Year: 2021

The United States and the European Union have demanded the release of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from detention. Navalny, 44, a thorn in Putin’s flesh for the last decade, was detained soon after his flight […]

A Deputy Registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Ondo State, Dr Amos Arijesuyo, has been killed by suspected bandits on Sunday night, January 17.   Dr. Arijesuyo was attacked by the armed […]

A 3-year-old boy, who was rescued alive from a well in Sapele, Delta State, has alleged that a yet-to-be-identified woman threw him into the hole.   The incident happened at Comprehensive Road in Amukpe area of […]

A former Minister of State for Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, has died. He was 78 years old.   Late Kuye died in his home at Victoria Garden City, Lagos […]

Tragedy struck in Arue-Uromi, Esan-North East Local Government Area of Edo State on Friday, January 16, when six children were crushed to death by a Mercedes Benz car bearing a learner driver sign.     […]

The Lagos state government has scheduled the second term of the 2020/2021 academic session to run for 61 days for public and private schools in the state.   According to the revised calendar for the 2020/2021 academic […]

A 40-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested by police in Trinidad and Tobago for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine into Thailand and India. A statement by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service said that on January […]

Photos making rounds online claim a pregnant Nigerian lady got married to an old man traditionally after the man who got her pregnant absconded.   According to @TheOliviaLife it is one of the practices she is […]

Liverpool are still playing catch up with table topping Manchester United as they were held to a 0-0 draw at Anfield on Sunday night, January 17. Even with the high expectations before the game, fans were […]

The police has reacted following reports that eighteen police officers were kidnapped by criminals along the Birnin Gwari – Funtua Highway on Friday, January 15.   Via its official Twitter account, the force said only sixteen […]

Manchester United, Manchester City and now Leicester City are now higher than EPL defending champions Liverpool, after this weekend’s round of matches.   Arsenal are still in a distant 11th and even the club’s fans […]

A young man named David Ntekim-Rex has died after he was shot on his way home from work and Nigerians are blaming his death on the state of the nation.   According to the cousin of […]

Athletic Bilbao stunned an error prone Barcelona on Sunday night, January 17, as they beat Barca 3-2 in extra time to win the Spanish Super Cup. In a match filled with nerve wrecking drama, six […]