This year’s Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the US poet Louise Glück. Glück was recognized for “her unmistakable poetic voice, that with austere beauty makes individual existence… Read More »Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Stuart Armstrong, Kieran Tierney and Ryan Christie will all miss Scotland’s Euro 2020 play-off semi-final against Israel on Thursday after the former tested positive for Covid-19. Armstrong was the only… Read More »Scotland v Israel: Armstrong, Tierney & Christie out After Positive Covid Test
Police in Rivers State say they have recovered an infant sold by his grandmother for an undisclosed fee. The suspect and two others, who reportedly aided the boy’s sale, have… Read More »Woman Sells Grandson In Rivers
Tammy Abraham, Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho will miss England’s friendly against Wales on Thursday and could also be absent for Sunday’s game with Belgium after breaking coronavirus rules, manager… Read More »England: Tammy Abraham, Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho out of Wales Match and could Miss Belgium Fixture
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
Two scientists have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the tools to edit DNA. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna are the first two women to share… Read More »Scientists win historic Nobel Chemistry Prize for ‘ genetic Scissors’Z
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