Former President Goodluck Jonathan was awarded in the US on Thursday for his leadership in human rights in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria. Read More…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Wednesday swore in the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the violence / killings that negatively affected the March 19 rerun legislative elections, with a charge to the commission to get to the root of the matter. Read More…
Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has resigned, his party said on Tuesday, the first major political casualty after the leak of the so-called Panama Papers financial documents. Read More…
A train has derailed south of the US city of Philadelphia, leaving two people dead and more than 30 others injured. Read More…
So my darling little ‘friend’ Wizkid came on my IG page this morning to blast me for writing yesterday that he was given quit notice at the Lekki home he claimed he bought some years ago, which he actually rented. Read More…
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, in an interview speaks on the proposed religious preaching bill, face-off with trade unions, among others. Read More…
The crisis in the Bayelsa state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, took another twist Saturday, with the state executive of the party announcing the suspension of a former governor of the state, Read More…
Amidst the ongoing rescue mission and steadily mounting death toll in the tragic bridge collapse that struck Kolkata in eastern India, a video has surfaced online claiming the event had – yet again – been ‘foretold’ by Nigerian ‘Prophet’ T.B. Joshua. Read More…
Legal scholars and experts hurled verbal missiles around a round table convened to brainstorm on winning the war against corruption at the University of Lagos on Thursday. Read More…
A flyover under construction in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta) has collapsed, killing at least 18 people and injuring others. Read More…
At least 13 people died and 34 were injured when a bus on a highway in Spain lost control and crashed into a car Sunday morning, according to the government of Catalonia.
The Department of State Security in Rivers state has thwarted an assassination attempt on Dr Peterside Dakuku, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in last year’s guber election in the state and reportedly arrested ChukwuEmeka Woke Read More…
There is a heavy shooting in Gokana Local Government Area RAC centre in Rivers State. Some unknown gunmen invaded the centre and started shooting sporadically. Read More…
NEC has suspended the legislative elections in six local government areas of Rivers State. Read More…
The Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani has been arrested by men of the Nigerian Army for alleged stalling the distribution of electoral materials. Read More…
An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party, one Mr Tambari Ntoti, has been reportedly shot dead in the course of the ongoing rerun election in rivers state. Read More…
Three persons reportedly lost their lives, Friday, during a fierce gun battle between Joint security forces and hoodlums in Obagi axis of Egi community, Read More…
The Supreme Court, Friday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the nod to prosecute the former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu on a 107-count corruption charge. Read More…
No Fewer than 100 policemen drafted from Akure, Ondo state for Rivers rerun election escaped death in an auto accident. Read More…
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday vowed to resist all attempts it has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is making to subvert democracy in Rivers State, Southern Nigeria. Read More…
Gunmen have attacked Mgbuitanwo community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, killing and beheading a 28-year-old man. Read More…
Ubulu-Uku, a town in Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State is on the verge of crisis, which may lead to an explosion of violence. Read More…
The National Industrial Court today held a valedictory session in honour of the late Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, who, along with his wife and son, died in a car crash on the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway on March 6. Read More…
The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike have continued their mudslinging ahead of the re-run legislative elections this Saturday. Read More…