By Bashir Bello A woman, Balaraba Shehu, and her man friend, Amadu Sale have been arrested by operatives of Police in Jigawa State for burying their newborn baby alive in the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Lawan Shiisu who confirmed the development said, Balaraba after delivering the baby out of wedlock conspired with Amadu to […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) is jolted by a publication  it called “demonic journalism”, expressing rage over an allegation that, since 2013, Nigeria’s military had run a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the North-East terminating at least 12,000 pregnancies among women and girls. The DHQ declared that the military had […]

•PDP presidential candidate defends action •It’s PDP adopting PDP  – APC candidate •Support out of tune with reality – LP •Voters don’t take such endorsement seriously – Kachikwu By Clifford Ndujihe, Omeiza Ajayi & John Alechenu THE adoption of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 poll by northern  […]

Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country’s strict female dress code, local media said Sunday. “Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary” and have been abolished, Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted as saying […]

Governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, said the Federal Government is to blame for the rising level of poverty among Nigerians. The NGF stated this, in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Public Affairs, AbdulRazaque Bello-Barkindo. Read also: Buhari failed in many areas, commendable on 13% derivation release – […]

Neymar will return for Brazil’s World Cup 2022 second-round clash against South Korea on Monday after recovering from an injury that kept him out of the team’s last two group-stage matches. Brazil topped their group despite scoring just three goals in three games in Qatar, their worst showing in front of goal in the group […]

By Luminous Jannamike and Ezra Ukanwa ABUJA—AHEAD of the 2023 presidential election, clergymen across Nigeria have been calling on Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic or religious leanings, to seek the will of God for a new leadership. Specifically, the North East Nigeria conference President, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Pastor Joshua Mallum, advised Nigerians to embrace […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has declared an Abuja drug lord, Ibrahim Momoh, popular as ‘Ibrahim Bendel’ wanted. Operatives of the NDLEA had stormed the warehouse of the notorious drug lord and ex-convict, where 81 jumbo bags of cannabis weighed 1,278kgs.  Read also: Again, hoodlums attack Imo INEC […]

Arsene Wenger said on Sunday that teams who focused on football rather than “political demonstrations” fared better in the opening round at the World Cup. The former Arsenal manager is now working for FIFA as its head of global football development and made the remark unprompted during a press conference looking at trends during the […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State government has refuted the report by an online news medium that the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, was paying $50,000 to his former aide, Bidemi Rufai, each time he introduced people to him. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abiodun, Kunle Somorin, on Sunday, the government […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has said President Muhammadu Buhari has not done well in many areas of his administration but deserves commendation for releasing arrears of 13% derivation revenue to oil-producing Niger Delta states. Wike who expressed the feeling on Saturday night during Rivers State Honours Awards […]

By Adeola Badru A body of youths, named ‘Yoruba Development Coalition’ (YDC), weekend, kicked against reported protests against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola by some Northerners, charging those behind the protest to allow the apex judicial officer to concentrate on his national assignment. The forum which is saddled with the responsibility […]

Many comedians have said at different times that their education has nothing to do with their propensity for humour. Diamond Dietanuru Osakorigho, however, is an exception.

Nine people have died in South Africa and eight are missing after a flash flood in a river swept away worshippers taking part in a church ceremony. Some of the more than 30 congregants were standing on rocks in the river on Saturday when a torrent of water surged through, an eyewitness said. The pastor […]

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