JUST IN: FIRE RAZES MONIYA MARKET IN IBADAN, 17 SHOPS DESTROYED
A destructive fire swept through 17 shops at the Moniya market in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State, on Monday morning, destroying goods valued at...
FORMER WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPION, TERRY GRIFFITHS PASSES AWAY AT 77
Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has passed away at the age of 77, following a prolonged battle with dementia, according to his family. The...
PHOTOS: MINISTERIAL MEETING MARKS OPENING OF 11TH SESSION OF NIGERIA-SOUTH AFRICA BI-NATIONAL COMMISSION
The 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) commenced on Monday with a ministerial meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. The meeting, co-chaired...
BELGIUM APPROVES MATERNITY LEAVE, PENSION FOR SEX WORKERS
Belgium has passed a law that extends the same rights and protections to sex workers as those given to other workers. Signed into law on...
UPDATED: AT LEAST 56 KILLED IN ‘STAMPEDES’ DURING GUINEA FOOTBALL MATCH – GOVT
No fewer than 56 people were killed in “deadly stampedes” at a football match in Guinea’s second-largest city of N’Zerekore, a statement from the junta-controlled...
IPOB DISSOCIATES SELF FROM DECLARATION OF BIAFRAN REPUBLIC IN FINLAND
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from the purported declaration of the Biafra Republic by certain members of the Finland-based group, calling...
ABUJA HERBALIST HOSPITALISED AFTER SHOOTING SELF WHILE TESTING ‘BULLETPROOF’ CHARM
A herbalist identified as Ismail Usman has landed himself in a hospital after suffering a life-threatening injury while testing a self-made ‘bulletproof’ charm. It was...
BREAKING: ARMY RELEASES INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, FISAYO SOYOMBO
The Nigerian Army has released investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo. The release was confirmed by one of Soyombo’s lawyers, Abimbola Ojenike. “He has just been released...
BAMISE: COURT CLOSES ANDREW NICE’S CASE, ADJOURNS FOR ADOPTION OF FINAL WRITTEN ADDRESS
By Aishat Momoh. O. A Lagos High court Sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), on Friday, adjourned till January 30, 2025 for adoption of final...
BREAKING: WTO REAPPOINTS OKONJO IWEALA AS DG
Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is her second term in office, the WTO said...