Global Stars, thousands of youths rally at Kigali summit to end malaria

Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy has waded into the controversy involving former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice. Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife Beatrice, were, yesterday, remanded in the UK Police custody, after they were arraigned before the Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court for alleged conspiracy to facilitate the […]

I  started with a little sniff from the butt of a freshly discarded cigarette. At first, the taste was awkward but within days, 13-year-old Taire Clarke had already gotten used to the illusive soothing nicotine feeling from every stick of cigarette.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for 1.2 billion dollars to meet urgent needs of eight million children at risk of death from severe wasting in mainly African countries. According to UNICEF, almost eight million children under five in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate […]

By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe DAYS after Gombe State continues to reel under the devastating impact of a gully erosion that left no fewer than 200 houses damaged and farmlands worth millions of Naira washed away. The gully erosion, which hit Bogo community within the metropolis hardest, is not relenting despite efforts put in place by […]

Hollywood filmmaker Osayande Aghaze endorses Peter Obi, reveals how APC and PDP will be defeated

The Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has explained that the ongoing audit of all the public and private schools across the state, was not to impose tax.

NNPP: Theatre practitioners honour Ajadi with award of excellence

European Union (EU) leaders are to turn to the bloc’s inflation-hit economy on Friday, the second leg of a two-day summit in Brussels that already saw Ukraine and Moldova granted official status as candidates for EU membership. The seminal move, considered a “historic decision” by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday evening, […]

The Chairman of the Joint Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, Security & Africa Peer Review Mechanism, Legal Affairs & Human Rights, Social Affairs, Gender and Women Empowerment, Hon. Dr. Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has stressed the need for ECOWAS Commission and the Parliament to confront the numerous security challenges, including terrorism, in the sub-region.

Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday told the newly installed Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace Lucius Ugorji, that much would be expected of him, especially now that the country was passing through the highest level of insecurity and youth restiveness.

Mr Cui Jianchun, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China has called on Nigerian political parties to work towards achieving a common goal at the upcoming general election

Police in Kaduna State have killed one bandit and recovered one AK49 gun and one locally fabricated. The spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige confirmed the incident. He said the tactical operation followed a distress call that some bandits were sighted on the Galadimawa-Kidandan Road in Giwa Local Government Area of the state. “Their movement was strongly […]

The ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the state of refineries in the country has queried the process of approval of $49 million by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited for the rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries.

By Miftaudeen Raji Human rights activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai (retd.), the Nigerian Ambassador to the Benin Republic. The activist also opined that the ruling government should arrest and prosecution of the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Buratai, […]