Human Interest

Nigerian model and former winner of the Miss Charismatic pageant, Yewande Baruwa has died. She was 22 years old. The late Obafemi Awolowo University graduate of Public Administration was reported dead on Friday, after a brief illness. Organiser of the Miss Charismatic pageant, Ronke Tiamiyu confirmed the death on her …

There was presence of heavily armed security operatives at the premises of Senator Isiaka Adeleke as Governor Rauf Aregbesola, his deputy, Mrs. Titi-Laoye Tomori, and other dignitaries attended the fidau prayer of the late politician. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Lasun Yusuf, was also present at …

Unfavourable Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASAs) that allow foreign airlines access into the local market is costing the Nigerian economy and her ailing aviation sub-sector billions of naira yearly. The loss, in excess of over N200 billion, follows the perennial inability of the nation’s flag carriers to reciprocate and compete …

Three insiders in the Presidency have told SaharaReporters that President Muhammadu Buhari is being fed intravenously as he has had severe difficulty eating and drinking fluids for several days. The sources also disclosed that, although President Buhari’s health had held up for a while after his return from an extended …

Angry workers in their thousand disrupted the 2017 May Day celebrations at the Eagle Square, Abuja, over the failure of the Federal Government to give them a new minimum wage in the country. The workers insisted that the Federal Government had a responsibility to give them a definite position on …

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has announced that it will commence registration for the General Certificate Examination (GCE) 2017 for private candidates on Friday. The examination body disclosed this on its official tweeter handle, @waecnigeria. A screen shot of the registration information was also shared in the tweet. External …

The Senate on Tuesday, adjourned plenary to Wednesday, to hold a valedictory session in honour of a member, Sen. Isiaka Adeleke, who died on Sunday. This followed a motion by Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, at plenary as the upper chamber resumed after two weeks Easter break. Lawan said …

Residents of Solar Power Drive, Igbo Olomu, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State are in shock after a landlord in the community, Omolaja Sodipo, allegedly stabbed his wife, Titilayo, killing her. Sympathisers, friends and family members of the mother of four, trooped to their bungalow on Monday, where Titilayo …

A 23-year-old has been arrested in Ghana after he raped a 10-year-old girl to death through the anus for three years. playThis is the height of wickedness as this man raped the 10-year-old to death A 23-year-old student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, has …

“Nigerian Prince”, a proposed movie on email scammers, has won a one million dollar AT&T grant at the Tribeca Film Festival. The movie, written and directed by Nigeria’s Biyi Bandele and Oscar Hernandez-Topete, was announced the winner on April 20, at the Film Festival in New York. According to media …