Two young men who wanted to make it big this forthcoming Yelutide on Wednesday afternoon met their Waterloo in Enugu as irate mobs set them ablaze alive. The incident took place at the Independence Layout area along the ever busy Independence Avenue popularly known as Bissala Road. It was gathered …

ABUJA—THE government of Switzerland has donated the sum 750, 000 Swiss francs which approximately is 756 000 US dollars to support victims affected by the devastating floods in Nigeria. A statement issued by the Swiss Embassy in Nigeria, and signed by the Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Nicolas Lang, said the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Wednesday, disclosed that approximately 2,782,302 registered voters are expected to participate in the 2023 general elections in the 23 Local Government Areas of Benue state. The new Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for the State, Prof. Samuel Egwu who made the disclosure in Makurdi however …

Several calls have been made by different people for the resignation of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq. Sadiya Farouq had last week said that Bayelsa State was not among 10 worst hit states affected by flood disaster. She noted that Jigawa State, was …

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake off the Italian resort of Rimini has been felt across across central Italy and parts of the Balkans. Houses shook for several seconds on the Adriatic coast and there were reports of minor damage but no casualties. School were shut in parts of the central Marche region …

DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra Command says the police was yet to be furnished with the casualty rate at the fire explosion in the chemical market in Onitsha. Ikenga stated this on Tuesday in Onitsha while reacting to a fire explosion that rocked the chemical market. According …

Prof. Tanko Ishaya, the Vice Chancellor (VC), of the University of Jos, has assured parents that the university was safe for students, members of staff and visitors. Ishaya said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Jos, reiterating that the university management had …

Chelsea fullback Reece James will not be part of Gareth Southgate’s England team for the FIFA 2022 world cup due to injury concerns. According to SkySports, after discussions with Gareth Southgate on Tuesday, it was decided the full-back has not recovered sufficiently from the knee injury he picked up against …

From the first openly lesbian governor to the first Generation Z member-elect of Congress, early results in the US midterms heralded diversity. In Massachusetts, voters elected Democrat Maura Healey as America’s first out lesbian governor, TV networks projected. The 51-year-old defeated Geoff Diehl, endorsed by ex-president Donald Trump, to flip …

Former chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Ifeanyi Ararume, has slammed a N100 billion suit on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful removal of his name as a non-Executive Chairman of the newly Incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum …