Calm returns to Sri Lanka as president and PM plan to resign
Calm returned to major cities in Sri Lanka on Sunday after protesters stormed the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and set fire to...
Loan utilization, repayment: NIRSAL embarks on monitoring of beneficiaries in six states
As part of its post-Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG) issuance activities, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc has embarked...
Alleged organ harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife exonerated as UK court rules donor not a minor
The West Minister Magistrate’s Court, United Kingdom, on Thursday ruled that the kidney donor in the case of former Deputy Senate President, Dr...
Kuje Prison Attack: Residents still scared to go out despite heavy security presence
...said gunshots lasted more than 2hrs during attack
Africa Cup of Nations moved to January 2024
With the World Cup in Qatar taking place in November and December this year, the decision has been taken to postpone the finals...
Over 10 sailors missing after ship splits into two in China Sea
The 30-strong crew of the engineering vessel abandoned ship when it “suffered substantial damage and broke into two pieces” about 160 nautical miles...
Prolonged ASUU strike: NLC mobilizes for national warning strike
After about five months of federal government’s inability to resolve the dispute between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the...
3m Nigerians suffer from drug use disorder, NDLEA boss raises alarm
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that approximately three million Nigerians are suffering from Drug Use Disorder (DUD) as a...
17 people found dead at South African nightclub
Regional newspaper DispatchLive reported that the bodies were found "lying strewn across tables, chairs and on the floor; with no obvious signs of...
16-year old boy’s eyes plucked by ‘friend’ in Bauchi
A teenager, Uzairu Salisu, has had his eyes plucked out by his ‘friend’ in the Dutsen Jira area of Yelwa area, Bauchi State....
Lagos ranks 171 out of 172 worst liveable city in the world
Nigeria’s commercial hub and capital city, Lagos, has been ranked as the world’s second least liveable urban area due to social unrests, terrorism...
How Forex scarcity, power outage, others trigger food inflation, food insecurity, short-changing of consumers by manufacturers
“How much do you sell your Grand loaf bread?” , a shopper asks a young man who owns a provision shop beside the...
Alleged organ harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife risk 12 months or life imprisonment
Former Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, risk 12 months or life imprisonment in the UK if found...
Nigeria’s former deputy Senate president Ike Ekweremadu charged with trying to bring child to UK to harvest organs
The charges involve arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting, the Met said in a...
Nigeria to exit petrol importation soon, says Wunti, NAPIMS boss
He said rather than trying to replace hydrocarbons in Nigeria’s energy transition, the nation’s focus is on how hydrocarbons are delivered in a clean,...
Tricycle operator nabbed over gunpoint rape, robbery of female passenger
A 22-year-old tricycle operator, Rasaq Tahoeed, is cooling his heels in police cell in Ogun state for allegedly robbing and raping a female...
