October 2020

The Cross River Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SUBEB), in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), on Tuesday began training headteachers, their deputies and principals of public primary and… Read More »SUBEB/UBEC Train 2,509 Teachers In Cross River

Petra Kvitova reached the French Open semi-finals for the first time since 2012 as an emotional run continued with victory over Germany’s Laura Siegemund. The Czech seventh seed maintained her… Read More »French Open 2020: Petra Kvitova & Sofia Kenin Through to Semi-Finals

The Federal Government has announced a total shutdown of Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos for three days, beginning from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday. The shutdown, it said,… Read More »Three-Days Shutdown Of Third Mainland Bridge From Friday

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins has said that movie-going is facing a real threat of extinction. Her new superhero movie has been delayed three times during the coronavirus pandemic. She… Read More »Film-Going Could ‘Become Extinct’ Warns Director

World Athletics president Lord Coe believes athletes should have the right to make gestures of political protest during the Olympic Games. Current Olympic rules forbid any kind of “demonstration” or… Read More »Tokyo Olympics: Lord Coe Supports Athletes Right to take a Knee

The winner of the fifth edition of the BBNaija reality TV show, Olamilekan Moshood Agbeleshe aka Laycon, has opened up what he misses most while on the show. In an… Read More »Laycon: What I Missed Most In BBNaija House

Fresh episodes of the popular TV sitcom, Face2Face, is expected to feature reigning comic acts, Broda Shaggi and Mr Macaroni. The new season of the sitcom, which has Sunday Omobolanle… Read More »Broda Shaggi, Mr Macaroni Join Papi Luwe For New Episodes Of Face2face

The prime minister of Kyrgyzstan has quit after post-election protests plunged the ex-Soviet republic into political chaos. Protesters replaced Kubatbek Boronov with another politician they had freed from prison, Sadyr… Read More »Kyrgyzstan election: PM Quits as Protesters take Control in Kyrgyzstan

A Customary Court in Ekiti on Wednesday ‎dissolved a 32-year-old marriage between Mr. Oladipo Ogunleye and his wife, Adeola Falade over failure to pay dowry. The President of the Court,… Read More »Court Dissolves 32-Year-Old Marriage Over Husband’s Failure To Pay Dowry

Tributes have been paid to Eddie Van Halen, the revered guitarist and co-founder of rock band Van Halen, following his death at the age of 65. Kiss singer Gene Simmons… Read More »Eddie Van Halen: Tributes Paid to Rock Guitarist Following Death at 65

Plateau State has again been thrown into another round of bloodbath as gunmen have reportedly killed six persons, including a traditional ruler, in Wereng, Riyom Local Government Area (LGA). The… Read More »Gunmen Kill Plateau Monarch, Prince, Four Others

After a trial lasting more than five years, the leadership of Greece’s neo-Nazi party has been convicted of running a criminal organization. Big crowds gathered outside the court in Athens… Read More »Greece Golden Dawn: Neo-Nazi Leaders Guilty of Running Crime Gang

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Niger Delta youths to shun violence to support the economic development of the region and the country. Jonathan spoke on Tuesday in Yenagoa, the… Read More »Jonathan Urges Niger Delta Youths To Shun Violence

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has appointed Olamilekan Moshood Agbelesebioba, popularly called Laycon, winner of the just-concluded Big Brother Naija Season 5, as the state’s youth ambassador. Prince Abiodun, who… Read More »Abiodun Gives BBNaija Winner Laycon House, N5m

New York Eric Trump, who runs day-to-day operations of the family real estate empire, sat for a deposition on Monday as part of the New York Attorney General’s investigation into… Read More »Eric Trump Sat for deposition as part of Investigation by New York Attorney General

The Supreme Court on Monday granted a request from South Carolina Republicans to reinstate the state’s witness-signature requirement on absentee ballots pending appeal. The court’s order on the first day… Read More »US Supreme Court Allows SC Vote-by-Mail Restriction to Proceed

Nigerians who feel uncomfortable with certain laws should be patient and seek their reform, where necessary, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. The President spoke on Monday while declaring open… Read More »Buhari To Nigerians: Seek Reform For Laws You Don’t Like

Ravichandran Ashwin has given a “first and final warning” for the rest of the Indian Premier League after reigniting the controversial ‘Mankad’ debate. The bowler opted not to run Aaron… Read More »Ravichandran Ashwin gives ‘Final Warning’ after Aaron Finch Non-Mankad

Big Brother is inspired from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four with its theme of continuous oppressive surveillance. The first version of the show was broadcast in Veronica in the Netherlands… Read More »Big Brother Naija, Nigerian Youths And The Future

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that a 37-year-old man, Hameed Ayinla, who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old stepdaughter be remanded in a custodial centre. The… Read More »Court Remands Man For Allegedly Defiling His 9-Year-Old Step Daughter

A rare 102-carat white diamond has sold at auction for $15.7m (£12.1m) in what experts say is a “bargain”. The gemstone went to an unnamed telephone bidder. The auction was… Read More »Flawless 102-Carat Diamond a ‘Bargain’ at $16m

Britain’s Geraint Thomas has been forced to pull out of the Giro d’Italia because of a fractured hip. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, 34, crashed just before the start of Monday’s… Read More »Geraint Thomas Pulls out of Giro D’Italia with Fractured Hip

Protesters in Kyrgyzstan calling for the country’s parliamentary election to be annulled have broken into parliament in the capital, Bishkek. Footage showed people in the office of President Sooronbai Jeenbekov,… Read More »Kyrgyzstan Election: Protesters Storm Parliament Over Vote-Rigging Claims