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Tributes Paid to Popular Nigerian Doctor Who Practiced in the UK

2018-10-01T12:39:00.000+01:00

Tributes have been paid to one of UK's most popular doctors who has died. He practiced in West Cumbria, one of the counties of North West England.
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IG of Police Orders Arrest of IBB’s Media Aide

2018-02-05T00:53:00.000+01:00

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has reportedly ordered for the arrest of the media aide to former President Ibrahim Babangida, Prince Kassim Afegbua for the statement he issued on behalf of his boss.
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Babangida Authorised The Statement I Issued, Says Spokesman

2018-02-04T22:52:00.001+01:00

Kassim Afegbua, spokesman of Ibrahim Babaginda, says the former military president authorised the statement he issued earlier on Sunday.
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IBB Denies Statement on Buhari

2018-02-04T21:17:00.001+01:00

Former President Ibrahim Babangida has denied a widely circulated statement in which he urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in the 2019 election.
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IBB Urges Buhari to Step Down in 2019 for Digital Leadership

2018-02-04T21:01:00.001+01:00

Former President Ibrahim Babangida has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step down in 2019 to allow a generational shift that should reinvent the wheel of leadership and spur healing in the land.
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Healing a Nation Scarred by Injustice - Senator Ben Murray-Bruce

2017-12-25T19:43:00.000+01:00

I want to speak to Nigeria on the topic ‘Healing a Nation Scarred by Injustice’.
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Buhari Expresses Regret Over Fuel Crisis, As Scarcity Bites Harder And Masses Cry Out This Yuletide Season

2017-12-25T18:27:00.001+01:00

As Nigerians face a bleak Christmas characterised by fuels shortages, soaring transportation and food prices, and their inability to even travel to their country homes to spend the season with their loved ones, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday broke his silence on the crisis and expressed his regret over the harrowing situation. He also expressed sympathy with Nigerians.
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‘I am bigger than Imo State. I am bigger than Nigeria’- Rochas Okorocha

2017-12-25T17:40:00.001+01:00

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has continued to be in the news for the very wrong reasons. This time, he says he is bigger than Imo State and Nigeria.
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NYSC Promises Justice For Corps Member’s Murder

2017-12-20T02:31:00.001+01:00

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday promised to ensure that justice was done in the killing of a corps member, Modupe Tawose.
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Consumers Groan in Nigeria as Fuel Scarcity Worsens

2017-12-20T01:33:00.003+01:00

Nigerians have been thrown into panic following the re-emergence of long queues at fuel stations in parts of the country.
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UNHCR Steps Up Support To Cameroonians Fleeing Into Nigeria

2017-12-20T01:17:00.001+01:00

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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Update on ‘Oumuamua: Red, Tumbling, and Silent

2017-12-19T15:38:00.000+01:00

Astronomers' recent observations of our first-known interstellar visitor reveal that it is very strange indeed.
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Nigeria’s 2018 CHAN Preparations On Track - Salisu Yusuf

2017-12-19T08:30:00.000+01:00

Nigeria are busy preparing for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) which will take place in Morocco from 13th January 2018.
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Thierry Henry Crowned "king of football" in Nigeria with Arsenal Great Named "Igwe" in Fan Event

2017-12-18T16:34:00.000+01:00

The former France international has accumulated an enormous fan base in Nigeria from his glory days with the Gunners.
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Is ‘Oumuamua an alien spacecraft? Initial Scans Show No Signs Of Technology

2017-12-15T14:51:00.000+01:00

The first scans for alien technology aboard a mysterious object that is barreling through the solar system have found no evidence it is the work of an intelligent civilisation.
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[VIDEO] Confession of Festus Udoh: How I Raped And Killed NYSC Member Modupe Kawose

2017-12-15T13:00:00.000+01:00

The driving instructor Festus Udoh confesses in this video how he raped and killed the beautiful NYSC corps member Modupe Kawose.
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NYSC: How I Killed Youth Corps Member After Sex – Driver

2017-12-15T06:00:00.000+01:00

A driving instructor, identified as Festus Udoh, has narrated how he lured a 23-year-old National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, Modupe Kawose, into a bush at Mawuko, Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, raped and strangled her.
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Huge Object Passing Earth 'could be alien spacecraft from another part of galaxy', Say Scientists

2017-12-13T06:42:00.000+01:00

A huge object passing by Earth could be an alien spacecraft, scientists have said.
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Move Nigerian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Buhari Urged

2017-12-10T11:19:00.001+01:00

LAGOS—The decision of Israeli government to move its capital to Jerusalem needs to be supported by the Nigerian government.
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PDP: Dokpesi Makes A U-turn, Congratulates Secondus

2017-12-10T11:12:00.000+01:00

Hours after spitting fire over flawed elective national convention, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communication, who contested the PDP National Chairmanship position and lost, has congratulated the winner, Prince Uche Secondus.
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Breaking: Secondus Is New PDP Chairman

2017-12-10T11:03:00.000+01:00

ABUJA-The elective convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came to an end in the early hours of Sunday, December 2017, with the election of Prince Uche Secondus who polled a total of 2000 votes.
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They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigeria’s Security Forces

2017-12-08T15:30:00.003+01:00

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The camp was supposed to be a refuge. Falmata’s life had been stolen by war ever since the sixth grade, when she was abducted from her home and raped repeatedly by Boko Haram’s fighters for the next three years.
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Vladimir Putin To Allow Russians To Compete As Neutral Athletes

2017-12-08T05:41:00.003+01:00

Russian President Vladimir Putin won't boycott the Pyeongchang Olympics.
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Why Fuel Scarcity Persists Across Nigeria – Kachikwu

2017-12-08T05:09:00.000+01:00

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, says the major cause of the fuel scarcity currently being witnessed across the country is shortfall in supply of petroleum products.
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Arab Leaders Condemn US Decision On Jerusalem, Region 'Condemned To Decades Of Chaos'

2017-12-08T04:55:00.002+01:00

The Donald Trump administration’s unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has drawn widespread condemnation across the Arab world, with political leaders, commentators and locals labelling the move as provocative and a threat to global security.
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