Author: Nimot Sulaimon
Ali Baba, Seyi Law decry sponsorship challenges
A-list Nigerian comedians, Atunyato Akpobome a.k.a Ali Baba and Lawrence Oluwaseyitan a.k.a Seyi Law, have decried challenges comedians face in…
Niger Govt. shuts over 2,000 private schools in Suleja
Niger state government has closed down over 2,000 privates schools in Suleja Local Government Area and other parts of the…
ECOWAS orders Nigeria to pay N10m compensation to dismissed soldier
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to pay N10 million compensation for the violation…
NAF bombs Boko Haram’s meeting venue, terrorists killed
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has bombed a location at Boboshe on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno,…
C/River lawmakers call for rehabilitation of roads in Calabar
Cross River House of Assembly has called on Gov. Ben Ayade to immediately commence the rehabilitation of deplorable sections of…
Arik Air resumes flights to Owerri
Arik Air says it will resume flight services to the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, from Oct. 21.
Septuagenarian in court for raping, impregnating daughter
The Chief Magistrates Court 10 in Gombe, on Monday, remanded 72-year-old Ibrahim Yunusa in prison custody for allegedly raping and…
EU approves $419m loan to Thomas Cook subsidiary
The European Commission on Monday approved a German bridging loan worth 380 million euros (or 419.3 million dollars) for the…
Syrian government deploys army near Turkish border
Syrian Government forces were on Monday deployed to Kurdish-led areas in North-Eastern Syria following an agreement between the Kurds and…
28-year-old man docked for defrauding job seekers
A 28-year-old human resources personnel, Nelly Kalu, who allegedly defrauded five job seekers of N1.32 million on the pretext of…
Putin to visit S/Arabia, UAE in hunt for investments
Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Saudi Arabia on Monday and the United Arab Emirates the following day to attract…
South Korea’s Justice Minister resigns amid scandal
South Korea’s recently appointed justice minister, Cho Kuk resigned on Monday saying the scandal swirling around his family had become…
New Zealand PM challenges extremist online content
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced more funding and support on Monday to target violent extremist content online, just…
Former VP Sambo denies ownership of KAEDCO
Former Vice President, Namadi Sambo has described as “total falsehood and fallacy’’ story linking him to the ownership of Kaduna…
Video: Vector replies MI Abaga, calls him ‘Judas the Rat’
Nigerian rapper, Vector has replied MI Abaga's diss track with a diss track of his own titled 'Judas the Rat'…
Invasion of Syria: EU threatens to sanction Turkey
EU threatened sanctions against Turkey on Friday over its offensive in Syria, angrily rejecting President Tayyip Erdogan’s warning that he…
Air raids kills 21 militants in Afghanistan
At least 21 militants were on Friday killed in the northern and eastern region of Afghanistan as the Defense Ministry…
Sweden proposes EU-wide arms embargo against Turkey
Sweden will seek support for an EU-wide arms embargo against Turkey at a meeting of EU foreign ministers next week,…
Lebanon, Jordan sign agricultural cooperation agreement
Lebanese Agriculture Minister Hassan Lakkis on Friday signed a cooperation agreement with his Jordanian counterpart Ibrahim Shahahda.
International Girl-Child Day: FIDA makes case for girl-child rights
As the world marks the International Day for the Girl Child, the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), on Friday,…
France plans to block EU membership talks
EU diplomats on Friday said France plans to block the start of EU membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia,…
FIFA bans former Afghan general secretary
The former General Secretary of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has been banned for five years and fined after FIFA’s…
Marshall Islands declares national climate crisis
The Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean on Friday declared a national climate crisis as a low-lying coral atoll…
Renault sacks CEO with immediate effect
French carmaker Renault on Friday sacked chief executive Thierry Bollore with immediate effect.
3 dead, 2 injured in China highway overpass collapse
Three people were killed and two injured on Friday after a highway overpass collapsed in eastern China.
Teenager in court for raping neighbour’s 50-year-old mother
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered that a teenager, Babangida Inusa, who allegedly raped his neighbour’s…
Putin congratulates Diaz-Canel on his victory
The Kremlin on Friday said Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Miguel Diaz-Canel on his election…
Akwa-Ibom indigenes in S/Africa clamour for transformation in Niger Delta
Mr. Kingsley Ibokette, President, Akwa Ibom Indigenes Association in South Africa, has urged Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger…
25 ships carrying petrol, other products arrive at Lagos ports
Twenty-five ships carrying various products have arrived at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority…
House of Reps decries poor budgetary allocation for education
The House of Representatives has said that the 20 percent budgetary allocation for education in the 2020 appropriation was poor.