Pope tells 5 new cardinals: be humble, help poor, fight injustice
Pope Francis elevated five senior clerics from outside Italy and the Vatican to the top rank of cardinal on Wednesday, urging them to be humble and not forget refugees and victims of war, terrorism and injustice.
250 golfers storm Ilorin for 6-day tourney
No fewer than 250 golfers are to converge in Ilorin for a 6-day tournament.
FG signs MoU with UNFPA on procurement of contraceptives
THE Federal Government yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, UNFPA, for the procurement of contraceptive in the country for four years.
NMA decries transfusion of unscreened blood
The Zamfara State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has decried the administration of unscreened blood to patients in the state.
Top EFCC Investigator shot by Gunmen
A top investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 24, 2017 escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen opened fire on him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Mr. Austin Okwor an operative in the Property Fraud Section of the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt, had closed late for the day […]
Quit notice: Arewa Youth leader Yerima dares police, says not hiding, ready for arrest
Chief speaker of the group, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, who issued the eviction notice to Nigerians of Igbo extraction to vacate the 19 northern states before October 1st, Mr. Shettima Yerima, has said that he is neither hiding nor will go into hiding, maintaining that he is even ready for arrest and questioning by the security agencies if he were declared wanted.
Pope urges old people to work less to create employment
Pope Francis on Wednesday, in a renewed call for social justice said that older people should be made to work less or retire early to create employment for younger generations.
Absence of prosecution’s counsel stalls trial of El-Zakzaky’s CSO, 2 others
The absence of prosecution counsel on Wednesday stalled the trial of Haruna Abbas, Chief Security Officer to the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Aisha Buhari tasks youths on hard work, dedication to service
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has charged youths in the country to imbibe the culture of hard work and dedication to service.
Insurgency: Cameroon repatriates 887 Nigerian refugees
About 887 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon on Tuesday arrived in Banki, Borno following a request from the Cameroonian government to Nigeria to facilitate their return.
Badoo strikes again, attacks family of five, 4 buildings in Ikorodu
Three people were gruesomely murdered; one was seriously injured, another escaped death by the whiskers and one missing, in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, following an attack on four buildings by the suspected dreaded cultists group known as Badoo.
