Security is tight in and around the Eagle Square, Abuja, as the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gets underway. 

Recently, a follower of my column got in touch and told me that the article on suicide prevention three weeks ago was timely because he was actually on the cliff edge. He has been going through depression because of financial crisis.

Senator Gbenga Ashafa has lost his bid to return to the Senate, for a third term on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

US First Lady Melania Trump held talks in the Egyptian capital Saturday on the final leg of a solo four-nation tour of Africa that will also see her visit the Pyramids.

The major opposition political party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is, Today, holding her elective national convention at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, with 13 aspirants jostling for the party’s Presidential ticket at the Convention.

Coca-Cola Nigeria today unveils ‘Mama’, the affordable 1Litre PET bottle of Coke. Mama, which embodies the spirit of generosity and kindness of the Nigerian mother, is created to bring families closer by encouraging intimate family moments and making every moment worth sharing for the Nigerian family.

October is the tenth month of the year. It is also the second of the dreaded ember months. So all of us should be grateful for making it thus far. After all, a lot of healthier and more privileged people had passed on already. This October makes it the 58th year of our nationhood. So the nation should be grateful for making 58 in spite of the many challenges bedevilling our nation state.

Today, at the conclusion of the eighth session of the global tobacco treaty negotiations, Eight Conference of Parties, COP8, in Geneva, governments unanimously adopted policies that eliminate loopholes Big Tobacco used to gain access to the talks, redouble defences against evolving industry tactics, and mandate a study on new tobacco products, which pose a threat to public health—particularly to children.

A Team of French Rescue Experts began hunting through a huge expanse of debris on the outskirts of the Indonesian City of Palu on Saturday.

The Australian city of Wollongong will host the 2022 road world cycling championships, the sport’s organising body announced on Saturday.