The US Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit from the state of Texas seeking to invalidate president-elect Joe Biden election victory, marking a major defeat in President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his election loss. In a ruling Friday evening the court said it threw out the lawsuit for a lack of legal standing, […]

By Ayo Onikoyi Barely two weeks after its official unveiling in the city of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Cruzer Lounge and Bistro is making another big move as it plans to thrill music lovers and its patron to an evening of what it described as ‘classical music’ with Bonsue Fuji maestro, Adewale Ayuba. With […]

By Ayo Onikoyi Prolific and eclectic Nigerian hip pop female star, Tiwa Savage stole the show at the Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) award on Wednesday as she performed with her signature vibrancy and stagecraft. That, alone was enough to light up the event but she completely blew everyone away when she detoured to bring […]

The number of people worldwide who have been infected with the novel coronavirus has topped 70 million, according to data compiled by US researchers. Nearly 1.6 million people worldwide have died as a result of complications with Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University posted on Friday night. […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Some elders in the North have disassociated themselves from the statement attributed to Prof.Ango Abdullahi, to the effect that many people from the northern part of the country were killed in the South East during the #EndSARS protests. The elders, who frowned at the statement, asked Nigerians to ignore it, saying […]

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), has urged the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), not to delist its members from its payroll over their inability to physically attend the nationwide biometric verification exercise. Dr Abel Afolayan, NUP National President, said this during the 19th Edition of Pensioners Celebration on Friday in Abuja. The theme of […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has said that indigenous communities must be resettled if the territory wanted to get rid of slums within the city centre. Alhaji Mukhtar Galadima, FCTA Director, Department of Development Control, stated this shortly after a demolition exercise at Guzape District on Friday in Abuja. Galadima stressed that resettling such […]

Burkina Faso celebrates its 60 years of independence on Friday on the theme: “National cohesion and patriotic commitment for a sustainable development of Burkina Faso in a context of insecurity and Covid-19”. “This is a collective challenge for a Burkina Faso resolutely turned towards the sacred union of its daughters and sons, to face current […]

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has pledged speedy implementation of recommendations for the take-off of the state-owned Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Osara, by 2021. Bello, who gave the assurance when he received report of the committee set up by the state government for the commencement of the new university, said the school […]

The maiden 2020 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) challenge was held on Wednesday at the Jaji military cantonment, Kaduna, to display innovations of Nigerian youths in flying locally made prototype aircraft. The challenge, which showcased locally made aircraft flown by the participants, grouped into three, was mainly to uncover hidden talents. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

Nigeria on Friday registered 796 new cases, highest single -day COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) said on its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections showed an increase of 51 cases over the previous record of 745 registered cases, almost six months […]

Tributes are trickling in for late Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s immediate-past ambassador to the United States, who died on Thursday. The 85-year-old retired Justice of the Court of Appeal died at a U.S hospital, where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Reacting to the news, the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has said that indigenous communities must be resettled if the territory wanted to get rid of slums within the city centre. Alhaji Mukhtar Galadima, FCTA Director, Department of Development Control, stated this shortly after a demolition exercise at Guzape District on Friday in Abuja. Galadima stressed that resettling such […]

Kaduna state governor. Mallam Nasir Elrufai has gone back to isolation after results of persons close to him, including an immediate family member tested positive for COVID-19.

By Bunmi Sofola It’s a known fact that more and more couples live together yet never marry, instead stay in partnerships that dissolve with depressing speed and regularity. These types of couples are called Rainbow families, consisting of a mother and an array of children fathered by different men. Even the words: husband and wife; […]