Terrorism: As 20m now face devastation, UN ranks Nigeria with Somalia, Yemen, South Sudan
Eight years after Boko Haram launched a senseless war that has claimed over 20,000 lives and displaced over 1.8 million people now scattered in IDP camps across North Eastern Nigeria, the real cost of the fratricidal war now beckons: 8.5 million people are in urgent need of life-saving assistance, 5.2 million are in dire need of food security interventions and 3.4 in urgent need of nutrition assistance.
Business Tycoon in gospel music
Mrs Damilola Adefemi, is a woman of many colours – an entrepreneur, Managing Director of Eliel Group of companies, philanthropist and a gospel musician reaching many Nigerians in the society with her personal earnings. In this interview with Nosike Moses she revealed how her passion for entrepreneur during her early life repositioned how she ventured into business. According to her, “I’m fulfilled using some percentage of my earning to empower the less privileged. Excerpts:
Karate kick Evra suspended by Marseille, charged by UEFA
Patrice Evra was handed an initial one-match ban by UEFA and suspended by his club Marseille on Friday after the veteran defender aimed a karate kick at the head of one of his team’s own supporters.
Police arrest 3,000 kidnappers nationwide – IGP
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday said the police had so far apprehended about 3,000 suspected kidnappers nationwide.
Southern Kaduna Crises: Fulanis and Kaninkon Natives undertake Joint Peace-building Process
Fulanis of Dangoma District and Natives of the other 7 Kaninkon Districts have embarked on a joint Peacebuilding process during a Capacity Building workshop on Peacebuilding organized by the Global Peace Foundation Nigeria in Angwar Fari, headquarters of Kaninkon Chiefdom in Southern Kaduna.
Osun commences all-year-round farming through Solar-powered irrigation
As part of efforts to diversify her economy through agriculture and turn the state to the food basket of the West, the Osun State Government has embarked on all-year-round farming through massive irrigation system.
‘Monstrous’ Messi to enter Barca’s 600 club
Lionel Messi will celebrate his 600th start for Barcelona on Saturday in what his manager Ernesto Valverde hails as “a monstrous” achievement.
IS will survive Deir Ezzor defeat, warn experts
The Islamic State group may have just lost the last major city of its self-proclaimed “caliphate”, but experts and officials warn this is far from being the jihadists’ deathblow.
Italy seizes 50m euros worth of IS ‘fighter drug’
Italian police have seized 50 million euros worth of tablets of a synthetic opiate destined to be sold by the Islamic State (IS) group in Libya to raise funds for attacks, a court said Friday. Financial police discovered over 24 million Tramadol tablets being transported from India to Libya at the port of Gioia Tauro […]
Injury rules out Ighalo from Nigeria qualifier
Officials have said China-based striker Odion Ighalo will miss Nigeria’s 2018 World Cup qualifier in Algeria as well as a friendly against Argentina because of a knee injury.
Aregbesola commiserates with Tinubu family over son’s demise
Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described as shocking, the death of Jide Tinubu, son of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
