Kobe Bryant’s last words as tributes pour in
Basketball star Kobe Bryant, daughter, die in helicopter crash Basketball Legend and LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant died on Sunday…
UK unveils new visa scheme
UK unveils new visa scheme for scientists after Brexit Britain on Sunday announced a new fast-track visa scheme for top…
FMC Lokoja confirms 3 cases of Lassa fever, records 1 death
Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja By Stephen Adeleye The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja in Kogi, has confirmed three cases…
National Hospital records high patronage on knee, hip replacement surgeries
National Hospital Abuja By Justina Auta The National Hospital says it has been recording high patronage on knee and hip…
Erdogan to discuss Libya conflict on Algeria visit
Issued on: 26/01/2020 – 16:14Modified: 26/01/2020 – 16:15 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday visited Algeria for talks on…
Jealous man stabs girlfriend to death in Bauchi
By Ayinde Olaide Tragedy struck in Bauchi on Friday when a jealous man, simply identified as ‘Solomon’ stabbed his girlfriend,…
Soldiers killed in attack on Mali army camp, militants suspected
Issued on: 26/01/2020 – 14:51Modified: 26/01/2020 – 14:51 Nineteen soldiers were killed and five wounded in an attack on an…
Artists decry continuous locking of Abuja Arts, Craft Village
Artists decry continuous locking of Abuja Arts, Craft Village By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The African Arts and Culture Heritage Association (AACHA)…
Korean blockbuster “Extreme Job” light-up Asian Film Festival in FCT
Korean blockbuster “Extreme Job” light-up Asian Film Festival in FCT Abuja residents and members of the diplomatic community were thrilled…
Review of Nigeria’s university curriculum in final stage – NUC
Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed,ddressing diplomats at a reception hosted by the President of…
Nine years after Egyptian revolution started, Tahrir Square icon languishes in jail
Issued on: 25/01/2020 – 14:09Modified: 25/01/2020 – 14:09 On January 25, 2011, demonstrations against police brutality to mark Egypt’s National…
NIS rescues 9 girls being trafficked to Lebanon, Dubai, others
NIS rescues 9 girls being trafficked to Lebanon, Dubai, others By Bukola Adetoye The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),…
How Nigerians spend over N300bn yearly on malaria treatment
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Prof. Olatunji Kolawole of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, says Nigerians…
Biosecurity Policy: Agency calls for stakeholder’s collaboration
Stakeholders at the National Biosafety Management Agency Consultative Meeting on Biosecurity in Abuja By Okeoghene Akubuike Dr Rufus Ebegba,Director- General,…
Billions of locusts swarm through East Africa after year of extreme weather
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 19:08Modified: 24/01/2020 – 19:08 Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme…
Gov. Ishaku signs Taraba’s N215bn 2020 budget into law
Right to left: Taraba state governor, Architect Darius Dickson Ishaku, Speaker Taraba state House of Assembly, Right Honourable Joseph Albasu…
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DR Congo: Crimes and no punishment
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 15:10Modified: 24/01/2020 – 15:10 This Friday, January 24, the Democratic Republic of Congo marks the first…
Australian Open: Serena Williams falls to Chinese battler Wang
Serena Williams in tears (Reuters/NAN) Serena Williams suffered her earliest exit from the Australian Open in 14 years on Friday,…
Lubuto Library Partners: Helping vulnerable children in Africa
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 11:54Modified: 24/01/2020 – 11:54 In Africa’s Bemba language, the word Lubuto means “knowledge, enlightenment and light”.…
Sokoto re-runs: Tambuwal sues for peaceful conducts
Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal Ahead of the January 25 re-run and supplementary elections scheduled to hold in Sokoto state, Gov.…