OAU 200-level student commits suicide
A 200-level student of the Management and Accounting department of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State Emmanuel Adedeji has committed suicide. The…
Idriss Deby was a gallant leader — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of President of Chad Republic, Idriss Deby Itno, describing him as a friend of Nigeria. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media…
Musa will honour Kano Pillars away games by flight – Yahaya
Nigeria international and former Leicester City winger Ahmed Musa will only honour Kano Pillars’ away games by flight because of his safety according to the club…
Resign now – Wike tells Pantami
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has asked Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr. Isa Pantami to resign immediately…
Secession agitators cannot intimidate Buhari, says Presidency
The Presidency has declared secession agitators cannot intimidate or bully President Muhamadu Buhari to dance to their tunes. It also foreclosed likely convocation of another National Conference to…
Shock as life coach throws lavish divorce party
A lavish party by professional life coach,, to celebrate her divorce has gone viral. The mother of five held her…
Second dose of COVID-19 vaccines may not arrive – NPHCDA
Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr Faisal Shuiabu has revealed the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccines may not arrive in Nigeria…
Covid sends global wine consumption to lowest level since 2002
Wine drinking worldwide fell last year to its lowest level since 2002 as bars and restaurants shut their doors and tourism travel dried up amid the coronavirus pandemic, a trade body reported Tuesday. Overall consumption…
Nine fleeing Nigerian inmates arrested in Ghana
Nine inmates alleged to have broken jail have been arrested while fleeing to Ghana by the Ghanaian Police force at Ada Foah. According to BBC Pidgin, Ada Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent, Francis Somian,…
Customs generates N466bn revenue in Q1 2021
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it generated N466 billion revenue in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021). This is according to data made available to NAN on Tuesday…
UEFA pauses expulsion of Madrid, Chelsea, Man City; UCL matches will hold
UEFA has paused its plans to expel five of the 12 rebel Super League clubs, Man City, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Man United and Arsenal. ESPN reported that the Champions League and Europa League semi-finals in…
Thousands of AstraZeneca vaccines expire in South Sudan
About 60,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine donated to South Sudan by the African Union, expired before they were used, health authorities in the country said on…
Petrol queues hit Abuja
Long queues have reappeared in Abuja for the purchase of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. This development is coming one month after normalcy returned to…
Biden stops use of ‘illegal alien’ for migrants
President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. immigration agencies to stop using the controversial and dehumanising phrase “illegal alien” in reference to migrants. The term was…
Mourinho breaks silence after Tottenham sacking
Jose Mourinho has broken his silence after he was sacked by the management of Tottenham Hotspur. The Portuguese manager was sacked on Monday morning, April 19,…
2 kidnappers arrested, 4 rescued in Delta
The Police Command in Delta said it has apprehended two suspected kidnappers and rescued four victims in two separate operations. The acting Police Public…
It is not sport – Guardiola slams Super League
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has slammed the proposed European Super League and asked its chairman Florentino Lopez to shed more light. Guardiola in his first comment on the…
Fire Guts INEC’s Data Centre In Kano
A fire outbreak has burnt down some parts of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Kano. The fire incident, which occurred around 9:30 am at the Data Processing Centre of the INEC…
FUOYE suspends Registrar over alleged gross misconduct
The Governing Council of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti has suspended Registrar of the university, Olatunbosun Odusanya. A statement by the the Special Adviser on Media Matters to…
Police rescue girl in solitary confinement for 10 years
The Police in Kano have rescued a 15-year-old Aisha Jibrin who was locked up in a room by her parents in Darerawa Quarters, Fagge local government area of Kano State. It was gathered…
Ahmed Musa opts out of Kano Pillars away games
Kano Pillars has announced that Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa would not take part in most of their away games as the second stanza of the Nigeria Professional Football League…
Timeline of attacks on policemen, stations in Southeast
Many police stations have come under attack in the Southeast this year, with several officers killed. Three policemen were attacked at Onueke Police Station in Ezza South Local Government Area (LGA) in…
Former US Vice President Walter ‘Fritz’ Mondale dies at 93
Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale, who served as vice president under then-President Jimmy Carter before waging his own unsuccessful White House bid in 1984, has died, according to a family spokesperson. He was…
NDLEA arrests undergraduate, boyfriend for selling drugs to school children
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 300-level undergraduate, Rhoda Agboje and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, who allegedly specialises in…