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Former President, Goodluck Jonathan says governments at all levels need to make information available to the public to stop the spread of fake news. According to NAN, Jonathan said this on Friday at the 10th anniversary of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act awards night in Abuja. Represented by Ann Iyonu, the executive director of Goodluck Jonathan […]

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has singled out religion as the number one problem hindering Nigerians from being liberated as “rational beings.” The venerated writer made the comment while speaking recently with a professor of African Literature, Dr. Louisa Egbunike. “All over the place, I find that religion has been cosseted too much. And liberty has […]

The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu, has said that one in three women worldwide face sexual and other physical abuses mostly from their intimate partners. Speaking Friday in Abuja during a road walk to commemorate the 2021 International Human Rights Day, he lamented that violence against women and girls […]

Emirates Airline on Friday said it was suspending all its flights between Nigeria and Dubai from December 13. The airline’s decision comes after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) limited its flight activities in Nigeria. The NCAA had accused UAE authorities of not granting equal rights to the sole Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, flying to […]

Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a pastor of a white garment church for allegedly raping a pregnant woman. According to the victim, identified as Bukola, the pastor allegedly committed the crime while she came for deliverance at his church. Narrating her ordeal at the police headquarters on Igbatoro road, Akure, on […]

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has disclosed why the government of the United Kingdom (UK) placed travel ban on Nigeria. In this exclusive  interview with Daily Sun, Laing explained that majority of cases in the UK of the COVID-19 Variant of Concern (VOC) Omicron were traced to Nigeria and South Africa. Amongst other issues, the British […]

Five students of Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos, who were arrested by the Police in connection to the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni, have been remanded in a juvenile home. Oromoni Jnr. died of complications, last week, as a result of injuries sustained from an attack by a group of five senior colleagues for allegedly […]

A bill for an Act to amend the Labour Act and ensure the establishment of creches in public and private workplaces has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill which sought to boost breastfeeding among working-class mothers was sponsored by Rep. Sergius Ogun (PDP-Edo) at plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, […]

A 40-year-old divorce seeker, Rashidat Ogunniyi, on Thursday, told an Igando Customary Court that her “husband loves his dog more than he loves me.” Mrs Ogunniyi, 40, who is seeking dissolution of her 12-year-old marriage, told the court that her husband, Kazeem, was only concerned about the welfare of his dog. “Kazeem is an irresponsible […]

The Federal Government on Thursday withdrew its approval for Emirates Airlines winter schedule, cutting down the carrier’s daily flights to Abuja to just once a week. It disclosed this in a letter dated December 9, 2021, issued to the Country Manager, Emirates Airlines Nigeria, Victoria Island, Lagos, and signed by the Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation […]

Billionaire businessman, Prince Ned Nwoko, has broken his silence on his split from Moroccan wife, Laila Charani. Last month, Laila had publicly announced that her marriage to Nwoko was over and she didn’t want anyone to reach the billionaire through her. On Wednesday, the media team of Nwoko issued a statement to clear the air […]

The Lagos State government has issued a set of guidelines on social events and gatherings during the festive season amid the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It stated that all social events must be duly registered to obtain event safety clearance from the Lagos State Safety Commission website (www.lasgsafetyreg.com) prior to holding. This was […]

Gunmen have shot dead a Nollywood actress, Chiemeke Ngozi, at Boji boji Owa in the Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the actress was killed on Wednesday along Deeper Life Road, in the Boji boji Owa area of Agbor.. Sources told Punch correspondent that they heard gunshots but […]

Suspected hoodlums have attacked and killed a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Punch correspondent gathered that the victim, Pastor Babatunde Dada, was killed inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th Avenue, FESTAC Town. The killing, which […]

Tragedy struck, yesterday, at Ojodu Grammar School Bus Stop on Ogba-Ojodu Berger Road, Lagos, when a delivery van allegedly chased by officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, rammed into school children returning from school, causing the death of no fewer than 17 students and left many injured. Vanguard learned that an angry mob, […]

Precious Chikwendu, a beauty queen, has opened up on the experience with her estranged husband and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Speaking in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, she described the marriage as a violent one, describing how some persons, including Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), […]

A Nigerian, Temitayo Bello, has bagged his second PhD after completing three different bachelor’s degrees and three different masters’ degrees. Bello bagged his second PhD from the University of Ibadan (UI) having completed a thesis in Energy Law. He had got a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc) in Economics, Banking and Finance, and a Bachelor of Law […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday announced the discovery of three additional cases of the Omicron variant in the country. The agency had on Wednesday detected the first three cases of the variant. With Tuesday’s discovery, the total number of the omicron variant cases in Nigeria stands at six. Last week, Canada after […]