Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday that Japan remained determined that the Olympics would go ahead as planned in Tokyo this summer. Amid speculation the event might be cancelled again, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach had said…
Beneficiaries of Federal Government’s Cash Transfer Scheme in Sokoto communities say the N5, 000 monthly stipends have improved their nutrition status and boosted small scale businesses in their localities. A cross-section of women from 21 political wards in Tureta and…
The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has congratulated Justice Akon Ikpeme on her confirmation as substantive Chief Judge of Cross River by the State House of Assembly. Prof. Obi, in her congratulatory message made…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi has confirmed that three persons died and six others were injured in an accident in the state on Thursday. Mrs Stella Uchegbu, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, confirmed this to…
A civil servant, Joy Okafor on Friday told a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, that a photographer, Ayodeji Festus, who paraded himself as a Nigeria Customs Service officer, swindled her of N1.9 million. Okafor made the allegation while testifying…
The Directors’ Guild of Nigeria (DGN) on Friday charged 60 newly inducted members to add value to Nigeria’s movie industry. Reports state that the inducted directors were endorsed into the filmmaking guild at various levels of associate and full membership.…
Award winning actress and fashion model, Cicely Tyson, has died at the age of 96. Cicely was first discovered by a photographer and went on to become a very successful fashion model. In 1951, she made her acting debut in…
A school teacher, Rebecca Meina, on Friday prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve her marriage, on grounds that her husband, Matthew attempted to poison her. Meina, who resides in Karu, FCT, in divorce petition said:”my husband and…
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has officially pulled out of the Nigerian Army in a parade at Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja, on Friday. As part of the military tradition in honouring a retiring Chief of…
Investigations into the Jan. 16, oil spill around the Funiwa offshore facilities off the Bayelsa Atlantic coastline, has taken regulators and environmentalists beyond Chevron’s facilities to nearby `Auntie Julie platform’. The team, which had on Jan. 23 visited communities affected…
