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
âDaughters of Chibokâ, 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…
Xenophobia: MTN in trouble, as NANS shuts down Kaduna office over killing of 118 Nigerians
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday closed the Kaduna office of South African Telecommunication giant, MTN, over xenophobic attacks and killings of 118 Nigerians in the last…
 Late Precious Owolabi laid to rest in Kaduna
Photo Credit: Channels TV The funeral service of late Precious Owolabi has held in Kaduna state. Precious a Youth Corp Member who was killed while serving with Channels Television….
400 years on: Chains, shackles, auction documents are reminders of trans Atlantic slave trade
In late August 1619, a ship carrying â20 and oddâ African men and women docked at Point Comfort, todayâs Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. Their arrival, 400 years ago next…
FIFA ranking: AFCON bronze win moves Nigeria 12 spots up to 33rd position
Nigeriaâs Super Eagles have moved up 12 spots in the July FIFA ranking, to place 33rd in the world after winning bronze at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations tournament….
President Essebsi of Tunisia dies at 92
Tunisiaâs 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the North African countryâs transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, has died, the presidency said on Thursday. Essebsi was…
Davido becomes richest Nigerian celebrity on Instagram, second in Africa
Music superstar, David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido, has emerged the richest Nigerian on Instagram, with his single post valued at over N26 million. According to Instagram Rich List 2019 by Hopper…