FG to upgrade 22 teaching hospitals
The Federal Government will upgrade the 22 teaching hospitals in the country and construct a new 500-bed state-of-the-art Specialist Hospital in Abuja through Public Private Partnership…
5,000 jobs lost to Xenophobia attacks in Lagos – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday disclosed that 5,000 people lost their jobs in Lagos due to Xenophobia attack on the Ajah and Surulere Malls by hoodlums avenging the…
Andreescu kills Serena’s dream in US Open, 24th Grand slam elusive
Serena Williams will have to await the Australian Open next January, to achieve her record equalling 24th Grand Slam dream, as Canadian teenager Bianca Vanesa Andreescu denied her again,…
I never knew it was risky, says man who ingested 80 pellets of hard drugs
If not for the intervention and empathy shown by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), 55-year-old Kouassi Jean Paul also known as Eze…
‘For 10 Yrs, My Wife Decided When We Had Sex, Her Mum Slapped Me Thrice’ – Man Tells…
"For about ten years, my wife dictated or decided when we were to have sex. She later stopped having sex with me. I pleaded and prostrated before her, praying that she changed her mind…
Tyler Perry used his personal plane to fly aid to the Bahamas
Tyler Perry said he'd help the Bahamas once the storm has passed, and it seems he's followed through on that promise.The movie icon reportedly used his personal plane to ship water, hygiene items, sleeping bags and…
Why I feared Mugabe but also revered him
Until he was ousted two years ago, Robert Mugabe was the only president I and the other "born frees" - the generation born after independence in 1980 - had ever known. Mugabe was my grandmother's…
Don’t Come Abroad If You Are Owing Salaries – Nnamdi Kanu Warns Nigerian Governors
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that he would ensure that Nigerian governors owing workers salaries, are not welcomed abroad. He said IPOB…
The Tinubu I know – MC Oluomo
Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo has barred his mind on what he knows about…
FG Debunks Abuja Explosion Report, Blames Desperate Opposition
The Federal Government has debunked the report being circulated on the social media of a bomb explosion at the South African High Commission in Abuja on Saturday, calling the report fake…
Yar’Adua and the $9.6 Billion Question
Even before I began receiving inquiries regarding the controversial $9.6 billion judgement that has become a Sword of Damocles over Nigeria, I was digging to find out what happened. Late President Umaru Musa…
FC Barcelona celebrate Samuel Eto’o
FC Barcelona on Saturday celebrated the retirement of their legend and former striker, Samuel Eto’o Fils. Samuel Eto’o announced his retirement with a message on social networks.…
Fans, excited as Adele prepares to drop album following divorce
English award-winning singer-songwriter Adele Laurie Blue Adkins popular as Adele, gets set to release an album in December 2019, after her divorce from partner Simon Konecki. Metro…
Why Nigerian govt is after me for attending WEF – Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili on Saturday said the Nigerian government did not go after her just because she attended the World Economic Forum, WEF, in South Africa which…
$9.6bn judgment debt: How Jonathan aborted plans to pay $850m to P&ID
FRESH facts emerged on Friday that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan aborted plans to pay $850million to Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited five days to his exit in 2015.…
Trouble as Sanwo-Olu set to make critical pronouncement on Okada
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said new policies that will regulate the operations of motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, in the state are being formulated.Sanwo-Olu, who made this known on Friday…
Xenophobia: Don’t buy looted Shoprite, other shops’ items – Police warn Nigerians
The police have cast a dragnet to apprehend those who would buy items looted from stores and shops during Tuesday’s protests against xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other…
Côte d’Ivoire wants Akinwumi Adesina re-elected AfDB president
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’ Ivoire has appointed Adama Koné, Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs to support the re-election of Akinwumi Adesina as President of the…
Why Obama, Clinton are left-handed, scientists decode human DNA
A new research by scientists from the University of Oxford has for the first time pinpointed regions of human DNA that closely relate to whether people are right- or left-handed. They…
Methods used by Ambode to swindle Lagos – ‘Eko Heritage’
Against the backdrop of inauguration of a committee on Tuesday 27 August 2019 by the Lagos State House of Assembly to probe the immediate past administration of former Governor…
Most decorated African footballer retires from football
The most decorated footballer from African soil and four-time African Player of the Year has called time on his trophy-laden career after 22 years. Samuel Eto’o has…
Xenophobia: What Nigerians must do to South Africans – Pastor Adeboye
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has appealed to Nigerians not to engage in reprisal attacks against South-Africans following…
Nadal too strong for Berrettini, faces Medvedev in US Open final
World number two Rafael Nadal will play for his 19th Grand Slam title on Sunday, after battling past Italy’s Matteo Berrettini on Friday and into his fifth US Open final. The…
Admissions scandal: Prosecutors want Felicity Huffman go to jail
U.S. District Judge in Los Angeles, California, Indira Talwani will decide next Friday whether to send actress Felicity Huffman to one month imprisonment or give more lenient sentence,…