Athletics NIGERIA APPOINT A PORTUGUESE, JOSÉ PESEIRO AS THE NEW COACH BY OYEWUNMI KAFAYAT On Wednesday, former Porto and Sporting CP coach José Peseiro was chosen as Nigeria’s new coach, b…
COMMUNITY GIST WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER MEETING HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER PANTS DOWN By Aishat Momoh. O. A Cameroonian woman (Name witheld) has committed suicide in Koume, Bertoua, Eastern Region of Cameroon. …
COMMUNITY GIST NEWS FLASH: TANZANIA’S ABDULRAZAK GURNAH GETS 2021 NOBEL LITERATURE AWARD By Aishat Momoh. O. Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born novelist whose work deals with colonialism and refugee life, was awa…
COMMUNITY GIST MAN GETS 29-YEARS JAIL TERM AND 24 STROKES OF THE CANE By Aishat Momoh. O. On Monday, a man was sentenced to 29 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane for forcing his son to h…
Foreign News EGYPT’S LOSES FIRST POST-MUBARAK RULER, HUSSENI TANTAWI AT 85 By Aishat Momoh. O. Egypt’s Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, the commander of the military dictatorship that governed after P…
DID YOU KNOW? 5 PROMINENT MONUMENTS IN NIGERIA YOU SHOULD VISIT By Adeniyi Onaara Here are some of the most beautiful monuments in Nigeria that you must see when you visit. Nigeria’s…
Foreign News NEWS FLASH: RUSSIA SUMMONS UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR OVER ALLEGED ELECTION MEDDLING By Aishat Momoh. O. Russia’s foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador in Moscow on Friday over US tech companies…
COVID-19 UPDATE TOGO SHUTS DOWN CHURCHES, MOSQUES, OTHERS AS COVID-19 CASES RISE By Aishat Momoh. O. Following a “worrying spike” in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, Togo’s government h…
Foreign News PORTUGAL: FORMER PRESIDENT JORGE SAMPAIO DIES AT 81 By Aishat Momoh. O. Jorge Sampaio, a former Portuguese president who later worked for the United Nations in numerous capacit…
Foreign News UNITED KINGDOM TO DISCARD 800,000 DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINES By Aishat Momoh. O. Up to 800,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination may have expired at the end of August in the…
