The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo has pledged to continue to work in the best interest of the people especially the peaceful agitation for restructuring of the country.

Hundreds of passengers escaped death on Thursday in Lagos when a mass transit shuttle train derailed at the Ashade railway crossing on the Agege-Ikeja corridor in Lagos.

Wife of the Minister of Transportation, Dame Judith Amaechi has called on women in the country to pray for her husband, Hon Rotimi Amaechi against attempts to destroy his credibility.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday travels to Athens for a two-day visit, her first since 2014 and four months after Greece emerged from the final bailout package.

Dynamic non-denominational Christian Ministry, The Elevation Church (TEC) is set to host Vantage Forum; a high-profile business and economic outlook event. The church will also launch a new expression, amongst other activities this January.

Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, will divorce after 25 years of marriage, the couple announced on Wednesday morning. They did not provide a reason for their separation. “We have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends,” they said in the statement, which was posted to Jeff Bezos’ Twitter page. “If we had […]

A Kano Senior Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old man, Aliyu Balarabe, to three years’ imprisonment without an option of fine for extorting N40,000 phone and hurting a motorcyclist.

Victor Ogunyinka Business Tycoon, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, may have retained his spot as Africa’s money bag with an estimated worth of $10.3bn, closely followed by Globacom chairman, Mike Adenuga ($9.2bn), but according to the latest ranking by Forbes, Dangote’s estimated net worth dropped by $2.1bn from 2018. In 2015, Dangote was reported to have a […]

A Nigerian `gangan’ drummer, Aralola Olumuyiwa, popularly known as `Ara’ has called on the Federal Government to place a ban on the sales and use of skin-lightening products in the country.

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has advised the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately call a meeting of stakeholders in the next month’s general elections with the sole aim of formulating plans and ideas on how to render useless the intention of politicians who he claimed are buying Permanent Voters Card (PVC).

Victor Ogunyinka and Ishola Funmilayo It was the first pregnancy of 25-year-old Nafisat (not real name). Like any expectant mother, she was excited and hopeful. In fact, she was always willing to help new mums in the prenatal clinic she visited, seeing her own future child in those little babies. On her due date, she […]

Jose Mourinho is available for a dramatic return to Real Madrid after Manchester United paid him a reported £15 million ($19 million) in compensation following his sacking last month, according to British media on Thursday.

ADO-EKITI—THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, yesterday, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government of Dr. Kayode Fayemi of frustrating the party over its refusal to approve its request for a venue for the party’s presidential campaign rally.

OSOGBO—STUDENTS  of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, have been re-assured that nothing would disrupt the conduct of the 2017/2018 Rain Semester Examinations as the University Management has put every machinery in motion to make it hitch-free.

Boko Haram fighters have told civilians in northeast Nigeria to leave their homes, the army said on Thursday, as tensions mount in the long-running conflict.