Nigeria Urges Developing Countries to Tackle Illicit Financial Flows to Address Poverty, Accelerate Growth
President Buhari The Federal Government has urged members of the South-South Cooperation to take concrete steps to tackle illicit financial flows as a strategy to address poverty and accelerate growth…
STEM: NNPC to Award Scholarship to 10 Deserving Girls From 10 Primary Schools in Kogi
NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has promised to build and equip a Science and Technology Laboratory to enhance pupils’ interest in science and engineering profession,…
Gideons International Distributes 74.6m Bibles in 55 Years in Nigeria
The Gideons International, an Association of Christian business and professional people preaching and distributing Bibles worldwide, on Sunday said it had distributed 74.6 million Bibles in Nigeria since 1964. The…
Operation Yancin Tafki: Army Neutralises Boko Haram Commander, 15 Men, Logistics
MNJTF clearance operation in Kerenoa In the continuing escalation of offensive operations aimed at making islands and other settlements in Lake Chad untenable for Boko Haram Terrorists, troops of the…
NNPC Recruitment: NANS Rejects Alleged Anti-poor, Anti-masses Requirements, Threatens to Protest
The National Leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the alleged anti-poor and anti-masses recruitment requirements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Mr Adeyemi Azeez, NANS…
Yari `offended God, there were no primaries in Zamfara – Sen. Marafa
Sen. Kabiru Marafa, representing Zamfara Central, says Gov. Abdul’azeez Yari, has offended God for insisting that the All Progressives Congress (APC) conducted party primaries in the state. Marafa, who fielded…
Ekumeku War: Anioma Uprising Against British Rule
By Tony Eluemunor The philosophical novel, Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane, a Senegalese, condemned colonialism thus: “The morning of the Occident in Africa was couched in crimson for those…
BFN Unveils Mascot For All Africa Senior Championship
The Newly Unveiled Mascot The Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN), on Saturday unveiled the Mascot (Alabo The Shuttler) for the All African Senior Championships slated to hold in Port Harcourt…
Man who jumps to death from a mast said to be mentally ill
A man suspected to be mentally unstable on Saturday jumped to his death from a bank’s network mast in Sango area of Ibadan. Preliminary investigations suggests that the man may…
Ebola Treatment Centre Resumes Operations in Congo After Attack
Ebola Campaign in DRC An Ebola treatment center located at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has resumed operations after it was attacked…