UN food agency seeks $450m for Horn of Africa drought

The UN food agency on Tuesday says it is seeking to raise about 450 million dollars for emergency humanitarian assistance to three drought-hit countries in the Horn of Africa.

Osinbajo attributes increase in violence against women/children to negligence of parental role

Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, has attributed the increase in violence against women and children in Nigeria to negligence of parental role.

6 persons kidnapped in Kogi – Police

The Police in Kogi on Tuesday said six persons had been kidnapped in Okene area of the state.

Kogi 2017 budget : Final rape of Kogi common patrimony – Dino Melaye

If the revelations obtained from the analytical breakdown of Kogi state 2017 budget is anything to go by, then Governor Bello’s administrative policy should best be seen as an economic vampire aimed at draining the state and ushering it to economic desert while emptying the state of its treasury ban.
The appropriation bill which was presented sometimes in December, 2016 by Governor Bello has since attracted plethora of allegations by concerned Kogites and experts who could not watch the broad daylight rape on Kogi state’s collective patrimony.

20 women bag 6 months jail term for prostitution

A Kano Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, sentenced Sandra Ada and 19 others to six months imprisonment for prostitution.

HIV/AIDS: Michael Okpara varsity discovers new cure

Prof. Francis Otunta, the Vice Chancellor (VC), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia, has confirmed the discovery of a new drug for the treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS by the institution.

Tuface vows to proceed with planned protest against FG

Popular Nigerian singer Tuface Idibia, has vowed to proceed with his planned nationwide protest against the Federal Government on Feb. 5 in spite of mixed reactions by some Nigerians.

UN condemns killing of 3 Nigerians, UN contractor

The UN on Wednesday strongly condemned an attack against a UN monitoring team near the Nigeria-Cameroon border that resulted in the death of five persons, including three Nigerians.

UN Chief: Africa has remarkable success stories than crises

Mr Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, has called for better narratives about Africa, saying there are better things about the continent than crises.

Butcher, 25, remanded over alleged rape of minor

A Gombe Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old butcher, Shamsudeen Musa, over alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl.

Pop superstar Beyonce pregnant with twins

Pop superstar Beyonce announced on Wednesday that she and her husband, rap star and entrepreneur Jay Z, were expecting twins, sending social media into a meltdown.

No Sri Lankans stranded at U.S. airports – Govt.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that there have been no reports of Sri Lankan nationals stranded in the U.S. airports following a travel ban issued by President Donald Trump on seven countries.

Wife, 30, seeks court’s dissolution of 10-year-old marriage

A housewife, Mrs Aina Idowu, 30,  on Thursday approached an Ado-Ekiti, Customary Court to seek the dissolution of her 10-year-old marriage to her husband, Sodiq Idowu.