NIGERIAN rice farmer, Adamu Garba, squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from devastating floods that have destroyed farmland across the north of the country. Parts of West and Central Africa have been battered by floods ravaging farms like Garba’s rice plots, wiping out crops and risking worsening food …

The ruling All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, have been warned not against causing division among Christians with money. The warning was made in a statement issued by the Northern States Christian Elders Forum, signed by its chairman, Oyinehi Inalegwu, on Tuesday. “We warn APC to stop …

Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has backed his team to come out tops in Tuesday’s (today) friendly against the Desert Foxes of Algeria. The African giants will clash at the Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran. Kick off is 8pm Nigeria time. Peseiro’s side have failed to record a win in …

England captain, Harry Kane has admitted that his team were under heavy scrutiny before their UEFA Nations League clash with Germany on Monday night at Wembley. Kane said that Gareth Southgate’s men had a ‘point to prove’ against Germany, having gone six games without a win. The Tottenham Hotspur striker …

No fewer than 39 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, on Monday, asked a Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi to nullify the gubernatorial primary election of the party in the State. The APC members dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, APC and Rev. Fr …

The national secretariat of the Nigeria labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to mobilize civil servants to Zamfara State for a solidarity industrial action if the State government refuses to implement the payment of the constitutional national minimum wage of N30,000 at the end of the 21 days ultimatum. This was …

The Provost, Federal College of Education Technical (FCET) Gusau, has expressed worry over the sharp drop in the number of students’ enrollment in the institution. This was disclosed in Gusau, the State capital, by the provost of the school, Dr, Umar Bello during an event organized by the Department of …

FRESH Facts have emerged on why the Federal Government quickly reversed its order to the various university management to reopen public universities amid the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Recall that the Federal Government had earlier ordered Vice-Chancellors to re-open schools. It had …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council on Tuesday, said it has postponed the kick-off of its campaigns earlier slated for Wednesday. The development was disclosed by the Director-General, of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong. The statement stated that the adjustment of …

The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West Zone D, has knocked a Nigerian Senator,  Solomon Adeola, for asking the Nigerian government to stop funding government-owned universities. Adeola, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, had recently urged the government to have a rethink on funding government-owned tertiary …