Metro
Lightning strikes kills 12-year-old girl in Jigawa
Lightning strikes has killed a 12-year-old girl, identified as Maryam Rabiu Garba during a heavy rainfall in Kaugama Local Government, Jigawa State. A ...
Crime
FIIRO reinstates ex-director, orders payment of his salary despite involvement in certificate fraud
Chima Igwe, a former director of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), Lagos state, has been reinstated as a director by ...
News Headlines
Viola Davis Cast As Villain In ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel ‘The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes’
By Oreoritse Tariemi 17 August 2022 | 9:45 am Famed actress Viola Davis has joined the “Hunger Games” franchise as a ...
News Headlines
A Primate Suspect: US Monkey Dials 911
By AFP 17 August 2022 | 9:30 am California cops rushed to a zoo after a 911 call — only to ...
International News
UN appoints Nigeria’s Gbenga Sesan to Internet Governance Forum Leadership Panel
The United Nation Secretary-General, António Guterres has appointed a Nigerian social entrepreneur, Gbenga Sesan, to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) ...
News Headlines
Former Australian PM Defends Secret Power Grab
Australia’s former leader on Wednesday defended secret arrangements he made to swear himself in to key portfolios including defence and treasury, saying he ...
Politics
‘No party can win election fighting itself,’ Wike tells Atiku’s loyalists
The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) needs to put its house in order to ...
Crime
EFCC arraigns social media influencer, Portia Emilia for N110m fraud in Lagos
The Lagos state command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, August 16 arraigned a social media influencer identified as ...
Crime
Navy fires officer charged with sodomy, others in Delta
A Nigerian Navy officer identified as Sub Lieutenant V.N. Ukpawanne with service number NN/4440 has been fired for committing sodomy with a teenager, wrongful ...
News Headlines
North Korea Fires Two Cruise Missiles: Seoul Defence Ministry
North Korea fired two cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, ending a month-long lull in Pyongyang’s record-breaking spate of weapons tests this ...
