By Bashir Bello – Kano The Kano state coordinator,  National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Hajia Aisha Tata Mohammed, on Thursday disclosed that it lost a Corp member, Master Sirajo Lawal, to cold hands of death. Although Mohammed, did not disclose circumstances surrounding the death of Lawal, who was supposed to pass out and complete the […]

South Africa on Thursday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy, health ministry announced. It is the first case in southern Africa, and the latest confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and Senegal. “This morning,… the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that a suspected case of […]

Tottenham‘s Eric Dier wasn’t the first footballer to snap and decide to physically confront fans in the stands, and he won’t be the last. Given the volatile nature of the game, and how often some fans can’t help but be utter d*ckheads, it’s actually quite surprising that incidents of this nature don’t occur more often. […]

A Jalingo High Court has declared that it has the Jurisdiction to entertain the chieftaicy suit instituted by stakeholders from Gassol LGA of Taraba, challenging the appointment of Mr John Sokwa, as the third class chief of the newly created Kwararrafa Chiefdom. The Taraba government praying the court to dismiss the suit because it was […]

Ministers from the OPEC cartel of oil-producing countries said Thursday they would recommend a production cut of 1.5 million barrels per day to their allies in the wider OPEC+ grouping, as they seek to counter the slump in demand caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. At an extraordinary meeting at the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum […]