Priest boosts church attendance with free alcohol, snacks; says it is targeted at youths
A priest in a rural village of central Italy has started offering free alcohol to adults and crisps to children in a bid to boost Mass attendance, as part of…
Emir Sanusi bribery allegation: Kano Speaker resigns
The storm is yet to blow away in the aborted probe of Muhammad Sanusi II, Emir of Kano. Kabiru Rurum, the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, has turned…
Saraki wants Sule immortalized, Kano declares public holiday, body arrives Tuesday for burial
The President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, wants the late elder statesman, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule imoortalised even as he described the news of the death as shocking,…
African migrants in Israel face harsh tax law
Nine years ago, Teklit Michael fled Eritrea to avoid military conscription, survived a perilous journey across the Sinai peninsula and sought asylum in Israel. The 29-year-old Eritrean community organizer now…
Yudala Tech Week witnesses mad rush; promo extended to meet demand
In a bid to meet the yearnings of its customers, Yudala, Nigeria’s pioneer online and offline e-commerce outfit has extended a nationwide mega sales event tagged Yudala Tech Week –…
EFCC to probe ledger of Etisalat over unpaid loan
On the heels of the mass resignations that hit Etisalat Nigeria, one of the major telcos in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stepped into the…
AfDB tinkers economic highway zones for Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, others
To boost trade, investments, growth and overall development, stakeholders have called for the creation of exclusive economic zones/hubs along the Abidjan–Lagos Highway Corridor which supports about 75 per cent of…
Rumoured dead in 2013, Maitama Sule dies in Cairo
One-time Nigerian Ambassador to United States, Dr Yusuf Maitama Sule, is dead. The elder statesman, regarded as one of the greatest orators ever produced by Nigeria, died on Monday morning…
Newspaperman punished for comparing king to God
A Saudi columnist has been suspended after he went too far in praise of the country’s leader, King Salman. Ramadan al-Anzi’s column in al-Jazirah newspaper lauded the monarch using attributes…
Akinwunmi Adesina and lessons for Nigerian public office holders
BY KEN UGBECHIE The announcement that Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has won the 2017 World Food Prize did not come to me as a surprise. Since its establishment in 1986,…