…As Police arrests suspects By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo TRAGEDY struck last Saturday in Akwa Ibom state as suspected ritualists behead 82-year-old woman popularly known as Mma Iko Mbakara in Ibesit community in Oruk Anam local government area of the state. It was gathered that the unsuspecting octogenarian was ambushed in her farm in Ibesit, […]

By Patrick Omorodion, As 2016 was fading off, precisely in October, this reporter went to Benin City to interview retired Brigadier-General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, two-time Governor of the old Bendel state, on his views about the declining fortunes of sports in Nigeria. The focus of the interview was to ask him what he did to […]

…Experts speak, insist on handwashing By Chioma Obinna As at 11:34 GMT, March 6, a total of 100, 242 coronavirus cases, 3,408 deaths and 55,812 recovered had been recorded across the world. 94 countries are affected. Since the outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, the social media in Nigeria have been awash with all […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has advocated for gender equality as a way to foster growth and development of nations, noting that Edo women are solid pillars behind the achievements recorded by his administration in the last three years. The governor said this in commemoration of the International Women’s Day (IWD) marked every […]

With his neatly trimmed beard, sharp suit and broad smile, Ozan Iyibas looks like a typical politician out to win votes ahead of a municipal election in southern Germany’s Bavaria region. But he has unleashed a mini earthquake with his candidacy — as the first Muslim standing for the Christian Social Union (CSU) in a […]

The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT IRS) says the Short Message Service (SMS) sent to federal workers and those residence in the territory is in order. According to the Executive Chairman of FCTIRS Mr Abdullahi Attah, the SMS is in compliance with the law which mandates the Service to do so. Attah said […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has completely deactivated 2.2 million Improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Cards across Telecommunication networks nationwide. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known in a statement signed by Dr Henry Nkemadu, Director, Public Affairs in Abuja. Danbatta said that the Commission’s efforts in this regard […]

Renowned African-Nigerian humanitarian agency, Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation finally hosted the 4th edition of its Golf Tournament, as it welcomed Golfers to a one-day PAR-3 Golf Tournament that held at The Royal Golf Course in Idumuje Ugboko, Aniocha North Local Government Area in Delta State Nigeria on Saturday 7th March 2020. The one-day PAR-3 Golf […]

Bahrain’s Formula 1 Grand Prix scheduled for March 20-22 will be held without spectators, the organisers said Sunday in the latest sporting event to be hit by measures to contain the new coronavirus. One of the other early races in the Formula One season, the Shanghai Grand Prix on April 19, has been postponed although […]

Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal are ‘turning a corner’ following a 1-0 win over West Ham but the manager admits there are plenty of twists and turns to come. The Gunners looked vulnerable for much of their clash narrow victory despite controlling the vast majority of possession. The Hammers spurned chance after chance, leaving the door […]

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has felicitated with business tycoon and APC chieftain, Chief Hyacinth Enuha on his birthday.

By Perez Brisibe UGHELLI – THE Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, has bagged the agency of the year award at the 2020 edition of the Independent Newspaper Awards. The event which was held on Saturday in Lagos, had in attendance the Delta State Deputy Governor, Kingsley Otuaro who also bagged an award […]

By Evelyn Usman As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day today, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, shares an op-ed on how far the two countries have gone in charting the  road map for empowerment of women and girls in Nigeria.  “As a female diplomat and the first female British High Commissioner to Nigeria, […]

New online publications begin here: with the sure knowledge that something is missing, that the existing options aren’t cutting it. And it is for this reason that the founders of successful online magazines tend to emerge from a fairly narrow demographic band as is the case with the launch of a new online magazine targeting […]

Egypt has recorded 33 new cases of the coronavirus. Health minister Hala Zayed told the media on Saturday that the cases were recorded aboard a cruise ship on the Nile river in Luxor, Southern Egypt. “Out of the 12, 11 are negative. Then we found 33 new positive cases. All of them have the virus […]