The Taliban has dispersed women’s rights protesters who wanted to march to a presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Activists said the militants used tear gas and batons against them, injuring at least one woman. Organizers and activists told local media Read more…
More than 50 Crimean Tatars have been detained by Russian law enforcement officers in Crimea, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, detained five minority Crimean Tatar activists, including Nariman Read more…
MIXED reactions, yesterday, trailed comments made by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who described himself as the king and head of the Yoruba Nation. While some traditional rulers in the South West supported Alaafin’s position, others said he Read more…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Sunday said that retired Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi was never declared wanted for an interview he granted on alleged Islamisation and Boko Haram sponsors in government, adding Olawunmi was only invited to shed more light on information Read more…
ShareThe Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Saturday said that among all Yoruba kings, he is the only monarch who has the exclusive rights to confer chieftaincy titles that would cover the whole Yoruba land on worthy individuals. He Read more…
The annual celebration of the National New Yam festival at Etiti village Igboukwu held as usual for 2021. The festival, which celebrates Igbo culture and traditions, was organized by Mbido Igbo Association. The 2021 festival, for its success, was climaxed Read more…
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Saturday, paid a courtesy call on the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwaste lll, at his palace in Warri South Local Government Area of Read more…
Legendary highlife musician, Sir Victor Uwaifo died on Saturday at the age of 80 in Benin. The music icon whose tracks “Joromi” and “Mammy Water” were hits till his demise, was a multi instrumentalist and a renowned virtual artist. One Read more…
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says its intervention in achieving zero tolerance policy on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has led to over 594 communities renouncing the practice so far in Nigeria. Child Protection Specialist with UNICEF, Mrs Nkiru Maduechesi, made Read more…
The pan-Northern socio-political organizstion, Arewa Consultative Forum expressed shock over bandits’ raid on the Nigerian Defence Academy where two officers were killed and one other kidnapped on Tuesday. The ACF lamented that the incident was a slap and embarrassment to Read more…
The Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, hosted the Hon Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development of Nigeria, Uchenna A Ogah, his family, and larger kindred who stormed Nnewi for the funeral Read more…
Anti-Taliban forces have reportedly captured three northern districts in Afghanistan just days after the militant group seized Kabul and reestablished its so-called Islamic Emirate. Afghan militias on Friday pushed the Taliban out of parts of Baghlan province, located about 100 Read more…