A former senator, Shehu Sani, says ensuring local government autonomy is the only way to strengthen governance at the grassroots and save the councils from paralysis. Mr Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly and served as…
North Korea said Sunday it would stop sending trash-filled balloons across the border into the South, saying the “disgusting” missives had been an effective countermeasure against propaganda sent by anti-regime activists. Since Tuesday, the North has sent nearly a thousand…
2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games champion Sharath Achanta will lead a strong Indian contingent to the 2024 WTT Contender Lagos, taking place at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium. The 41-year-old is the first Indian table tennis player ever…
The crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has continued unabated as a faction on Sunday ratified the suspension of its chairman, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, over alleged gross misconduct and insubordination. The decision was taken at…
Teledalase community in Maidan Orile, Ikosi-Isheri Local Government Area, Lagos State, has been cut off from the city for two years, with no hope of reconnection, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.According to residents of the community, the big…
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) says no fewer than 600 PwDs have benefitted from the pilot programme of its health Insurance package. James Lalu, the Executive Secretary of the commission gave the figure on Sunday, in an…
On 26 April, Johnnie Carson, senior advisor at the Africa Center, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), moderated a strategic panel discussion at the USIP, with 10 northern Nigerian governors. The former US Ambassador to Nigeria later granted an interview to…
Like a million of her compatriots, hairdresser Valentyna Vysotska fled Ukraine for Germany when Russia invaded. After a 10-month crash course to learn German, she found work, at a hair salon in Berlin. “My German isn’t great but my boss,…
President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the killing of five soldiers in Aba, Abia State, describing the incident as a treasonable offence. He threatened that the federal government would go after those who have made it a habit to attack…
A former gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Festus Daumiebi, has called on the international community, President Bola Tinubu, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the hierarchy of the Nigeria Army to come to his rescue over…