Under the midday sun in northern Nigeria, three sisters trek across the border on their way to a wedding in Niger, carrying their babies on their backs. The 1,600km (1,000-mile) frontier has officially been closed since August last year, when West African leaders imposed sanctions on Niger following a military coup that overthrew President Mohamed…
A human rights group identified as the “Take It Back Movement” on Monday hit the streets of Lagos State to protest against the soaring price of food and the high cost of living in the country. This protest was held against the warning issued by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, on Sunday….
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, has demanded that Russian authorities hand over his body for burial as she accused President Vladimir Putin of mocking Orthodox Christian values and “torturing” his corpse. “Give us the body of my husband,” Navalnaya said in a video released on Saturday, adding that she wanted to…
Dr. Dennis Osahon Aikoriogie has emerged as the consensus candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) gubernatorial primary elections in Edo State with delegates unanimous affirmation. The primary elections, which were held today Saturday in Benin City, saw Dr. Aikoriogie running unopposed. With this victory, Dr. Aikoriogie is now set to represent the NRM in…
The singer David Adeleke, also known as Davido, filed an application for a stay of proceedings in the N2 billion lawsuit brought against him by Brownhill Investment Company Limited, owned by former NFF president Amaju Pinnick, over the annual “Warri Again Concert,” but the Delta State High Court in Effurun refused it.After Davido did not…
The Palestinian Authority has sharply criticised a “day after” plan for Gaza presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it “destined to fail”. “If the world wants security and stability in the region, it must end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and recognise the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” Nabil…
Mourners queued to pass by the famous Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum’s casket and signed a memorial book during a funeral service held at Chepkoriro Show Ground in the country. “The day I met Kiptum in Monaco he was just like me, we were just smiling and having fun and when we got to interviews it…
Scores of pro-democracy activists on Friday staged a solidarity march from the popular Unity Fountain to the National Assembly complex in Abuja.They asked the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to suspend its planned two-day protest and return to the negotiation table with the Federal Government. They also vowed to mobilise Nigerians against the unionists if the…
A foirmer President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata, has won the governorship primary of the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the September 21 election.Akpata scored 316 votes to win the primary held in Benin City, the state capital, on Friday. Abia State Deputy Governor Ikechukwu Emeta, wo was the Chief Returning…
