A Non-govermental Organization, Safe Future foundation is set to kick off annual grassroot education outreach in Ikoya, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Executive Director of the non-governmental organization, Mr. Arogbo Sunday Ola gave the hint while interacting with press men shortly after a capacity building programme in Lagos. According to him, he…
Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has been killed by persons suspected to be herdsmen. This was contained in a text message from Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere spokesman, Mr. Yinka Odumakin on Friday. According to Odumakin, the 58-year-old woman was heading to Ore Junction from Akure, Ondo State, when she was…
A Kenyan woman, Jesca Chesang, 22, has allegedly stabbed her employer, Joseph Kimutai Sang, 62, to death over her Ksh.150 (N525) daily wage. Chesang, a tea picker, was reported to have picked a quarrel with Sang, when she wen!t to demand for Ksh. 150 that she was allegedly owed as her day’s wage. When he failed to pay…
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have again clashed with the police at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, today. The police fired gunshots and tear gas canisters to disperse the protesters while five Shi’ite members were apprehended by the security operatives. Our corespondent reports that the confrontation sparked panic as workers, commuters and motorists fled…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23, 2019 election, Atiku Abukakar, on Wednesday said the increase in Nigeria’s debt profile was becoming alarming under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. He said the situation was more than a source of worry, adding that it had reached the stage where all genuine…
President John Magufuli urged Tanzania’s women to “set your ovaries free” and bear more children as a way to help boost the economy into a regional powerhouse, a step critics said would instead worsen inequality and poverty. “When you have a big population you build the economy. That’s why China’s economy is so huge,” he…
With a promise to reactivate all four refineries before the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in 2023, Mele Kyari yesterday took the baton from Dr. Makanti Baru as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He also pledged his readiness to work towards the delivery of the Dangote Refinery by…
Wealthy financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was arrested Saturday in New York on new sex-trafficking charges involving allegations that date to the early 2000s, according to law enforcement officials. Epstein, a wealthy hedge fund manager who once counted as friends former President Bill Clinton, Great Britain’s Prince Andrew, and President Donald Trump, was taken into federal custody…
The Police will this week file criminal charges against Senator Elisha Abbo for allegedly assaulting a nursing woman at an adult toy shop in Abuja. The embattled senator, who represents Adamawa North in the Senate, allegedly slapped the woman following a brief argument. The viral video footage had generated outrage among Nigerians with activists marching…
The All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party are concluding various spiritual interventions to have a favourable verdict as Supreme Court gives its judgment on the Osun State governorship election today. The notice of the judgment was made available to the parties in the matter, ever since then the APC and the PDP…