The Lagos-Kano train service will go into operation from Friday, Aug. 13. Mr Ismail Adebiyi, Regional District Manager, Northern District of the Nigerian Railway Corporation made this known in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Sunday when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The train would leave Lagos on Friday evening and arrive […]
After several delays, the first phase of the sex trafficking trial of R&B hitmaker R. Kelly started Monday with jury selection in New York City. Lingering health threats caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a shakeup of Kelly’s defense team pushed the trial into the summer, nearly two years after he was charged with […]
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, says the All Progressives Congress is afraid of the electronic transmission of election results because of its abysmal failure in the past six years. Okowa, who stated this at a news briefing through the Commissioner for information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, said those kicking against electronic transmission have plans […]
The sit-at-home order handed down to the people of the South-East turned bloody on Monday as hoodlums wreaked havoc in Anambra and Imo states, killing four policemen and four other persons. Gunmen, who went on a shooting spree in Anambra, attacked a police Area Command in Nnewi axis of the state. The incident was […]
Pere, one of the housemates in the television reality show, Big Brother Naija, Season 6, has emerged the Head of House. Pere was declared the winner of the challenge by Biggie after he defeated 22 other contestants. He was decorated with the emblem by Boma, who ruled the house in the second week. This […]
Yemi Alade has unlocked yet another single after “Enjoyment” titled “OGOGORO”. This is off her hotly anticipated extended play, “Queendoncom” which comes after the acclaimed album “Empress”. This time Alade serves a delightful afro-pop and dancehall fest, as she sings about an intoxicating love comparing it to the West African alcoholic drink extracted locally […]
There was jubilation among dignitaries, palace chiefs and members of the royal family as the Oba of Benin, His Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II on Friday announced the delivery of quadruplets from his fifth wife, Princess (Oloi) Esosa Ewuare II into the Benin Royal family. Oba Ewuare II made the announcement […]
The U.N. panel on climate change sounded a dire warning on Monday, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are “unequivocally” to blame. Already, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are high enough to guarantee climate disruption for decades if not centuries, scientists warn in a report from […]
The Police Command in Delta says it has arrested two suspected female drug peddlers at Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area of the state. The acting spokesman of the Command, Edafe Bright, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Warri. Mr Bright, a deputy superintendent of police, said […]
Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has promised to build an Islamic University in President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown of Daura in Katsina State. The university, according to Okorocha, would offer free education with all modern state-of-the-act facilities. The All Progressives Congress (APC) senator said the university would be built through the Rochas […]
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