As Canada moves towards a major immigration overhaul, tens of thousands of international students have taken to the streets to protest the new policies introduced by the Justin Trudeau-led federal government. According to a report by City News Toronto, approximately ...

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, announced that the state has not reported any cases of Mpox across its 20 local government areas. In a statement released to journalists in Abeokuta, on Wednesday,  Dr Coker emphasized that the state has maintained rigorous ...

  By Matthew Atungwu The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a nurse over the alleged death of a 36-year-old woman, simply identified as Mrs Abiola. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Wednesday in ...

By Matthew Atungwu Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, says former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, must wait till 2031 if he wants to contest for President again. ...

Godwin Isenyo Following the devastating flood that affected Sabon-Gari and Zaria Local Government Areas on Monday, the Kaduna State Government has appealed to residents living in flood-prone areas to evacuate immediately. The Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, ...

Russia has warned the United States of America that permitting Ukraine to launch Western missile strikes into Russian territory could significantly escalate conflict. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack. The comments come as Ukraine is ...

A former member of the House of Representatives, Lanre Laoshe, has repaid his N1,200 student loan received between 1976 and 1979 with N3,189,217.00 to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, a statement by NELFUND said on Tuesday. Laoshe, according to the statement signed by ...

The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed receiving 171 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday, according to a statement on NEMA’s social media handles. The ...

The Lagos Mass Transit Red Line Rail will begin partial operations today (Wednesday). This was announced by the spokesperson for the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Kolawole Ojelabi, in a Tuesday statement. The trains will convey passengers freely ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The National Bureau of Statistics said that the prices of Tomatoes and yams dropped on a Month-on-month basis in July 2024. NBS disclosed this in its latest report on Selected Food Price Watch in July. The report showed that the ...

By Lovina Anthony The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja on Tuesday said the military will not heed calls for overthrow of democratically elected government to satisfy some interests. Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State at the opening ...

UN has been forced to evacuate its humanitarian aid hub a second time since the start of the war, official says. United Nations aid operations in the besieged Gaza Strip continue a day after a senior UN official said humanitarian efforts had ground to a halt because new Israeli ...

IAEA head Rafael Grossi says Kursk nuclear plant’s proximity to the fighting is ‘extremely serious’. A nuclear plant located in western Russia where fighting is raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces is vulnerable to a serious accident because it lacks a protective dome that could ...

Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni, Tuesday had discussions with the President of Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa,(BADEA) Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, on areas of support and partnership between Yobe state government and the bank, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Gov. Buni said: “This collaboration ...

Ngozi Uma The British Council has announced the start of the highly anticipated Film Lab Africa showcase season, which will highlight the work of rising filmmakers in Nigeria. This comes after weeks of intense training in the inaugural Film Lab Africa program. These filmmakers are ...

Russia has launched waves of missile and drone attacks targeting several Ukrainian regions killing at least four people, according to Ukraine’s military, a day after it carried out a “massive” attack on Ukraine’s power grid. Two people were killed when a hotel was “wiped out” in the ...

The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Tuesday,  said it has handed over recovered equipment looted by hoodlums during the nationwide anti-hunger protest in the state to their owners. Osun Defender reports that the hoodlums stormed the Nigerian ...

Commercial development activity in Lagos State declined by 11 percent year-on-year (YoY) in 2023 due to Nigeria’s economic challenges underpinned by record-high inflation, and a weakening currency, near report has revealed. This aligns with analysts’ view that the macroeconomic climate is ...

In the vast and rapidly evolving landscape of social media, certain figures stand out for their unique contributions to global culture. Chika Dibz, a Nigerian-born content creator, has carved out a distinctive niche with his silent, comedic reactions to Indian movies. Often referred to as the ...

Canada will allow in fewer temporary foreign workers under tightened rules announced Monday, part of a turnaround in its generous immigration policy that has resulted in an unwieldy surge of newcomers. The rules include reinstituting a ban on temporary foreign ...

By Francis Ezediuno Two cases of monkey pox have been confirmed in Osun State. The two cases, government sources revealed, were confirmed in Ilesa West Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the outbreak of the disease on Monday in ...

By Asare Asare A former youth president of Effi community in Ikom LGA of Cross River State, Alobi Ofuka, has listed an array of reasons youths in the community drove away Chinese nationals operating a wood ...

Speaking at a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in Tonga, Antonio Guterres warned the region was ‘uniquely exposed’. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued his latest climate SOS, calling on countries to “Save Our Seas” as he warned of a crisis of an “unimaginable ...

What happens in your gut often has a surprising impact on the rest of your body. A new study has found that constipation is a common yet overlooked risk factor for cardiovascular events, including heart attacks, heart failure, or stroke. The analysis is based on the health data of more ...

Telegram’s Pavel Durov finds himself at the center of a huge legal or political storm following his recent arrest in France. He was detained at Le Bourget airport near Paris after landing on a private jet from Azerbaijan.  Shrouded in secrecy, the arrest has raised alarms in Russia and the ...

Patients and displaced Palestinians are fleeing Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the last functioning medical facility in central Gaza, following the latest evacuation orders. The Israeli army on Sunday demanded Palestinians evacuate an area east of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, previously ...

Harris’s team says $82m came in during last week’s convention as her campaign for the presidency gains momentum. Vice President Kamala Harris has raised $540m in little more than a month since she began her race for United States president, with a surge of donations during the Democratic ...

Gombe State governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has pledged to pay the new national minimum wage of N70,000 to workers in the state. This announcement was made by the state head of civil service, Ahmed Kasimu Abdullahi, Sunday night at the office of the deputy governor, Manasseh Jatau, after a meeting ...

Former world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has again outmatched John Gotti III, the grandson of the late New York crime boss, in an exhibition fight rematch that left the Mexico City crowd unimpressed. Mayweather, 47, dominated Gotti from start to finish on Saturday despite confusion ...

As part of efforts to effectively check and combat crimes and criminality, a Real Estate investor, Boing Luxury Estates, has donated surveillance drones to Zone 17 which consist of Ondo and Ekiti states. The Managing Director of the company, Mr. Martins Akinseloyin, while donating the ...

A former youth president of Effi community in Ikom LGA of Cross River State, Alobi Ofuka, has listed an array of reasons youths in the community drove away Chinese nationals operating a wood processing factory on Monday. Ofuka spoke to journalists, saying the Chinese never had genuine papers ...

By Williams Odunze The Ward Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ejemekwuru Oguta LGA Imo State, Dominic Ikpeama has landed in the police net for allegedly selling the federal government’s palliatives meant for the people of Ejemekwuru ...

Kaduna state Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has on Sunday said the security efforts in Birnin- Gwari, the troubled Local Government has began to yieldpositive result.The governor who commended the various agencies enforcing security in the bandits troubled Birnin-Gwari and environs, said there has ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Commissioner for Finance in Borno State, Ahmed Ali Ahmed has been found dead in his room. Although details of the incident are still sketchy, Daily Trust reports that the commissioner was found dead after his door was ...

  Asue Ighodalo, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate for Edo State, has unveiled an ambitious plan to tackle poverty and insecurity while driving economic development.Speaking at a Town Hall Meeting with Edo indigenes in Lagos, Ighodalo outlined his vision to recreate Edo ...

The Anambra State government has warned residents along the coastal regions of the River Niger to relocate ahead of the impending flood disaster in the eight local government areas. The local government areas that are at risk of flooding are Ogbaru, Onitsha North and South, Anambra ...

The Brazilian government is deploying military aircraft as part of a “war” against wildfires ravaging the southeastern state of Sao Paulo, where dozens of cities are on high alert, officials said Sunday. Following a crisis meeting of President Luiz Inacio Lula da ...

The Kogi State chapter of the People Democratic party has asked the local executive committee in Ijumu to initiate immediate suspension proceedings against Senator Dino Melaye,  following his recent outburst when he declared the party dead. The party said the move was necessary ...

The combined impact of Naira depreciation and high inflation pressure has triggered a 121 per cent rise in the production cost of cement, dimming Nigerians’ hope for lower cement price. Another factor militating against lower price of the product is the rising ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has confirmed that two officers died while three others are currently unconscious following an attack by members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, popularly known as ...

By Chris Johnson At least six people have been reported dead and several others injured following two separate attacks by armed herdsmen on the Iwari and Olegagbane communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a local source who ...

As the war enters its 913th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, August 26, 2024. Fighting At least 18 people were killed and 37 injured in Russian missile and drone attacks on Sunday which targeted the front-line Ukrainian regions of Chernihiv, ...

 Drought: Kogi Govt; farmers seek divine inter­vention.” “Despite harvest, food prices remain high in Tara­ba.” “Food crisis may worsen as flood hits 10 states.” “SEMA seeks govt help as drought dry up crops in four states.” “Why grains importation won’t happen soon, by ...

Former National Deputy Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has told feuding members of the party to forego their personal ambitions for the sake of its survival. George, who recently turned down his appointment as a member of the PDP National ...

A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Federal Government to explain why Oando Plc got accelerated approval to buy the onshore assets of AGIP and ENI while other transactions such as the Shell/Renaissance deal and the Mobil/Seplat continue to suffer delays. In a ...

British singer Lilly Allen has admitted that she returned an adopted puppy after it ate her family’s passports. Speaking in a recent episode of her podcast ‘Miss Her?’, Allen said she adopted the puppy named Mary during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 but returned it after it ate her ...

The Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has extended its Enrollment Drive Campaign and Sensitization Programme to Benue Geo-Political Zone C, following a successful launch in Makurdi for Zone B. The event, held at Leach Hotel Otukpo, brought together stakeholders from various ...

    The Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, on Saturday evening said his reasons for resigning bordered on personal and family issues. Abubakar said this after submitting his resignation letter to President ...

Detectives in Lagos have continued to unleash terror on kidnappers and have carried out several onslaughts against their deadly activities by making several arrests. Notably, a major victory was recorded in Ajah, a suburb of Lagos, the sequel to the recent killing of ...

US President Joe Biden reportedly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a call on Wednesday to move troops back from Gaza's border with Egypt as part of an initial phase of a ceasefire deal so that talks could continue. Netanyahu has insisted Israeli forces remain in the ...