N55,000 needed annually to educate a twin in a public school – IWS
The Nigerian branch of the International Women Society (IWS) has said that it was becoming increasingly difficult for many Nigerian parents of twin children to send them to schools. The…
Austrian VC resigns over published scandalous footage
Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache says he is resigning after two German newspapers published footage of him apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a potential Russian benefactor. Strache in a…
Tension in Kaduna over alleged shooting of youth by security personnel in Kawo
There is palpable tension in the Kawo area of Kaduna metropolis, after an alleged murder of a motorcycle rider by security personnel. Kidnappers were said to have invaded the community…
$145m debt: NPA cancels contract with Atiku’s Intels
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has finally terminated its boats pilotage monitoring and supervision agreement with Intels Nigeria Limited, a company owned substantially by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. According…
Naira Marley risks 7 year jail term if found guilty today
Barring any last minute change, the trial of Nigerian musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, for alleged credit card fraud will begin at a Lagos high court today. He will…
Swedish prosecutor files request for Assange’s arrest over rape allegation
The Swedish prosecutor heading an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday filed a request for his arrest, the Prosecution Authority said. The warrant, if…
Another university student dies in hotel swimming pool party
A 100 level student of University of Uyo, identified as Kingsley Etim, was said to have been drowned in the swimming pool of De Vegas Paradise Hotel in Uyo on…
‘Godfatherism: El-Rufai is incompetent to attack Tinubu’
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Mr Moshood Salvador, on Sunday described a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a gift not only…
Herdsmen kill another farmer in Delta
Chief Albert Chikwe Ojinji (Ede of Abugba) was allegedly killed by herdsmen in his farm in Ubulu Uku, Delta State. The late Chief Chikwe Ojinji hailed from Udo village in…
How Igbinedion varsity lecturer was killed as Kidnappers attack God Is Good bus
Edo Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed DanMallam, on Sunday confirmed the killing of a lecturer with the Igbinedion University, Okada, near Benin, by suspected kidnappers. The lecturer was among persons…