Lauretta Cookey unleashes seven songs for Christmas
Vocal queen, Lauretta Cookey has great plans to make this Christmas like no other as she is set to release her debut album titled 'That Time of Year', comprising of seven tracks, all Christmas songs, undiluted, raw with a twist, unconventional to run-of-the-mill gospel songs.
SERAP wins round one in battle to get details of failed Chinese $460m Abuja CCTV project
There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing details of spending of the $460 million loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the apparently failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project, the names of contractors who collected money, and why Nigeria is re-paying the loan, may soon have some answers, as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project […]
Niger urges residents to take ownership of urban policy
Niger state government has called on residents to participate and take ownership of formulation and implementation of the state urban policy programme. Prof. Zubairu Mustapha, Coordinator, Niger State Urban Support Programme, made the call during a town hall meeting in Kontagora to sensitise communities on the formulation of the state urban policy. He said that […]
Democratic 2020 candidates threaten to skip debate because of labor dispute
The seven Democratic candidates who have qualified for next week’s presidential debate in California threatened to skip it on Friday, saying they will not cross a picket line of union workers embroiled in a labor dispute. Unite Here Local 11, a union representing food workers at debate host Loyola Marymount University, have promised to picket […]
U.S. envoy arrives in South Korea as Pyongyang ramps up pressure
Stephen Biegun, the U.S. special envoy for North Korea, arrived in South Korea on Sunday as Pyongyang stepped up pressure on Washington to make concessions to revive stalled denuclearization talks ahead of a year-end deadline. Biegun’s arrival came a day after North Korea said it made another “crucial test” at a rocket launch site to […]
Court remands three men who took turns to defile neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter
An Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday, December 13, remanded three men who allegedly defiled their neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter in correctional custody. The three defendants, Alex Michael, 19; Yakub Isiaka, 35 and Quam Adeshina, 30, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and defilement. The court, however, did not take their pleas […]
