Rumoured dead in 2013, Maitama Sule dies in Cairo
One-time Nigerian Ambassador to United States, Dr Yusuf Maitama Sule, is dead. The elder statesman, regarded as one of the greatest orators ever produced by Nigeria, died on Monday morning…
Newspaperman punished for comparing king to God
A Saudi columnist has been suspended after he went too far in praise of the country’s leader, King Salman. Ramadan al-Anzi’s column in al-Jazirah newspaper lauded the monarch using attributes…
Akinwunmi Adesina and lessons for Nigerian public office holders
BY KEN UGBECHIE The announcement that Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has won the 2017 World Food Prize did not come to me as a surprise. Since its establishment in 1986,…
Ijaw youths write Osinbajo, demand release of Ijaws in DSS custody; accuse security men of heightening tension in the creeks
Members of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) have written a protest letter to the Acting President, Yemi Osinbanjo, over the Department of State Services’ (DSS) alleged breach of the Peace accord…
Okupe dumps PDP, may join APC
Former Spokesperson to the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Okupe also served as spokesman for President Olusegun…
VAR to be used at next World Cup – FIFA boss hints
FIFA President Gianni Infantino signaled that he is in favour of introducing video assistant referees (VAR) at next year’s World Cup following its success at the Confederations Cup, although he…
Soccer super stars grace Messi’s wedding; Guardiola, Maradona missing
Football world has been sent into celebration mood as Argentine and Barcelona FC football star Lionel Messi walked down the aisle with 29-year-old Antonela Roccuzzo. Messi married his sweetheart in…
Bello, New York doctor who killed colleague, had a beef with hospital; they ruined my career, he claimed in an email
A doctor, Henry Bello, who killed another physician at a New York City medical center and wounded six other people before taking his own life had sent an email to…
Terrorists still make fresh IEDs, investigation; but we are still in charge – Military
Despite repeated claims that Boko Haram has been defeated, investigations showed that the insurgents, though degraded, still finds the time and space to make Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which is…
Nigeria, Chad military chiefs meet over war against terror
The Nigerian Armed Forces Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin and his Chadian counterpart, Lieutenant General Mohammad Ibrahim Saed, are in a crucial strategic meeting Saturday, aimed at…