R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated US federal indictment that includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser. Attorney Steve Greenberg entered the plea on the 53-year-old singer’s behalf in Chicago federal court. Kelly stood next to Greenberg in orange jail garb, holding his hands behind his back. The […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Youths under the auspices of Niger Delta Progressive Youth Forum, NDPYF, Thursday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, not to go on with the alleged plan of scrapping the Presidential Amnesty Programme. Speaking on behalf of the group was its National President, Napoleon Ehiremen, who said that the programme has really impacted […]

By Peter Okutu Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday assured Small and Medium Enterprises Owners of Federal Government’s commitment towards solving some of the challenges facing the establishment and operations of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs in the country. He gave the assurance while flagging off the second phase of National MSME Clinics for viable […]

Britain has recorded its first death in the new coronavirus outbreak, England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty said on Thursday, as the total number of confirmed cases jumped to 115. “I am very sorry to report a patient in England who tested positive for COVID-19 has sadly died,” he said, adding the victim was elderly […]

…holds one minute silence for former Health Minister, Emovon The Senate on Thursday approved the sum of Three Hundred and Forty-Six billion, Three hundred and eighty-eight million, Nine hundred thousand naira (N346,388,900,000.00) as budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the 2019 fiscal year. The approval came following an engaging debate between Senators […]

​Uefa are set to back a summer Champions League-style competition to rival the FIFA Club World Cup, as the battle between football’s two major governing bodies continues. The rivalry between the pair primarily stems from their respective leaders, with plenty of ill-feeling between UEFA’s Aleksander Ceferin and FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Tensions between the two […]

By Festus Ahon GOVERNORS of the South-South geo-political zone, Thursday resolved to set up a regional security outfit like Amotekun of the South West to complement the effort of the police and other security agencies in the task of policing the region. The Governors who met in Asaba, also resolved to revive the Bayelsa, Rivers, […]

Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners. That’s the conclusion of Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department after a dog in quarantine tested weakly positive for the virus Feb. 27, Feb. […]

As concerns increase around Coronavirus (COVID 19) globally, with information shared on WhatsApp and other social media platforms, UNICEF urged the public to trust information only from verified sources. UNICEF has become aware of messages being circulated that are being falsely attributed to the organisation and stressed that all genuine information can be found on […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A 21-year-old carpenter who parades himself as a soldier has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command. The suspect was paraded alongside 43 other criminals in Ibadan yesterday. In the course of his illegal activities, the suspect and his partner in crime were alleged to have a 17-year-old girl. […]