No fewer than 36 officers were killed in battle, including an air mission, on August 14, according to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ). The mood at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja was sombre as the rank and file of the Nigerian Armed Forces were joined by family members and friends for the burial of some…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared that democracy can only survive in Africa when leaders allow free and fair elections and elected leaders serve the interest of the citizenry. In a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Friday, Adeleke asserted this during a three-day executive retreat organized by the African office…
Leaders of Ife Community under the aegis of “Great Ife Movement ” have accused Modakeke communities of usurping the authority of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi by appointing heads of community in areas where only Ooni has the power to so do. The group in a press conference addressed by its President, Barrister Femi…
Big Brother Naija housemate, Pere Egbi has tendered his unreserved apology to fellow housemates, Alex, Ilebaye, Adekunle, Cross, and Ceec. In recent weeks, Pere and his allies, have attempted to get Ilebaye disqualified by getting her a third strike. Pere who poses as Ilebaye’s father in the house spearheaded the decision and plan to get…
Tobi Amusan couldn’t come to the rescue of Team Nigeria Thursday evening, finishing 6th in the final of the women’s 100m hurdles. Two other Nigerian athletes had lost out in the semifinals of tgeir 200m events. Tobi Express had a slow start and could not recover. She ran 12.62secs to place sixth in a race…
The Commissioner affirms readiness of government to upscale, resuscitate, and rehabilitate dilapidated facilities The Osun state government, under the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke, has reaffirmed its readiness to upscale, resuscitate, and rehabilitate the dilapidated facilities in all the water corporation facilities across the state. The state government stated this through the Commissioner of Water…
Mozambican doctors and other health workers have suspended a strike that has been going on for more than a month and paralysed public health services. It comes hours after President Filipe Nyusi appealed to the health professionals to resume work to safeguard the health of Mozambicans. He said the strike had caused a lot of…
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate identification and arrest of the owner of a two-storey building which collapsed in Abuja on Wednesday night. The building, located at Lagos Crescent, Garki Village in the Garki District of the nation’s capital, was one of the first-storey buildings in the area, collapsed around…
There was palpable tension at the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday following the arrival of Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello hours before the inauguration of the new zonal officers of the party’s National Working Committee. Bello, who stormed the secretariat in the company of his loyalists and the heavy presence…
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested 41 election monitors for allegedly trying to disrupt the voting process. Those being held, from civil society groups, were allegedly co-ordinating the release of results from Wednesday’s general election, police say. They are being charged with breaking electoral law, their lawyers say. Civil society groups have tried to do their…
