Peter Dada, Akure Medical workers at the Ondo State Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Akure, battled to resuscitate their Chief Medical Director, Dr. Akinwumi Akinloye, after he was viciously attacked by a patient admitted in the hospital. It was gathered that a patient, identified as Folorunsho Olawale, who was referred for admission by the men of Ondo State […]

Any damage caused to currency notes and coins by tearing, burning, writing and drawing lines on them without the order of authorised person will be crime in Nepal. Nepal authorities said on Thursday in Kathmandu that the new law would be enforced from August 17. As per the Criminal Procedure Code Act 2017, those involved […]

Davido on Thursday teased his fans with a photo of the stairs of an aircraft, and wrote, “It’s here” on it. He shared the photo on his Twitter handle, sending his followers into a frenzy, as some asked if his private jet has finally landed. Some of his followers congratulated him while others used the […]

French hotel and restaurant owners are lobbying the government to regularise more illegal migrants in order to fill 100,000 jobs for which they have found no French takers. “We’re facing a huge shortage in our sector,” Roland Heguy, president of the hotel industry body UMIH, told AFP. “Companies are finding no one, which is why […]

Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas says the signing of Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has not affected his desire to remain at the triple European champions. The Costa Rica international emphatically ruled out leaving the club in order to be assured of first team football. “Tell everyone loud and clear, I have as much enthusiasm for […]

Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, on Thursday pledged  to give priority to the welfare of corps members. Kazaure also  said the management of  NYSC was working tirelessly with relevant agencies to ensure that the Federal Government enhances  the allowances of corps members. “We are not unmindful of the cost […]

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has confirmed the passing on of his beloved mother, Mrs. GoldCoast Dickson. She was aged 72. The governor in a statement on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah-Agbo, said the late GoldCoast died of cancer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre, […]

At least 20 people were killed on Thursday in landslides triggered by heavy rains in southern India, an official said, pushing the nationwide monsoon death toll for this year to over 700. The monsoon, which lasts roughly from June to September, is heralded by millions of Indian farmers but the relentless rain wreaks death and […]

Gbenga Odogun Lokoja For the second time, the Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Dino Melaye, did not appear in court on Wednesday to answer the charges bordering on gunrunning levied against him and two others. However, the two suspects charged alongside Mr. Melaye — Kabir Seidu, aka Osama; and Nuhu Salihu aka Smally […]

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho does not expect to add to his squad as the Premier League transfer window closes on Thursday, despite warning a difficult season lies ahead for the English giants without further recruits. For the first time the Premier League deadline has been moved forward to the day before the season kicks […]

Eleven Fulani civilians were kidnapped and killed in the latest bout of ethnic violence to hit Mali, local groups said Thursday, while an official put the toll at 14. The attack, which occurred in the restive central region of Mopti on Tuesday, was attributed to hunters from the Dogon community. “11 Fulani civilians were kidnapped […]

John Alechenu, John Ameh, Olalekan Adetayo, Olaleye Aluko, Success Nwogu Buhari, Osinbajo agreed on Daura’s removal – Aide Daura to remain under house arrest — Security source The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the All Progressives Congress caucus in the House of Representatives have called for a full investigation into the invasion of the […]

Chukwudi Akasike and Sampson Itode A combined team of local divers and policemen have recovered the corpses of two children, Destiny and Ngowari Amamima, who got missing when a boat capsized in Okrika on Sunday.  The remains were said to have been recovered on Tuesday. The two children, whose ages were four and six years, […]

Alexis Sanchez says Manchester United must sign players of Arturo Vidal’s calibre if the club are to compete for trophies this season, Skysports reports. United have made two summer signings to date, with Fred joining from Shakhtar Donetsk and Diogo Dalot from Porto. Ahead of Deadline Day on Thursday, Jose Mourinho still hopes to bolster […]

Sola Fabiyi, Olalekan Adetayo, Eniola Akinkuotu and John Charles The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari, on Wednesday, said it was unconstitutional for the EFCC to freeze the account of any state government. Yari,  who is also the Zamfara State Governor, said this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential […]

The case of alleged fraud involving Senator Godswill Akpabio is not over, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said. Akpabio had said that he was a man of peace that had no case to answer with the EFCC, adding that the young man who petitioned him before the commission could not prove his case. […]

Ozioma Ubabukoh and Femi Asu The Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees on Wednesday staged a protest against the alleged sacking of 40 workers of Ikeja Electric Plc, and laid siege to the company’s headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja and all its other offices across Lagos State. The union members shut down operations at the offices, thereby […]

Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Nigerian Communications Commission says it is conducting another round of due diligence on the preferred bidder for 9Mobile, Teleology Holdings Limited. The due diligence will determine whether the bid winner has the technical capacity as well as the financial resources to successfully run the beleaguered telecommunications company. Answering a question from […]

The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme has revealed plans to commence vocational training for unemployed and underemployed youths. The LSETF, in a statement on Wednesday, described the training as a reiteration to its employability support project, aimed at improving the pool of skilled and employable manpower in […]

Feyisayo Popoola Nigerian payment technology firm, Flutterwave, has received an approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria for its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data technology product. The firm said in a statement that the CBN’s approval would enable its enterprise and retail customers to lay their products on the USSD infrastructure. The Head, USSD Product Engineering, […]

Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, wants sanctions to be imposed on the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the government that fail to remit their operating surplus appropriately to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Speaking at the inauguration of a new template for the calculation of operating surplus in Abuja on Wednesday, […]

Former Senate minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, officially defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday, at a mega rally held at the Ikot Ekpene township stadium. No fewer than 30 APC’s senators and members of National Working Committee were on hand to receive him. See the photographs:

Chelsea and Real Madrid agreed terms on Wednesday for the transfer of Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois subject to the agreement of personal terms and passing a medical. The deal should now pave the way for Athletic Bilbao’s Kepa Arrizabalaga to join Chelsea for a record 80 million euro (£71.6 million, $92 million) fee for a […]

The United States said Wednesday it was imposing new sanctions on Russia, as it accused the government in Moscow of using a “lethal” nerve agent in an attempted assassination in Britain. The State Department said the sanctions were in response to “the use of a ‘Novichok’ nerve agent in an attempt to assassinate UK citizen […]

The National Broadcasting Commission has advised broadcasters to abide by the Nigeria Broadcasting Code and Guidelines on Political Broadcasts while reporting political activities. The Head, Public Affairs of NBC, Mrs Maimuna Jimada, in a statement on Wednesday, said the Director-General of the commission, Malam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, gave the advice on Wednesday at the sensitisation […]

US Democrats enjoyed a major morale boost Wednesday following elections that highlighted their momentum ahead of November’s midterms, as President Donald Trump’s Republicans sweated the outcome of a congressional contest that was supposed to be easy pickings. Trump declared victory for a fellow Republican in Tuesday’s Ohio race even though it remained too close to […]

Nine confirmed Ebola victims have died since the virus resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo this month, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday. The previous official toll was seven dead, with the two latest victims — like all the others — registered in the Beni region in North Kivu province, an eastern region with […]

Femi Makinde, Osogbo An Osun State High Court presided over by Justice David Oladimeji has said though the “document” submitted by Senator Ademola Adeleke has “some serious and damaging irregularities,”  the court can’t stop him from contesting the Osun State governorship election as plaintiffs failed to prove the forgery allegation preferred against him. Consequently, the […]

A minivan caught fire on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Wednesday leading to traffic build up on the bridge. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Response Unit Twitter handle, @lasemasocial, the fire started early Wednesday at Adekunle axis of the bridge. An eyewitness on Twitter, Pope Piano @yeankhar shared photos of the fire, […]

Roberto Firmino starred as Liverpool rounded off an impressive pre-season with a comfortable 3-1 win over Italians Torino at Anfield on Tuesday. Despite opening their Premier League campaign against West Ham on Sunday, Jurgen Klopp named a strong team and was rewarded by seeing key players get valuable game time. Brazil forward Firmino played the […]

Militants on Wednesday burn down two girls’ schools in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, local media said. The schools were located in Pishin district of the province and no casualty was reported in the incident as the attacked institutions were day schools and closed at night when the attack was launched. Police said that some unknown […]

The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Olu Falae, has condemned Tuesday blockade of the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services. In a statement issued by the party National Publicity Secretary, Alfa Mohammed, on Tuesday in Abuja, Falae said the action breached the nation’s constitution. According to the statement, the incident […]

Nine people in Peru died from eating contaminated food at a funeral, officials said Tuesday. They were among 50 villagers who ended up hospitalized, including four in “seriously unstable condition” and 21 patients in critical condition, the Emergency Services said in a statement. The victims were attending a funeral in a remote village in the […]

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has assured the women aspiring for elective positions on the platform of All Progressives Congress , of her support to achieve the thirty five per cent affirmative action for women. Mrs Buhari gave the assurance on Tuesday when the newly elected APC National women leaders and their […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a telephone conversation that he must rein in his security forces after six people were killed in election violence, a UN spokesman said Tuesday. Guterres also spoke by phone with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to urge him to turn to the courts — and not […]