An Iranian commander has been shot dead south of the Syrian capital, a war monitor reported Saturday. Farhad Dabirian was killed on Friday in the Sayyida Zeinab neighbourhood outside Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, identifying him as a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iran’s Fars news agency said that […]

A ‘feared’ evangelical pastor who used his trusted position to abuse children and adults over 20 years has been jailed for 34 years after his conviction for multiple rapes of members of his congregation.

Local Government Councils in Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states are still operating Joint Accounts in spite of the financial autonomy granted them by the Federal Government. A survey conducted by News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in these states revealed that the local governments still draw their funds from their respective states’ joint accounts. The Benue chapter […]

The Niger Government has confiscated about 33 trucks loaded with 518 bags of Charcoal suspected to be produce of illegal tree felling in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Ahmed Matane, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Saturday. He warned that government would not hesitate to deal decisively with anyone […]

Nigerian-born mixed martial arts fighter Israel Adesanya will tomorrow aim to defend his title against the number 3 contender Yoel Romero in the middleweight championship, UFC 248. The fight will come up live on DStv Adesanya, who popularly goes by the alias Stylebender will have his hands full as he faces the toughest test of […]

South Africa on Saturday confirmed a second case of the novel coronavirus, a 39-year-old woman who had travelled to Italy as part of a group with the first confirmed case. The South African authorities said the woman had come into direct contact with the first case when they travelled back in a group of 10 […]

Goals from Mohammed Salah and Sadio Mane saw Liverpool’s charge to the league title return get back on track, despite conceding early on to a Callum Wilson goal. Bournemouth took a shock lead against Liverpool through Wilson after just nine minutes with the goal standing after a VAR check. Wilson appeared to shove Joe Gomez […]

Do not mind the title of today’s column. I am just playing with words, even though they reflect my mind and the season. The month of March has become very significant for various reasons. Dele Odegbami March 4, marked the 7th year of my elder brother’s death. Dele Odegbami, was a ‘wicked’ defender in his […]

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has commended Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa for being at the forefront in the initiation to set up a South South  regional security outfit to combat crime.

The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, NEPWHAN, has called on Federal Government  to provide Anti retroviral Drugs , ARVs, for the survival of people living with HIV.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says prospective candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are free to print their examination slips for the Computer Based Test. The board’s UTME is scheduled to commence nationwide on Saturday, March 14. The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the News […]

The Benue State Government has announced the suspension of plans to return the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, to their original habitations, citing sudden heightening state of insecurity occasioned the renewed influx of armed herdsmen and resurgence of armed attacks on innocent people in the state.

Edo 2020, how prepared is Edo state? I want to say without any fear of contradiction that we are very prepared. But you see, as an activity involving human beings, it is impossible to say we are 100% ready. It will be as if we are overrating ourselves. It is, however, safe to say we […]

The Plateau State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the State Governor, Simon Lalong of an agenda to use the State House of Assembly to grab indigenous land for the “Ruga” policy.

Following the demolition of illegal structures on Monday by Lagos State Government Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Unit , government public schools at Mile 2, along Badagry, inter-state transporters have appeal to the government to provide in order to recover the over N21 million invested in sand-filling the area.