 underage sisters
The Bayelsa State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, is enveloped in sex scandal involving one of…
Fayemi intensifies war against open defecation in Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has urged the people of the state to imbibe hygienic life style, saying that…
Professor Harry Garuba dies
Professor Harry Garba, one of the most talented Nigerian poets and literary scholars, died at 10:AM yesterday of leukemia in…
Nigeria’s Oshonaike, Edem, Omotayo qualify for Tokyo 2020
Nigeria’s Funke Oshonaike, Offiong Edem and Olajide Omotayo have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Police slam movement restriction on Enugu residents
The Police have announced restriction of human and vehicular movements in Enugu State on tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 29, for Local…
Baleria, Kazeem’s deaths, big blow to sporting world – Ejidike
Chief Donatus Ejidike has joined other Nigerians to mourn the demise of two great promising sports stars: Kano Pillars FC…
Matawalle lauds Buhari over federal commissioner appointment
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing the state Commissioner of Science and Technology, Alhaji…
How indigenous artistes can get global acceptance
Video Director Mr. Lanre Kazeem on Friday urged indigenous artistes to shoot superior musical videos to gain wider audience and…