4-year-old girl raped by 36-year-old man, found dead in pit toilet
A 4-year-old South African girl from Bloemfontein girl, who had been missing since Sunday, was found dead in a pit toilet on Thursday. She had been raped. A 36-year-old man…
Latest Mediterranean migrants’ shipwreck takes death toll to over 600 this year
The latest shipwreck in the Mediterranean takes the death toll of migrants to over 600 this year, putting 2019 on track to be the sixth year in a row with…
Migrants: About 115 feared dead, 134 rescued in after worst Mediterranean shipwreck of the year
About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off…
‘Daughters of Chibok’ to be screened at 76th Venice International Film Festival
‘Daughters of Chibok’, a film that explores the stories of abducted schoolgirls in Chibok town, will be screened at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival. Recall that in April 2014,…
Nigeria has achieved National unity through the NYSC scheme – Gowon
A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has said that the National unity has been achieved by the deployment of corps participants to states other than their states of…
NEMA receives 171 stranded Nigerians from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday received another batch of 171 stranded Nigerians from Libya. Alhaji Idris Muhammed, Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, who was represented by…
Reps vote against open grazing; say it’s criminal, Delta community under cow siege
The House of Representatives has called for the criminalisation of open grazing as it effect the security of lives, property and food production in the country. This was sequel to…
Extort students, face the music; Oyo Govt tells teachers
The Government of Oyo State said on Thursday that it will deal ruthlessly with any school teacher found to be extorting students of fees it has cancelled. Chairman of the…
We’ll leave a better nation for Nigerians, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is determined to leave a better Nigeria for future generations. The president stated this at the closing ceremony of the Presidential Policy Dialogue Session…
Pomp as Rotary Club of Ikeja installs Fagbola as 52nd President
At a colourful event held at the Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, Rotarian Olumuyiwa Fagbola was installed as the 52nd President of Rotary Club of Ikeja for the 2019/2020 rotary year on…