Coffee drinkers have no more risk of getting illnesses such as heart disease or cancer, and are less likely to develop type two diabetes, a German study said. The study involved more than 40,000 people over nearly a decade. The findings, published in t...
His love life has played out like a soap opera, but could it be possible that Eddie Murphy has finally settled down with singer Toni Braxton? Apparently so, because the Tower Heist star, 50 , and the voice behind the anthemic Un-break My Heart, 44 , &#...
A Gwagwalada Upper Area Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 26-year-old trader, Samuel Nathaniel in Kuje Prison for raping a five-year-old girl. Alhough Nathaniel pleaded guilty, the judge, Mr Babangida Hassan, deferred sentencing to March ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, for alleged corruption. Charged along with the speaker is his Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi. They are facin...
Barely two weeks after the dismantling of checkpoints across the country, luxury bus operators in Abuja have called for their re-introduction. The Acting Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar had on Feb. 13, ordered the removal all checkpoints ...
Unknown gunmen on Thursday morning attacked the Brass and Nembe waterways and creeks of Bayelsa State, killing four policemen and four soldiers. A commanding officer of Brass JTF unit of L.T rank was also killed in the attack. The Police Commissioner o...
Dr Felix Igwe, the Chairman of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology Branch of ASUU, has advised the Rivers Government to follow due process in selecting a Vice Chancellor for the university. Igwe said on Thursday in Port Harcourt that ...
A 20-year-old woman, Joy James, on Thursday appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates' Court for allegedly parading herself as a policewoman. The Police Prosecutor, Mr Isiaka Ajadi, alleged that the accused on Feb. 29, in Osogbo, “did parad...
Mr Elekwachi Ukonu, former General Manager, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Channel 6, Aba, Abia, has called for the immortalisation of the late Chief James Iroha (Giringory). Iroha, popularly known as “Giringory”, was creator and one of...
Benue state Governor Gabriel Suswam has attributed the non-payment of pension and gratuity allowances of Benue pensioners which has accumulated to the tune of N8 billion to the inability of the previous administration to ensure up-to-date payment, sayi...
Nigeria has recorded 40 per cent sanitation coverage, up from 32 per cent that had spanned two decades, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources has said. Dr Obioha Agada, the Director of Water Quality and Sanitation in the ministry, disclosed this on T...
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Mohammed Jamilu, to two months imprisonment for stealing a handcuff belonging to the police. Senior Magistrate Nkwadimi Buba, who convicted Jamilu as he pleaded guilty, however, ...
The Director General, Press Affairs in Kogi State, Mr. Richard Elesho, has described as untrue, the rumour making the rounds that the travelling documents of the erstwhile governor of the state, Alhaji Ibrahin Idris, have been seized by anti graft agen...
English Barclay Premier club, Arsenal is close to finalising plans for a pre-season tour to Nigeria this summer. Arsenal officials are in Nigeria to inspect more facilities across the country for the tour scheduled to hold in August. Tour organisers, D...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) is set to introduce citizen’s volunteer scheme to orientate them on how they can contribute to transforming their communities. The Director General of NOA, Mr Mike Omeri, disclosed this yesterday, in Ab...