Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a new Boko Haram settlement at Mana Waji in Borno, killing scores of the terrorists in massive air interdiction missions on Friday.

Artisans in Otun-Ekiti in Ekiti on Saturday appealed to the Federal Government to assist them to regulate the prices of essential commodities this new year. Some of the artisans, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Otun-Ekiti, said that the coronavirus pandemic and the increase in price of petrol last year had […]

By Tonnie Iredia The survival of the United States of America after its recent rancorous presidential election was largely due to its strong institutions. If what President Donald Trump did to test the strength of his nation immediately after the election is emulated in some other societies such as Nigeria with strong leaders but weak […]

2020 was a year of lows for Nigerian football- although the beautiful game was affected worldwide by the outbreak of the coronavirus. It was a year which forced football to take a backseat with leagues taking an enforced break for almost three months while international competitions such as the Euros and Copa America were shifted […]

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s office said Saturday that he has pardoned two men convicted over the assassination of former ruler Laurent-Desire Kabila, the father of his political rival Joseph Kabila. The announcement comes during a political crisis that has put Tshisekedi at loggerheads with Joseph Kabila, his immediate predecessor as president. Laurent-Desire Kabila was […]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Saturday paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Nuhu Ahmed Bamalli, over the death of two prominent princes in the emirate.

Harry Kane and Son Heung-min are doing “special things” for Tottenham Hotspur this season, manager Jose Mourinho said. This was following the dynamic duo both scoring in a 3-0 win over Leeds United that lifted Spurs to third in the Premier League on Saturday. Kane gave his side the lead from the penalty spot — […]

By Bunmi Sofola What is your conception of love? It’s a question that has inspired everyone from Shakespeare to Sinatra and now scientists believe they have found the answer – and it is not in your head, it is in your heart!  According to their research, Dr. Andreas Bariets and Professor Semir Zaki say new […]

By Douglas Anele From experience, I  know that adherents of religion, especially those who benefit from it such as members of the clergy, politicians and others whose livelihoods are connected to the church or mosque, typically respond harshly anytime someone questions the fundamentals of their faith with compelling information and valid arguments. Muslims are the […]

French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who died earlier this week at the age of 98, was laid to rest on Saturday in a private ceremony at Paris’s Montmartre Cemetery, his family told AFP. In accordance with his wishes, Cardin was buried in a black coffin with a sword he had designed, the handle intertwined with a thimble, […]

The 2020 sporting year, was full of disruptions occasioned by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The sports sector was the worst hit following the outbreak of the pandemic. At the global level, after the International Cricket Council were able to hold the World T20 women’s tournament in Australia between March 13 – 15, the […]

By Ike Uchechukwu Calabar The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, IPCR, has asserted that climate change as an environmental challenge can lead to humanitarian emergencies as well as crises in form of forced migration from thier natural habitat. Director General of IPCR, Dr. Bakut Tswah Bakut, made the assertion while speaking on ‘Climate Change […]

By Dayo Johnson Akure The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Ade Adetimehin has assured the party members of a robust new year in terms of patronage and reward from the party. Adetimehin in his new year message to party’s faithful in Akure acknowledged the turbulent narratives in 2020 […]

Five women were killed and children were among the wounded when a projectile exploded at a New Year’s Day wedding party in Yemen’s Red Sea city of Hodeida, the latest atrocity in the war-torn nation. The Saudi-backed government and Huthi rebels blamed each other for the suspected artillery shell attack Friday night near Hodeida’s airport, […]

Gunmen killed a significant number of civilians in Niger Republic on Saturday, authorities said, in the latest attack to rock the landlocked Sahel nation’s troubled western Tillaberi region. “The attack took place around noon (1100 GMT) and there were deaths,” a senior regional official told AFP, without giving an exact toll or further details of […]