Benue Gov’t Bans Nomadic Grazing, Sets 3-Year Jail Term For Offenders
Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 4, 2017 passed the bill prohibiting open rearing and grazing of animals in any part of the state. The bill titled, “A bill for a law to prohibit open...
View ArticleCBN Has Not Reversed Forex Ban on 41 Items
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has explained that the ban it placed on 41 items that are not eligible for foreign exchange is still in place as the policy has not been reversed. A statement issued...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson To Pay $110.5 Million Over Cancer Causing Baby Powder
A St. Louis jury has awarded a Virginia woman a record-setting $110.5 million in the latest lawsuit alleging that using a Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused cancer. The jury ruling Thursday night...
View Article60-year-old Grandmothers Arrested With Hard Drugs In Stomachs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has arrested two grandmothers with narcotics at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, on their way to the US and Saudi...
View ArticleLagos: 36 Dead As 2 Passenger Buses Collide And Burst Into Flames
More than 36 people were on Saturday, May 6, 2017 feared dead as two passenger buses collided and caught fire at a Quarry site at Km 96, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to an eyewitness, the...
View Article29 Pupils, 2 Teachers Die On Their Way To Write Exams
Tanzania was plunged into deep mourning today after 29 pupils, two teachers and a driver died in a bus crash in the northern part of the country. The accident happened near Karatu. The pupils of the...
View ArticleRussian Hackers Attack Email Of French Presidential Candidate, Emmanuel Macron
Russian hackers are prime suspects in France as nine gigabytes of email belonging to the leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron campaign organisation was thrown online, hours to Sunday’s...
View ArticleAfter Calling PDP ‘Dead’, Sullivan Chime Joins APC For Refuge
Former Enugu state governor, Sullivan Chime has finally left the Peoples Democratic Party and defected to All Progressives Congress, APC. At a ceremony in Udi local council of the state on Saturday,...
View ArticleNiger Delta: 6 Soldiers Killed In Renewed Hostilities In Troubled Region
At least six Nigerian soldiers have been killed in new military campaign against militants in the country’s restive Niger Delta oil hub, security officials said on Friday, May 5, 2017. The southern...
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RIP: 85-Year-Old Dies On Mount Everest Trying To Break Record
An 85-year-old man from Nepal died Saturday while attempting to scale Mount Everest to regain his title as the oldest person to climb the world’s highest peak, officials said. According to Fox News,...
View ArticleBad Luck: Nigerian Stock Market Loses N6.87 Billion After Ailing Buhari’s...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, lost N6.87 billion within the first 78 minutes of President Muhammadu Buhari’s first appearance in 14 days on Friday, May 5, 2017. At the close of business on...
View ArticleBuhari Approved Exchange Of Dangerous Boko Haram Terrorists For 82 Chibok Girls
Late Saturday, May 6, 2017, the world was greeted with the news of the return of 82 Chibok schoolgirls where kidnapped from their school domintory in April 2014 were freed by the Islamist terrorist...
View ArticleGovernor Akeredolu Sells Ondo Investment Opportunities To Diplomatic Corps
Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, on Friday, May 5, 2017 met with the representatives of the governments of Britain, Australian and Algeria and some multilateral agencies and donor...
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82 Freed Chibok Girls Arrive Government Facility In Abuja (PHOTOS)
Following the exchange of dangerous Boko Haram terrorist for 82 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls announced on Saturday, May 6, 2017, the girls have arrived a government facility in Abuja on Sunday, May 7,...
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‘Born Again’ Claim: Stephanie Otobo Must Confess Her Sins – Apostle Suleman
Omega Fire Ministries says it has received with bewilderment the purported claim by one Miss Stephanie Otobo that she has become born again and accordingly forgiven Apostle Johnson Suleman, with whom...
View Article‘I Have Not Decamped To The APC’– Obanikoro Breaks Silence
Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of state for defence and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, has refuted reports that he has decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC. In an exclusive...
View ArticleBREAKING: 39-Year-Old Emmanuel Macron Elected As France’s President
Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday, May 7, 2017 with a business-friendly vision of European integration, resoundingly defeating Marine Le Pen, the far-right nationalist who...
View ArticleBREAKING: Ailing Buhari Jets Out To London On Another Indefinite Medical Leave
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has on Sunday, May 7, 2017 been flown out of the country to London on yet another indefinite medical leave. This information was confirmed by Femi Adesina, a...
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From Teacher To Lover To France’s First Lady: Meet Emmanuel Macron’s Wife
Brigitte Trogneux – not actually Madame Macron, the wife of new president-elect Emmanuel Macron, used to be his drama teacher. Here’s a closer look at France’s next first lady. So who is Brigitte...
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Borno Governor Demands 10,000 Extra Slots In FG’s N-Power Programme
Kashim Shettima, the governor of Borno State,has appealed to the N-Power governing body to consider giving 10,000 extra slots to Borno State in light of the huge needs for the Book Haram-hit state to...
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