Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his wish of living above 100 years. The 83-year-old former Nigerian leader disclosed this in an event organized to mark the one year anniversary of the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sabur Bakare, Jamolu II. Obasanjo advised the monarch to propagate unity among traditional rules in Yorubaland while speaking at the…
The Nigerian embassy in Canada has been shut down following an attack launched against its staff. The comission in a statement shared on its official website, said it had devised a system in which citizens with emergency cases were attended to strictly by appointment that allowed a limited number of people into the chancery at a…
The Kogi state government has repatriated 78 beggars to five northern states in the country. Speaking to newsmen, Kogi State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Fatima Kabir Buba said the beggars were evacuated from different parts of Lokoja metropolis, including Old Market, Zango, Ganaja Village, and Obasanjo Square and repatriated to Katsina , Kaduna, Kano…
Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu has ruled out Neymar’s return back to the La Liga club. The Brazilian forward moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 in a £198million deal, but is being linked with a return to the Nou Camp with two bids already rejected by PSG in 2019. Last week, there were reports that Barca…
Three teenage boys have been arrested by men of the Katsina state police command for allegedly gang-raping and drowning a 13-year-old girl to death in a pond in the state on August 14. Spokesperson of the state police command, SP Gambo Isah, who paraded the boys before newsmen, said the suspects were aged between 15 and 16.…
Seven students of Government Girls’ College in Doma, Gombe state who are currently writing their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have tested positive for Coronavirus. Gombe state commissioner for education, Habu Dahiru disclosed this on Wednesday August 19 and further revealed that they tested 1,100 cases, out of which the first case came from Government Science…
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have attacked Kukawa, a town in Borno State, and reportedly abducted over 100 persons. According to sources in the Civilian Joint Task Force, the insurgents drove into the town with over 20 trucks and announced their entry with sporadic gunshots, engaging the Nigerian troops stationed in the town for over 30 minutes. Thisday…
US president Donald Trump, on Wednesday August 19, urged Americans to disregard mail-in voting and go to the ballot box to vote, declaring “if you can protest in person, you can vote in person”. Mail-in ballots is a type of voting system where people can vote from home using mail while universal voting is the…
A 500-level student of Electrical Engineering, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Nzete Ogochukwu Patrick, has died after he was hit by a stray bullet in Ogume town in Ndokwa West local government area on Sunday, August 16. According to reports, Nzete was on his way home from church when he got hit by a stray bullet…