Bandits kill police inspectors, others, kidnap 19 students in Zamfara
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a police inspector, two other persons in the State’s College of Agriculture Bakura in Bakura Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Monday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu who also confirmed that […]
5 die at chaotic Afghan airport as Taliban proclaims peace
Five people were killed in chaos at Kabul airport on Monday as U.S. troops guarded the evacuation of embassy staff. This came a day after the Taliban seized the Afghan capital and declared that the war was over and peace had prevailed. Eyewitnesses said it was not immediately clear how the victims died. A U.S. […]
Don’t trust Americans in fight against terrorism, Fani-Kayode weighs in on Afghan terror reign
A former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has weighed in on the ongoing political crisis rocking the oil-rich Arab nation, Afghanistan.
Ghost streets in Umuahia despite IPOB’s relaxation of sit-at-home
By Steve Oko Despite the adjustment of the indefinite Mondays sit-at-home earlier announced by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, most streets in Umuahia the Abia State capital were Monday, a ghost of themselves. Shop owners on the streets stayed away from their shops which remained under lock and key as at 11:00am. Some traders […]
Umuahia streets empty despite IPOB’s relaxation of sit-at-home order
Despite the adjustment of the indefinite Mondays’ sit-at-home order earlier announced by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, most streets in Umuahia, Abia State capital, were Monday, empty of life.
‘Foreign terror networks assisting Taliban in “barbaric acts” in Afghanistan’
Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam M Isaczai on Friday said that the Taliban is receiving assistance from foreign fighters of transnational terrorist networks while committing “barbaric” acts in the war-torn country.
Experts develop National Standard for Blood Safety Regulation
Experts committee has developed a National Standard for blood establishment and safety regulations in Nigeria.
FG, NASC and NASS unveil ‘seed game changer’, Plant Variety Protection Act 2021
The Federal Government and National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC, Thursday, unveiled a seed game-changer, the Plant Variety Protection, PVP, Act 2021 to boost the nation’s seed and food systems
20 Fabric artists for Int’l Visitors Leadership Program
Twenty emerging, mid-career Nigerian fashion designers have been selected to participate in the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP), the premier professional exchange program of the U.S. Department of State
Runsewe heads Kogi’s Advisory Committee on culture & tourism
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has appointed a nine-man tourism intervention advisory committee to be headed by Otunba Segun Runsewe, DG of National Council for Arts and Culture
Why young people relate with my books — Ufuoma
Issues of love, romance and marriage are extensively covered by most faiths, but there seems to be a gap in reaching and connecting with the younger generation. Why?
