Gates Foundation spent $250m on Nigerian poor in 2016
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spent $250 million on health, education and improving the lives of the poor in Nigeria in 2016. Dr Mairo Mandara, its Country Representative, told…
CAF: Rangers, Rivers United advance to next round, Wikki crash out
It was a gloomy Sunday for Wikki Tourists as they crashed out of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup competition, despite beating RSLAF of Sierra-Leone 1-0 in Bauchi. Wikki Tourists lost…
Shock as pretty Gifty evicted from Big Brother Naija show
Big Brother Naija has evicted another housemate. It is Gifty, the entertaining girl that schooled in Accra and drew much criticism last week for not knowing Falz, the hip hop…
N250m Gate House for VP initiated by President Jonathan, Osinbajo content with Aguda House – Presidency
For the umpteenth time, we like to clarify that the proposed plan of the immediate past administration to build a new official residence for the occupant of the Office of…
Army calls IPOB ‘criminal gang’, denies killing pro-Trump protesters
The attention of 6 Division Nigerian Army has been drawn to a baseless and unsubstantiated allegation by one Mr. Emma Powerful who claims to be the Media and Publicity Secretary…
Amaechi to chair town hall on cargo handling charges, Adeosun, Enelamah are special guests
Against the backdrop of a recent audit report revealing that private terminal operators in Nigerian ports lost about N58.9 billion to the rising foreign exchange scarcity, Consumer Price Index (CPI),…
Ejiofor’s thesis on Fulani gunmen, by Ken Ugbechie
Earlier in this column I had advocated a deeper inquisition into the modus vivendi of the deadly and dangerous Fulani herdsmen. I had postulated that these people, given their appetite…
I was made to “feel like a criminal”, says Ex-Man United star, Dwight Yorke, barred from entering US
Former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke says he was made to “feel like a criminal” after being blocked from entering the US. The striker was about to catch a flight…
Game hunters risk 10 years jail term as NESREA reads riot act
The Nigerian Conservation Federation (NCF) has warned that anyone found guilty of exploitation and commercial hunting of wild animals risked 10-year imprisonment with an option of N1million fine or both….
Parents who assault their 14-year-old girl for child pornography to be charged
Authorities say a child pornography investigation in North Carolina, United States, led to the arrests of the parents of a 14-year-old girl in South Africa. The State Bureau of Investigation…