Author: Jennifer Okundia
Unilorin Students Engage Rural Communities Over Health Challenges
The 200 level medical students of the University of Ilorin have engaged eight Kwara rural communities with health challenges, for…
African Airlines Recorded Best Safety Performance In 2016
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Friday said that Sub-Saharan Africa had its best safety performance within the last…
Wild Jubilation In Katsina Over President’s Return
People of Katsina trooped out to the streets on Friday to celebrate the safe return of the President Muhammadu Buhari…
MFM Strong Enough To Match Enyimba – Coach
As the Lagos-based MFM FC tackles Enyimba FC of Aba for their Match Day 13, the Technical Adviser, Fidelis Ikechukwu…
Winnie Mandela, Absolutely Fine In Hospital: Spokesman
South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of the late president Nelson Mandela, is “absolutely fine” after being admitted to…
South African Taxi Drivers Protest Against Uber
Hundreds of South African taxi drivers on Friday blocked roads to Johannesburg airport, holding up thousands of travelers and causing…
South Koreans Eat Chicken, Celebrate Removal Of President
Many South Koreans ate chicken on Friday to celebrate the removal of President Park Geun-hye in a satirical nod to…
Edo People Mourn Ogbemudia
Residents of Ihieya area in Benin, Edo where the late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia lived before his death and the adjourning…
Strike Causes Cancellation Of Over Hundred Flights
Hundreds of flights were cancelled at both of Berlin’s airports on Friday due to a strike by ground crew. A…
Women Are Not Meant To Be Humiliated, Unappreciated
Sonia, wife of actor Ik Ogbonna has come out to say that women are not destined to suffer in abusive…
Sex Scandal: Apostle Suleiman Demands Apology From Festus Keyamo
Apostle Johnson Suleman has demanded that legal practitioner, Festus Keyamo, should retract all publications, and an apology to be published…
Catholic Church Considers Ordaining Married Men As Priests
Pope Francis said in an interview published on Thursday that the church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially…
Taliban Stone Woman To Death
The Taliban on Thursday stoned a woman to death and whipped a man on charges of adultery in Afghanistan’s north-eastern…
Tricyclist Docked For Assaulting Police Officer On Duty
A 19-year-old tricyclist , Ayomide Yakubu, was on Thursday brought to an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court in Lagos for allegedly beating…
Delta Teachers Begin Indefinite Strike
Teachers in Delta on Thursday embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries, Mr Joe Iyalekhue, the Secretary Delta branch…
Court remands 2 brothers For Killing 5 Herdsmen
A Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded two brothers, Adamu Yahaya, 20 and Mumuni Yahaya, 25, in prison custody over…
World Glaucoma Week: Association To Conduct Free Screening
The Nigerian Optometric Association will conduct free eye screening in designated clinics across the FCT from March 12 to March…
CIA Contractors Likely Source Of Latest WikiLeaks Release
Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency’s use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group…
Pope’s Representative Leads African Catholic Bishops To Pray
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello representing Pope Francis had led representatives of Catholic bishops from Africa to pray and rejoice with Ghana…
FRSC Arrests 298 Traffic Offenders In Osun
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command, said it arrested 298 motorists for various traffic offences across the state…
NCPC Creates Metropolitan Offices, Appoint New Heads
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has created eight new special offices in addition to the six existing zonal offices…
Teenager, 9-Year-old Nabbed For Defiling Minor
A teenager and a nine-year-old boy, who allegedly defiled a four-year-old girl, were on Thursday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’…
Grandfather Cuts Off Baby’s Genitals
A 59-year-old man, Mr Ziworitin Keke, has allegedly cut off part of the genitals of his eight-month-old grandson while circumcising…
Enugu Government Approves Recruitment Of 30 Graduates
Enugu State Government has approved the recruitment of additional 30 members of staff for the Board of Internal Revenue (BIR).…
Bauchi Government To Improve ICT Among Youths
The Bauchi State Government is to partner with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to improve on the capacity…
Insecurity: FG To Resuscitate Immigration Surveillance Aircrafts
The Federal Government said it would refurbish three grounded Nigeria Immigration Service surveillance aircrafts to boost security at the nation’s…
Stranded Malaysian UN Staff Leave DPRK
Two Malaysians working for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) who were stranded in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…
Oil-rich Community Seeks Compensation
Land owners in petroleum exploration area of Alkaleri Local Government of Bauchi State have called on oil companies engaged in…
Tonto Dikeh’s Husband Gifts Praiz Landed Property
Further to the recent unveiling of Praiz Adejo as The Big Church Group Brand Ambassador for the Year 2017, King…
Wives To Stop Unrealistic Demands From Husbands
Female lawyers in Abuja have called on women to resist the temptation to make unrealistic demands compelling their husbands to…