Author: Jennifer Okundia
Hundreds Die As Migrant Boats Sink Off Libya
Five migrants were found dead in the sea off Libya on Thursday after the boats they were travelling in sank,…
Nigeria, Morocco Sign Deal, To Create 50,000 Jobs
Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Thursday said a fertilisers deal…
China Approves Plan For Nuclear Power Safety
China’s cabinet, the State Council, has approved a plan for nuclear power safety and radioactive pollution control.
Ambode To Give National Theatre A Facelift
Gov.Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday said that his administration has concluded plans to begin a total revamping of…
Rice Farmers Demand For Hajj
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says improvement in the fortunes of farmers in Kebbi and Niger has made…
Kaduna Govt To Tackle Gully Erosion
The Mekera Community Development Association of Hayin-Dogo, Samaru, in Kaduna State has appealed to the state government to rescue the…
European Commission Publishes Framework For Digital Public Services
The European Commission on Thursday published a new European Interoperability Framework to help European public administrations to coordinate their digitisation…
Kano State Govt Trains 72 Youths
The Kano State Government has trained 72 youths in various fields of automobile engineering as part of effort to reduce…
Husband Demands N3m From Divorce-Seeking Wife
Malam Bello Umar, a resident of Gidan Haki in Sokoto North Local Government of Sokoto State, has asked his divorce-seeking…
Sanusi Commends Med-view Airline
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II on Wednesday commended the management of Med-view Airline for extending its domestic flight…
Woman Endangers Self To Rescue 300 Burnt Potatoes
A 90-year-old Internally Displaced Person, Zahrah Musa, on Wednesday rushed to save her N300 potatoes, minutes after she escaped a…
Johns Hopkins Gets First Female Black Resident
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgical department has been operating for 30 years. Although it has accepted residents, there has…
Lagos Assembly Warns Residents To Vacate Defective Buildings
The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development on Wednesday warned Lagosians residing in defective…
Air Traffic Controllers Suspended For Sleeping On Duty
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on Wednesday suspended three air traffic controllers, including one who fell asleep while…
22 Traders Who Died In Accident, Buried
Twenty two traders have died in a motor accident that occurred on the Tunga Giwa – Ruwa road in Shanga…
Lawyers Blame High Rate Of Divorce On Recession
Hajia Iyabo Salmot-Mohammed, the Chairperson of international Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kwara, has blamed the current recession in…
British Bosses Earn 400 Times More Than Minimum Wage
The heads of Britain’s top 100 listed companies earn on average almost 400 times more than a worker on the…
Lawyer Of Dead Russian Whistleblower, Injured
The lawyer for the family of late Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky is in intensive care after plunging from his fourth-floor…
Port Harcourt Disco Begins Subscription Server Repairs
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has begun the repairs of its faulty server that had hindered its customers…
Mel B Files For Divorce
Spice Girl Melanie ‘Mel B’ Brown filed for divorce from her husband after nearly 10 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable…
Movies Can Ease Stress — Producer
A Movie Producer and Director, Mr Kingsley Agubom, has said that entertainment was a strong tool that could be used…
Rural Women Demand Family Planning Services
Some rural women in Kaduna State on Wednesday urged the State Government to improve access to family planning services in…
BBNaija Housemate TTT Welcomed Home By Wife
Amid romantic affair between ThinTallTony and housemate Bisola in the Big Brother Naija show, the married man with two children…
Ooni To Crown Obasanjo Ruby King Of Festac
Due to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s contributions to the successful celebration of Festac 77 in 1977, the Centre for Black…
Bill To Prohibit Tribal Marks Passes Second Reading
A Bill for an Act to provide for the Prohibition of Facial Mutilation, Offences, Prosecution and Punishment of Offenders on…
Senator To Resign For Soliciting Sex From Teenager
An embattled Republican state senator from Oklahoma will resign from office amid allegations that he solicited sex from a 17-year-old…
Judge’s Absence Stalls Maj Atewe’s Trial
The absence of Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday stalled the trial of Maj.-Gen.…
Man Arrested With Fresh Woman’s Head, Hands
The police in Lagos have confirmed the arrest of a middle-aged man found in possession of a fresh woman head…
2 Held For Supplying Gun To Paris Airport Attacker
Two men were on Tuesday held for questioning on suspicion that they supplied a handgun to the man who attacked…
5 Men Arraigned For Diesel Theft
Five men were on Tuesday arraigned in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing 1,910 litres of…