MFM FC began their 2020/2021 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) campaign with a 2-1 victory over visiting Warri Wolves at the Agege Township Stadium. The Olukoya Boys started like a house on fire and did not hide their intention of bagging maximum points as the season kicked off after a long break induced by the […]

Love God’s Direction, LGD, Movement will open its secretariat on Thursday, December 31. Located behind Nigeria Gas Company premises in Ekpan, before Jedo Town, within the Warri municipality, the secretariat will function as operations headquarters of LGD Kingdom.

By Alaba Talabi Christmas is no doubt a time everyone looks forward to. It’s a time to unwind and spend time with family at the end of the year. This year has been particularly challenging with the COVID-19 pandemic, not just for adults but children too. As a parent, you are probably thinking of age-appropriate […]

Turkey’s defence minister said that any attack by eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar on its personnel in the North African country would be met with force. “A war criminal, murderer Haftar and his supporters must know that they will be seen as a legitimate target in case of any attack on Turkish forces” by his […]

Central African Republic has staged presidential and legislative elections, defying many who predicted a disaster in a country hamstrung by strife and weak governance. Sunday’s vote is a key step for Africa’s most troubled state — a byword for grinding poverty and militia brutality, still wracked by a civil war that erupted in 2013. In […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti A member of the House of Representatives from Ekiti State, Hon. Wumi Ogunlola has faulted the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami’s claim that the National Assembly lacks the powers to summon President Muhammadu Buhari. Ogunlola, a member of the All Progressives Congress representing […]

The United Kingdom military has purchased 30 “nano ‘Bug’ drones,” which weigh 196 grams (6.9 ounces) and can spy with a range of up to two kilometres, the UK weapons manufacturer BAE Systems said on Monday. “In collaboration with UAVTEK, we have developed a nano ‘Bug’ drone and delivered the first 30 units to the […]

The Nigerian Diaspora Movement (NDM) says the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic truncated the annual social lifestyles for many Nigerians in the U.S. in 2020. The Chairman of NDM, Prof. Apollos Nwauwa, made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. The NDM comprises 20 million Nigerians in […]

Sequel to a recently published anthology by a Nigerian poet, Obinna Chilekezi, titled “Songs of a Stranger at the smiling coast”, another collection of poems, “Calligrammes,” from the same author has made an entrant with its contents revealing more compelling experience but with a different approach to a seeming love for the small city, ‘Banjul, […]

Egyptian security officials met Sunday with representatives of Libya’s Government of National Accord, a first delegation in nearly six years from Cairo, considered a backer of a rival camp in the conflict-hit country. Interior minister for the UN-recognised GNA, Fathi Bachagha, held “a high-level meeting” with the Egyptian delegation, which included the deputy intelligence services […]