Man arrested for keeping girl as sex slave for 15 years
The police in Indonesia confirmed the arrest of an 83-year-old village witch doctor who entrapped a 12-year-old girl and tricked her into having sex with him for the past 15…
Only merit can unburden Nigeria’s leadership burden – Dr. Chidi Amuta
 Full text of Dr. Amuta’s lecture at Mr. Ray Ekpu’s 70th birthday anniversary colloquium Leadership & the Burden of History (A Tribute Lecture for Ray Ekpu at 70) Chidi Amuta…
BB Naija Efe becomes African Ambassador for Indian varsity
Nigerian rapper Efe Ejeba, winner of the 2017 edition of Big Brother Naija reality television show has signed an endorsement deal with educational outfit, Kalinga University, India. The “Warri’’ crooner…
Dalung inaugurates 6-man reconciliation committee on NFF leadership crisis
The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, on Monday inaugurated a six-man reconciliation committee to bring lasting solution to the lingering crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation…
AfDB to increase fish production, others by 5m tonnes in Africa
The African Development Bank through its Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme is targeting to increase aquaculture production in Africa by five million tonnes by 2025. Dr Chrysantus Akem,…
Nigeria needs N4billion to tackle infectious diseases — NCDC
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, says that Nigeria needs N4 billion to tackle infectious diseases. Ihekweazu said this at…
President Buhari salutes veteran Journalist, Ray Ekpu at 70
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated veteran journalist and co-founder of Newswatch Magazine, Ray Ekpu, who turns 70 on Aug. 6 as well as clocks 45 years working as a journalist…
Osinbajo wants local technologies to deal with Climate Change issues
The development, deployment and transfer of locally relevant climate technologies remain the best solution to climate change challenges, the Acting President , Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said. The Office of…
NCDMB to partner with India on research, innovations in oil, gas development
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) says it is partnering with the Indian Government and its relevant institutions on research and innovations in Nigerian oil and gas industry….
Why the world continues to fall for 419 scam; an expert’s analysis
With cryptocurrency fraud and IRS scams making headlines, I had thought Nigerian email schemes were a thing of the past, akin to the bygone days when a scammer might offer…