GRANDSON of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Adedamilotun Oluwapelumi Aderemi, was among the 3, 436 successful candidates who were called to the Nigerian Bar on Tuesday, in Abuja. Adedamilot... Read more
An outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar has now claimed almost 50 victims and is spreading to the island’s capital, officials warned today. The health ministry said there had been... Read more
L-R: Justice Peter Agumagu and Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed three appeals for stay of proceedings application brought by the suspended Chief J... Read more
THE United States (US) Embassy in Nigeria, on Tuesday, announced opening of its new DHL Document Collection Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, saying applicants who are interviewed in La... Read more
PICTURE THIS: These undated photo released by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s office shows Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson during his medical examination after he fatally s... Read more
A general view of a meeting of oil ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria in June. The ministers meet again on Thu... Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in three years and devalued the naira as tumbling oil prices sent the currency to an all-time low. The r... Read more
The two teenage girls strapped with blew themselves on Tuesday blew themselves up killing several tens of people in the latest attack by persons believed to be Boko Haram suspects. According... Read more
One of the most respected voices from the pulpit in Nigeria, Pastor William Kumuyi, has reassured those who fear that the curent spate of crisis in Nigeria would lead to dismemberment of the... Read more
Soyinka, flanked by his son, Dr Olaokun Soyinka, Ogun State Commissioner for Health and his younger brother, Professor Femi Soyinka and the President/Founder of the African Cancer Centre, at... Read more