Monday, May 1, has been declared a public holiday to mark this year’s Workers Day celebration. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this on Friday. Barely a week ago, Nigeria marked the Eid-el-Fitr holidays. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the…
By Inimfon Inyang-Kpanantia the truest poems start with forgiveness for the things I could have become — more when I needed to be vulnerable so I wouldn’t grow into stone. so you see there is no more flexibility in here,…
The Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo, has ordered that a French national be remanded in Agodi Correctional facility. Emilien Salingue is facing a charge of defilement of a six-year-old girl, News Men reports. On Friday, the…
Former Premier League stars Ian Wright and Gary Lineker have described Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold as the best passer of the ball in English football. Wright, an Arsenal legend, and Lineker, who played for Leicester City, were amazed by the England…
Real Madrid have suffered a major injury blow ahead of their Champions League semi-final clash with Manchester City on May 9. Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric suffered a hamstring injury in his left leg. The Croatia international came off against…
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the recently launched international Airport in Ebonyi State, which the government claimed cost a whopping N36 billion. Governor Dave Umahi had disclosed that the Airport located in Onueke, Ezza South Local Government in the…
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated former Minister of Education and former World Bank Vice President (Africa), Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, on her 60th birthday. In a statement on Friday, Obasanjo disclosed that before her appointment as Minister, Ezekwesili…
Muiz Adeleye,19, was on Friday docked in an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly attempting to steal from a provision shop. Adeleye, whose address is unknown, was charged with theft. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The…
A 100-year-old man, Oladepo Ogunlade, and Musiliyu Ogundiran, 61, were on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for alleged land grabbing and destruction of economic trees. The police charged Ogunlade and Ogundiran with conspiracy, land grabbing, malicious damage,…
Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) over alleged refusal to release his $9.8 million…
