By Emma Amaize Former Minister of State (Education), Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has charged Deltans to redefine their destiny and God-given talents to turn around the state. Gbagi, in a message wishing fellow Deltans happy Christmas and New Year celebrations, said, ” Words will be insufficient to express my heartfelt appreciation over the show of love, […]

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has debunked the insinuation in some quarters that the union now has a splinter group. Ogunyemi made the clarification when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Forum in Abuja on Sunday. “I do not believe that there is a faction in […]

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has commended the State Assembly for passing the amended Adamawa Health Insurance Law, which provides free treatment for unemployed persons under 20 years and pregnant women. The bill which was passed at a special sitting of the House on Friday also approved free basic healthcare services to children below five, […]

Thousands gathered in Bangladesh on Sunday for the funeral of Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of one of the world’s largest NGOs and credited with lifting nearly 150 million people out of poverty. The 83-year-old passed away on Friday in a Dhaka hospital while undergoing treatment for a brain tumour. His body was brought to a […]

Velma Foundation, an NGO, says plans are underway to rehabilitate more than 20 internet fraudsters, otherwise known as yahoo boys. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday in Abuja, Mr David Ashaolu, the director of the group said that the plan would be actualised through the Velma Action to Reduce Cybercrimes (VELMA-ARC). Ashaolu said VELMA-ARC […]

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has defended the government’s new citizenship law, despite the major ongoing protests against it. “We passed this bill to help the persecuted,” he said at a rally in Delhi. “We need to respect India’s Members of Parliament (MPs) and its parliament.” More than 20 people have died in 10 days […]

At least 175 children were sexually assaulted by priests belonging to an ultra-conservative Mexican branch of the Roman Catholic Church, according to an internal report published Saturday. The founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Marcial Maciel, abused as many as 60 children, with a total of 33 priests or deacons acknowledged to have committed sexual […]

Voters in Uzbekistan head to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections seen as a test of the state’s commitment to democratic reforms following the death of the country’s long-time authoritarian leader three years ago. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was expected to observe Sunday’s voting and present its findings the […]

SPAC Nation, the renowned London based Pentecostal Church led by a Nigerian, Rev. Dapo Adegboyega has declared that the church would never lose focus in its crusade aimed at rebuilding and nurturing the youths in that community and later proceed to empower jobless youths in Africa particularly Nigeria.

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, has denied being in receipt of any correspondence from lawmakers of the United State of America over the re-arrest and continued detention of convener of the RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore. In a statement that his media aide, […]