Over 80 survivors, two dead in migrant rescues off Libya – MSF says
February 18, 2024 More than 80 migrants were saved, but two died and three were missing following two sea rescue operations in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, the…
Kidnapping: How our abductors use poisonous snakes to terrorise us – kidnap victims narrate ordeal
Feb. 18, 2024 Abducted victims recently freed from captivity have revealed that kidnappers use poisonous snakes to terrorise them. Some of them, who recounted their ordeals in separate interviews with…
Banditry: Nine burnt to death, 14 houses razed in Kaduna
February 18, 2024 At least nine people have been killed and nine others brutally injured by bandits who attacked Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district in Kajuru Local Government…
Lassa Fever: Ten killed in Ebonyi
Feb. 18, 2024 The Ebonyi Ministry of Health disclosed that Lassa Fever killed 10 persons in the state between Jan. 4 and Feb. 16, 2024. The Disease Surveillance Notification Officer…
Avian influenza hits Kebbi as govt. intensifies control measures
Feb. 18, 2024 Dr. Alheri Ibrahim-Sanchi, the Director, Veterinary Services, Kebbi Ministry of Animal Husbandry, says the state government has stepped-up efforts to mitigate the spread of avian influenza in…
Breaking barriers: Nigerian Army senior officer appointed deputy force commander in Minurso Western
Feb. 18, 2024 It was a groundbreaking moment for Nigeria and the African continent when Brigadier General Gabriel Olufemi Esho made history as he was officially appointed as the Deputy…
Forget De Bruyne, Fernandes – Odegaard might be EPL best attacking midfielder
The stats will tell you the only player worthy of entering the Premier League’s best attacking midfielder conversation alongside Kevin De Bruyne is Bruno Fernandes but, after another masterclass of…
Peter Obi today, tomorrow…, by Ken Ugbechie
At Professor Pat Utomi’s 68th birthday symposium, February 5, in Lagos, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, made a brief remark. He…
ANALYSIS: Why Arsenal do not need a 30-goal-a-season striker
Some will claim that Arsenal need that 30-goal-a-season striker. But three reasons suggest they don’t. THE FIRST: among those 21 goals since January 20, there have been nine different goalscorers…
Drugs: NDLEA nabs female lawyer, her mum, boyfriend, herbalist, others
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a female lawyer, her mum, boyfriend, their herbalist, an Uber driver for dealing in hard drugs. They top the…