Mr Oliver Osi, the lawmaker representing Ivo State Constituency in Ebonyi House of Assembly has called for stakeholders’ collaboration to check the spate of Female Genital Mutilation in Ebonyi. Osi, who spoke on Monday in Abakaliki, described the FGM as man’s inhumanity to man, that required urgent attention and continuous advocacy, especially at the rural […]
Under fire for what critics said was a lack of respect for the late US senator John McCain, President Donald Trump on Monday issued a formal proclamation about the lawmaker’s death and ordered the White House flag back to half-staff. “Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our […]
Former world number one Andy Murray marked his first Grand Slam tournament in 14 months with a 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 win over Australia’s James Duckworth at the US Open on Monday. READ ALSO: Nigerians, weep not for Ayefele Murray, the 2012 champion in New York and playing just his fifth tournament of the year […]
The Sahel state of Burkina Faso will hold a referendum to usher in a “semi-presidential” constitution on March 24 next year, the election commission announced Monday. The electoral rolls would be updated ahead of the vote, said commission chairman Newton Ahmed Barry. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore promised during the 2015 election campaign to bring […]
The outgoing Ambassador of Denmark to Nigeria, Mr Torben Gettermann, has stressed the need for Nigerians to hold politicians, companies and individuals accountable in order to win the anti-corruption crusade in the country. Gettermann, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said such was what helped his country to […]
Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, who signified interest in the 2019 presidential election has revealed his stance on gay rights in the country. On a TV programme called, On The Couch, Duke revealed that he would not criminalise homosexuality, as long as it is not exhibited publicly. He shared the video of the […]
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that simple geographical restructuring is not the problem with Nigeria. He said that prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly were better ideas for Nigeria’s development challenges. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the […]
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS on Monday said 95 per cent of HIV and AIDS funding in Nigeria was largely provided by international donor agencies. Dr Sani Aliyu, the Director-General, NACA, made the fact known at the public screening of Prof. Wole Soyinka’s “Keep the Promise’’ to AIDS Video Campaign, organised by […]
Tajudeen Bello and Luck Solomon — who allegedly murdered Mr. Bunmi Ojo, Commissioner in the Federal Character Commission, were on Monday in Ado Ekiti remanded in prison on the orders of an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused — Bello, 22, and Solomon, 32 — are facing two counts of murder and membership of a […]
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it has arrested 57 persons suspected to be involved in homosexual activities in the Egbeda area of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, confirmed the arrest to newsmen during a news conference. He said that the suspects were picked up on Sunday […]
A bitter spat between Egypt star Mohamed Salah and his country’s football authorities escalated Monday, casting a fresh shadow over his involvement with the national team. Salah, 26, and the Egyptian Football Association have previously been at loggerheads due to a disagreement over image rights. Now the conflict has flared up again after the striker […]
The collapse of a motorway bridge in the Italian city of Genoa that killed 43 people was “absurd and avoidable,’’ Transport Minister, Danilo Toninelli, said in Rome on Monday. Speaking in parliament, Toninelli said the Italian government wanted to check all licences for motorway operators and force them to disclose their maintenance and modernisation measures. […]
A leading U.S. veterans’ group blasted President Donald Trump’s muted response to the death of Senator John McCain, after the White House flag was fully raised on Monday after being briefly flown at half mast. McCain, who was a leading conservative dissident within Trump’s Republican Party, died on August 25. The White House, unusually, has […]
Alexander Okere, Benin A former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Mr. Kabiru Turaki, on Monday faulted the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari that the principle of rule of law must be subject to the supremacy of national interest. Turaki, a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, described Buhari’s position as unacceptable as […]
Gibson Achonu, Owerri The family of Oparaeche of Ubomiri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State has urged the Imo State Government to obey a court injunction asking it to halt action on a property marked for demolition. The land, known as Ovoro Naze, the family said, was bought by their late father, Denis […]
The Federal Government on Monday released a list of 69 ongoing road and bridge projects in the South-East to debunk allegation of infrastructure neglect by some governors from the zone. The 69 projects which included the rehabilitation of the existing Niger Bridge as well as the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge, cost over N680 billion In a statement issued […]
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, was on Monday afternoon arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, for slapping an employee of Dana Air. It was gathered that the actor arrived late for his 12:15pm Abuja flight and the airline’s security personnel tried to help him to meet up with the flight by searching him. […]
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution will on Thursday send delegates on a fact-finding mission to Zamfara State where bandits had killed scores of people and taken over several communities. The institute stated that the purpose of the mission was to get the necessary facts about the conflict, and present recommendations […]
The Nigerian Navy said it will court-martial three naval personnel allegedly involved in the theft of some equipment belonging to Mr Government Ekpemukpolo, a.k.a Tompolo. Rear Adm. Saleh Usman, the outgoing Flag Officer Commanding, Central Naval Command, disclosed this on Monday during a farewell parade organised in his honour at the Warri Naval Base. Usman who […]
The Lagos State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr. Moshood Salvador, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress, warning that his exit marks the end of PDP in the state. Another chieftain of PDP in the state, Bode George, however said Salvador was an adult and that he was competent enough to make […]
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Imo State have arrested an alleged notorious cultist and killer, Chijioke Ogbonna, also known as Ogbotiti. Ogbotiti, while being paraded by the police last Saturday, told newsmen that he had killed three persons since he was initiated into the Black Axe confraternity in 2014. […]
Three suspected armed robbers were on Monday paraded at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, for allegedly stealing phones and accessories worth N9 million. Police Commissioner Edgal Imohimi, who paraded the suspects, they were “beaten to their game” when they tried to cover their tracks. According to him, on August 20 at 6pm, four armed men forced […]
Nigerians have expressed diverse opinions about a report in the Financial Times alleging that America’s President Donald Trump referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘lifeless,’ after their meeting last April in the White House. See the reactions: A slight on all Nigerians, says Onajinrin Olusegun @onajinrinoluse2: No matter the political differences we share or the […]
Dr Kingsman Chikelu, the Chairman, Africa chapter of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation has lamented the ordeals faced by illegal migrants travelling by land toward South Africa. Mr Femi Awoniyi, a Co-Director, Migration Enlightenment Project, Nigeria, an NGO, in a statement on Monday in Abuja quoted Chikelu as saying this during Stakeholders’ Roundtable Dialogue on […]
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution says it will deploy a team of researchers to Zamfara State to ascertain the causes and dynamics of the conflicts in the area. The Acting Director-General of the Institute, Dr. Bakut T. Bakut, said this on Monday in Abuja at a news conference on the security challenges in […]