Author: Isa Isawade
Aigbogun assembles 18 for 12th African Games campaign
Flying Eagles’ head coach Paul Aigbogun has released his final list of 18 players who will represent Nigeria at the…
IBB at 78: How He Killed Mamman Vatsa
On Saturday, 17 August, friends and well wishers will be sending goodwill messages to greet former Nigerian military president (from…
Gov Lalong’s message to Nigerians in diaspora
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau State and Chairman Northern Governors Forum has urged Nigerians in diaspora to invest at home…
Militants kill 2 soldiers, 2-yr-old girl in southern Philippines
Two soldiers and a 2-year-old girl were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in the southern Philippines as…
Climate change: Australia announces 338m dollars funding
Australia has announced 500 million Australian dollars (338 million U.S. dollars) in funding for the Pacific region to tackle climate…
Italian Senate cuts short break for critical gov’t vote
The Italian Senate is poised to decide on Tuesday on a date for a vote of no confidence against Prime…
2019 Hajj completion: Buhari congratulates pilgrims
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with all the 2019 Nigerian pilgrims over the successful completion of their Hajj rites and…
Sen Ndume’s advice to Nigerian youths from Makkah
The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has sent home an advice to the Nigerian youth…
2 of 4 Ebola drugs ‘more effective’ – WHO
Two of four Ebola treatment drugs have been determined “more effective” than the others and will be the only ones…
U.S. attorney general sees ‘serious irregularities’ at Epstein prison
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said there were “serious irregularities” at the prison where Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier and…
1 killed in accident on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday confirmed that one person died in an…
Army detains suspected Abia killer soldier
The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has detained one Lance Cpl. Ajayi Johnson, suspected to have killed a commercial…
Story of ‘200 ghost schools’ in Kwara untrue – Ministry
The Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development in Kwara has dismissed the claims that 200 ghost schools, whose teachers…
Sallah mood: Zamfara Gov grants amnesty to 150 prisoners
In the spirit of Eid-el Kabir celebration, the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has granted amnesty to 150 inmates…
Why you must not slaughter deformed animals for Sallah
It is forbidden by the Sharia of Islamic religion to slaughter a deformed animal as sacrifice to mark Eid or…
Avoid night journeys, FRSC tells commuters
The Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday cautioned commuters and motorists against late night…
NSCDC deploys 800 personnel in Yobe for Sallah celebration
The Yobe Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed no fewer than 800 of its…
Bayelsa LG Polls experience boycott, apathy
The Saturday Local Government elections in Bayelsa State, which had earlier been boycotted by the state's main opposition party, the…
NAF destroys terrorists control centre in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has successfully destroyed a Boko…
Third edition of JAMB Football Tourney holds Sept
The third edition of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)/Tertiary Institutions Football Competition has been scheduled to hold between…
2019 Hajj: 65,000 Nigerians on Mt. Arafat in Makkah
Out of a total number of 1.8 million Muslims across the world who are presently observing Arafat Day in Muna,…
Banditry: Zamfara govt removes emir, district head
The suspended Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Cika Ibrahim and the district head of Kanoma, Alhaji Ahmed Kanoma, have finally…
Buhari protecting Fulani Herdsmen – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation and stalwart of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said the reason…
Arrest of journalist: UK, US urge Tanzania to respect “due process”
As a result of the arrest and arraignment of a freelance investigative journalist in Tanzania, Erick Kabendera, both the United…
Nigeria proud of you, Buhari tells Akintola @100
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with renowned Chartered Accountant, iconic leader and legendary teacher, Chief Akintola Williams, who turns a…
Jukun/Tiv crisis: NYSC withdraws corps members
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has withdrawn its corps members from the crisis affected communities in southern part of…
Falana vows to challenge Sowore’s detention order
Lawyer to the detained leader of RevolutionNow, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has vowed to file an application challenging the order…
London policeman ‘stable’ after machete attack
A London police officer injured after being stabbed several times in a machete attack on Thursday is in a “serious…
Japan’s economy declines amid U.S-China trade tensions
Japan said on Friday its economy had slowed in the April-to-June quarter amid escalating trade tensions between China and the…
Severe weather in Australia: Power, flight affected
The south-eastern Australia is undergoing serious weather conditions which include destructive winds, blizzard conditions and heavy rain.