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Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has warned the Federal Government against the proposed establishment of Ruga settlements across the country for herdsmen. He warned that the move, if not checked will set the country on fire. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of United Nations’ Solutions 17 SDG programme, Soyinka berated the federal […]

Poor quality, irregular sleep may prevent people from successfully losing unwanted weight, a new study shows. Lack of good sleep up to 7 hours daily can make a person obese, scientists say. According to data that the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases have cited, in the United States, more than one […]

At least 50 people died, and 101 people were injured after they rushed to scoop fuel from an overturned tanker and the vehicle exploded in central Nigeria, officials said Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday afternoon after a fuel tanker trying to avoid a pothole overturned and fell off the road in Ahumbe village in […]

It’s been a three-horse race this year to be named the world’s most powerful passport, with all top three contenders in Asia. Now, as we enter the second half of 2019, Japan and Singapore have held onto their position as the world’s most travel-friendly passports, with South Korea dropping into second place. That’s the view […]

US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran is “playing with fire” after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by Washington. Israel urged European states to sanction Iran, while Russia voiced regret but said the move was a consequence of US pressure, which has pushed […]

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said he erred by occupying another passenger’s seat on an airplane but condemned any thought he tried to “consolidate” that error. Mr Soyinka was recently a subject of a trending media topic after businessman Tonye Cole narrated how a male passenger asked the professor of literature to leave his assigned window seat on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on social media, Lauretta Onochie, has urged the police to investigate the senior pastor of COZA Church, Biodun Fatoyinbo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports this comes after Busola Dakolo, photographer and wife of singer, Timi Dakolo, accused Mr Fatoyinbo of allegedly raping her as a teenager. Ms Onochie commented […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the permanent seizure by the Nigerian government of $8.4 million. (about N3billion) and N9.2 billion, belonging to Patience Jonathan, wife of former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun granted the application of the EFCC for the forfeiture and ruled that the money was reasonably suspected […]

President Donald Trump shook hands with Kim Jong Un on Sunday and took 20 steps into North Korea, making history as the first sitting US leader to set foot in the hermit kingdom. Trump crossed the low stone curb separating the North and South at 3:45 p.m. local time, making his way alongside a grinning Kim into […]

The Authority of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government has adopted a flexible currency regime after making considerable progress on plans for a single currency. The body said the bloc had made considerable progress on the single currency and has adopted “ECO” as its name. But the region would […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says no amount of media campaign against its Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu will stop the prosecution of the former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki. Spokesman of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade made this known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. According to Orilade, the attention […]

Omodele Fatoyinbo, wife of the founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), says her husband is not a rapist. Speaking at the Abuja headquarters of the church on Sunday, the woman dismissed the allegation levelled against her husband by Busola, wife of Timi Dakolo, a Nigerian singer. Busola had said Biodun Fatoyinbo raped her […]

No fewer than 47 people were killed in different attacks reported from across Nigeria last week. According to the reports, 31 others were also kidnapped amidst the security challenges facing the nation. The attacks in this report were either confirmed by security operatives or relations of the victims. Click on the link below to read […]

A woman was struck and killed by a train after she dropped her phone onto railway tracks and went to pick it up. Felon Smith, 37, died when she was hit by a train at mid-day on Thursday in Chicago, in front of traumatised passengers. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Smith had reportedly […]

As a Nigerian citizen, it will excite you to know that some countries will accept you without visa. It is important to note that some of these countries offer visa on arrival while others allow you to stay for a specified number of days or months before a visa will be required. Also, some countries […]

A High Court judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Valentine Ashi, who ordered security agencies to arrest and produce the former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, within 72 hours, is dead. It was gathered that the judge died on Thursday in an Abuja hospital from an undisclosed ailment. Authorities of the FCT High […]