First Baptist Church, 12, Oremerin Street, Ehin-Iga, Itire, Lagos State (a member of the Nigerian Baptist Convention), will on Sunday celebrate the annual family harvest thanksgiving. The Chairperson of the… Read More »Baptists: celebrate harvest
A fatal road accident on Wednesday claimed the lives of four persons in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state. The auto crash, which happened around 10:27 am on… Read More »Kwara: Four die in road crash
President Donald Trump finally has something legitimate to take credit for in his coronavirus response: A vaccine that appears poised to reach Americans in record time. The federal government poured… Read More »Trump Scores a Long-Awaited Coronavirus Win With Vaccines on the Way
Nigerian singer songwriter and record producer Davido’s recently released album ‘A Better Time’ has surpassed a cumulative 100 million streams across all digital music platforms. This feat has been reached… Read More »Davido’s ‘A better time’ album sets new record in Africa
Pop superstar David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has opened up on how he joined the #ENDSARS protest. He spoke on Apple Radio’s Africa Now with DJ Cuppy at the… Read More »Davido: How I joined #EndSARS protest
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has proposed a plan that will see private sector players commit one per cent of all their profits to bridge gaping funding gaps in Nigeria’s… Read More »Dangote to spearhead funding of healthcare by billionaires
President Donald Trump’s agenda listed “no public events” on Tuesday — the 10th time since the election that those words have appeared on his daily schedule. He has answered no… Read More »Trump Remains Bunkered In The White House As The World Spins On
Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State is back in the news once again. It is the school where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents while writing… Read More »Zulum to rebuild Chibok school where girls were abducted
As his teenage players gathered before him, Martin Haag had a message. And a request. The England Under-20 coach reminded them that age-grade teams are one-offs. That, after these four… Read More »England v Georgia: Jack Willis On His Roundabout Route To Test Debut
A number of European countries have warned that it is too early to plan for Christmas travel, as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the continent. In Sweden, people have… Read More »Coronavirus: Too early for Christmas travel plans, European countries say
England scrum-half Ben Youngs says in his 100-cap international career no other coach “has ever come near” the rugby intelligence of Eddie Jones. Youngs, 31, reached a century against Italy… Read More »England v Georgia: Ben Youngs says no coach ‘has ever come near’ Jones’ intelligence
Anton Du Beke is to join the judging panel on Strictly Come Dancing this weekend. The announcement comes after Motsi Mabuse said on Thursday she would be self-isolating following a… Read More »Strictly Come Dancing: Anton Du Beke to replace Motsi Mabuse this weekend
China has finally congratulated Joe Biden on his projected win in the US presidential election, breaking a frosty period of silence. “We respect the choice of the American people. We… Read More »US election: China Congratulates Biden After Long Silence
Zambia is on the brink of defaulting on its foreign debt after it missed a payment of more than $40m (£30m) last month. A so-called grace period will expire on… Read More »Zambia On Brink Of Defaulting On Foreign Debt
An aspirant for the position of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. Chidi Osuagwu, says he joined the race to succeed Chief John Nnia Nwodo in order to stop the… Read More »Osuagwu: Why I want to succeed Nwodo
Access Bank has received the highest level of sustainability certification under the Sustainability Standards and Certification Initiative (SSCI). It was presented with the certification during the World Development Finance Forum… Read More »Access Bank: Receives first sustainability certification in Africa
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said modern policing is knowledge-driven and those entrusted with the responsibility must be the best and the brightest. The police chief said… Read More »IGP: Modern policing is knowledge-driven
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN ) has directed marketers to sell the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS ) for N170 per litre. The instruction followed Thursday’s night announcement… Read More »Petrol pump price hits N170 per litre
An activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, has come under fire for dragging Sam Adeyemi, Davido,48 others before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja over their alleged roles in last month’s #EndSARS protests.… Read More »Activist under fire for suing Sam Adeyemi, Davido, 48 others
An accountant, Rowland Ogunebo, on Thursday dragged his wife, Blessing before an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, seeking divorce on grounds of indecent dressing and adultery. Testifying, Ogunebo, who resides… Read More »Man drags wife to court, seeking divorce for indecent dressing
The Lagos State Mobile Court has ordered forfeiture of 31vehicles to the state government for driving against traffic (one-way) thereby contravening the State Traffic Law. The Court gave the judgment… Read More »Lagos: mobile court orders forfeiture of 31 vehicles
The newly appointed Benue Commissioner for Health and Human service, Dr Emmanuel Ikwulono, is dead. Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Ngunan Addingi, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday… Read More »Benue loses commissioner
The Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has died at the age of 74. The serial killer was serving a whole life term for murdering 13 women across Yorkshire and north-west England.… Read More »Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe Dies
Nasa has been developing a “megarocket” to send humans to the Moon and, eventually, Mars. The last critical tests of the giant launcher’s core section are expected to take place… Read More »Nasa’s New ‘megarocket’ Set For Critical Tests