Boko Haram refugees in Niger feel ‘abandoned’ by the world
"Take us away from this hell," said Boussam, a mother of seven cradling skeletal goats in Niger's Assaga camp, where thousands of desperate refugees fleeing Boko Haram Islamist insurgents are living in hunger.
Candido takes over as AMAC new Chairman
THE newly elected Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Abdullahi Candido yesterday took over the mantle of leadership, with a vow to restore sanity in the council, just as he said that he was ready to sacrifice his life for AMAC to be better.
PH Convention: PDP clears Sheriff, Secondus to contest
Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has been cleared by the party’s screening committee to contest for the seat of National Chairman in today’s convention.
Converging crises in the Lake Chad basin risk dire humanitarian consequences – O’Brien
More than 9 million people affected by the Boko Haram-related conflict across the Lake Chad Basin – 76 per cent of whom are in Nigeria – are grappling with dire conditions that will worsen if immediate humanitarian needs are not met, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, warned as he concluded a four-day visit to Niger and Nigeria.
More worries for EgyptAir as Nigerian teenage student sues airline for wrong routing
WITH worldwide concerns over the crash of its flight MS804 on Thursday, with 56 passengers and 10 crew members on board feared killed, there appears to be more reasons why EgyptAir has to worry.
Strike: What Buhari is doing is for Nigerians devt -Tinubu
NATIONAL leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, stormed Labour House, the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to beg the leadership of the union,led by Ayuba Wabba, to suspend the ongoing strike it embarked over increment in the fuel pump by the federal government.
Gunmen kill Gov Ortom’s SSA, soldier shoots undergraduate in Benue
Gunmen at the early hours of Friday, stormed the home of Mr. Denen Igbana, the Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to Benue State Governor on Security, and shot him dead in the presence of his family.
Enugu to call town hall meeting over acute water supply
The Enugu State government has said that it would summon a Town Hall Meeting anytime next month “to tackle the lingering water situation in the state and fashion out the best ways of ensuring improved water supply.”
FA Cup Final: It’s win or burst for Man U against Palace
Louis van Gaal would rather scrape an ugly 1-0 Wembley win over Crystal Palace today than leave the “prestigious temple” empty-handed.
Thrills as Nigeria’s Moyo Kasim is inducted into Volleyball Hall of fame in USA
Saturday, April 23, 2016 will remain green in the memory of Nigerian volleyball legend, Dr. Moyo Kasim. It was a special day. He flew his family from Atlanta to Pennsylvania. He had to. It was a day the iconic volleyball great was inducted into the prestigious Volleyball Hall of Fame in the United State of America.
As race for Rio Olympics over-age players rages: Siasia meets Mikel, Ighalo
As the waiting game over the identity of the over-age players Nigeria will be parading in the men’s football tournament of the 2016 Olympics goes on, Samson Siasia has met with John Obi Mikel and Odion Ighalo, two Eagles stars holding out for the chance to be on the flight to Rio.
