The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has rejected the Advice of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) exonerating students and officials of Dowen College, Lagos, from the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of the college. The group has hired the legal services of Chief Anthony George-Ikoli (SAN) to seek justice over the demise Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the nation’s condolences to the family of the five-year-old school girl, Hanifa Abubakar, whose body was discovered in a shallow grave in Kano after nearly two months of fruitless search. The president, in a statement on Friday in Abuja by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, also praised the work Read More…
Pope Francis has congratulated the reporter who caught him visiting old friends who run a Rome record shop this week, joking that it was his “bad luck” that the news got out. The visit on Tuesday night was to have remained secret but Javier Martinez-Brocal of the Rome Reports television news agency was in the Read More…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will Sunday clash with the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in one of the second round matches of the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. Tunisia on Thursday lost 0-1 to the Gambia, but booked their place in the knockout phase as one of the four third-placed teams. Read More…
Victor Ugwueke wants people in Toronto to try the food he grew up eating in Nigeria. Working with food has always been a part of the Toronto chef’s life. He was six when he started washing dishes at his mom’s restaurant in Lagos, Nigeria. He opened up his own restaurant nearby in Victoria Island at Read More…
Brazilian soccer great Pele has returned to the hospital for a routine checkup, his business’s manager told Reuters on Thursday, as he undergoes treatment after having a colon tumour removed last year. Sports TV network ESPN reported earlier in the day that Pele, 81, was back at Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital for new chemotherapy Read More…
After a thrilling ride filled with suspense and humour in the last season, IK Osakioduwa is set to return as a second-time host for Nigerian Idol season 7. This was disclosed in a statement by Mofijesusewa Samuel, Public Relations and Communication Associate, ID Africa. According to the statement, Nigerian Idol Season 7 will air from Read More…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that unlocking the potential of the Southwest would depend on the commitment of regional governments to stronger alliances and exploration of evidence-driven solutions for sustainable development. Speaking at the two-day Southwest Investment Promotion Agencies Conference (IPAC-1) in Ikeja, the Governor explained that the forum was informed by Read More…
Nearly 30 generic drugmakers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East will make cheap versions of Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) COVID-19 pill, under a landmark U.N.-backed deal to give poorer nations wider access to a drug seen as a weapon in fighting the pandemic. Merck’s early greenlight to the production of its anti-viral pill molnupiravir Read More…
The Federal Government says it plans to install a five million Solar Home System (SHS) and Mini-Grid across the country to provide electricity to unserved and underserved citizens. Mr Nebeolisa Anako, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, made this known in a statement by Mr Mathew Dan’asabe, Senior Information Officer, in the ministry in Abuja on Read More…