N2trn Investments Flow Into Nigeria In 3 Months
The flow of funds into Nigeria was down in the second quarter of the year as the total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood at $5.82 billion, equivalent to N2 trillion, in the second quarter of 2019, a…
I have nothing to gain by denying Obaseki second term – Oshiomhole
THE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed as untrue allegations that he is against a second term for his successor,…
How 19 year-old Canadian Andreescu became US Open Champion
Teenager Bianca Andreescu became Canada’s first Grand Slam singles champion Saturday with a rollercoaster 6-3, 7-5 win over 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the US Open final.…
550 Pilgrims escape death in Max Airline plane
No fewer than 550 pilgrims from Niger who performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia on Saturday escaped death at the Minna International Airport as the Max Airline plane conveying them…
Make History compulsory in schools – Group urges Africa
The Ansar-ul-Deen Youth Association of Nigeria (ADYAN) has urged African leaders to make history compulsory in schools in order to enable youths appreciate the continent better. The…
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…