FORMER JAMB DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAMED RUNNER-UP IN INTERNATIONAL WHISTLEBLOWER AWARD
HOTJIST NEWS Yisa Usman, who used to be a deputy director at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, or JAMB, has been chosen as the...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS: BENFICA TO FACE REAL MADRID
Real Madrid will take on Benfica while Paris Saint-Germain have been drawn against Monaco in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-offs following Friday’s draw...
AMERICAN GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR KILLING CHINESE STUDENT IN UK
An American student at a London university was jailed for life Friday, with a minimum term of 16 years, for murdering a Chinese student...
COURT BARS TURAKI-LED NWC, NULLIFIES PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION
[caption id="attachment_205762" align="alignnone" width="300"] BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR[/caption] The federal high court in Ibadan, Oyo state, has canceled the national meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party...
DIEGO EXPLAINS ATLETICO’S DEPARTURE
Diego Simeone has revealed why he has left Atletico Madrid. Diego Simeone has revealed the reasons behind his surprise decision to leave Atletico...
BURKINA FASO JUNTA DISSOLVES ALL POLITICAL PARTIES
Burkina Faso has ended all political parties and groups and removed the laws that controlled them. The presidency’s communications team shared this decision on...
DIEZANI WAS A RUBBER STAMP, SAYS LAWYER TO UK COURT
Jonathan Laidlaw, who represents Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Nigerian minister of petroleum resources, said his client did not really have any real power in deciding...
ARMY KILLS GUNMAN IN ENUGU, RESCUES KIDNAPPED CLERIC
Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army/JTF South East, Operation UDO KA, have rescued a kidnapped cleric in Enugu State following a swift, intelligence-led operation....
FELA BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN TO WIN GRAMMY’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a famous creator of Afrobeat music, is getting a big international honor more than 30 years after he passed...
SON OF NORWAY’S CROWN PRINCESS CHARGED FOR RAPES, TRAFFICKING
In the biggest scandal to rock Norway’s monarchy, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit goes on trial Tuesday accused of raping four women, as well...