Nigeria Breaking News
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has withdrawn corps members from Mbaa community in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. This comes after suspected armed herders reportedly killed over 20 people, including 16 farmers whose bodies were found in River Katsina-Ala. In a statement made available to journalists on Thursday, the Assistant Director of …
The Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day, an annual event observed every January 15 to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the Nigerian Armed Forces who lost their lives and limbs in active service to the nation, is a day to honour Nigeria’s fallen heroes, veterans, and their families. The day has come and gone, leaving behind …
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly criticised the Benue State House of Assembly’s resolution that directed Governor Hyacinth Alia to remove Justice Maurice Ikpambwese as the state’s Chief Judge. In a statement on Wednesday jointly signed by its president, Afam Osigwe (SAN), and general secretary, Mobolaji Ojibara, the NBA described the resolution as unconstitutional …
An iconic image of Kate Moss marked an explosive moment of change in Britain – and helped to create the culture we now live in. It’s among the photographs displayed in a new exhibition that celebrates the photography of The Face magazine. Freckled and fresh-faced, a 16-year-old Kate Moss laughs, make-up-free and unadorned except for …
In Tulsi, a village in central India, social media has sparked an economic and social revolution. It’s a microcosm of YouTube’s effect on the world. As villagers head into the fields of Tulsi, a village outside Raipur in central India, on a muggy September morning, 32-year-old YouTuber Jai Varma asks a group of women to …
The execution-style killing of an openly gay imam, Muhsin Hendricks, in South Africa has left people in the LGBTQ+ community fearful for their safety – but also determined to forge ahead with the campaign to end their marginalisation in religious circles. Reverend Toni Kruger-Ayebazibwe, an openly gay Christian cleric, told the BBC that Hendricks was a …
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF,Senator George Akume, yesterday, reeled out the achievements of President Bola Tinubu in the health sector since assumption of office , recalling that the president inherited a health sector that had faced persistent challenges, including stagnation in key health indicators. Akume said Tinubu’s swift interventions left no doubt …
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has drawn attention to what he described as serial executive and judicial fraud being perpetrated against him since his extraordinary rendition in 2021. In an open letter addressed to Nigerians yesterday, Kanu said: ‘’In a judgment entered on March 1, 2017, the Federal High …
The Federal Government has called on radio stations in Nigeria to use their platforms to create awareness about climate change and its impact on the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, made the call in a statement, on Thursday in Abuja to commemorate the World Radio Day. The News Agency …
ENUGU – Twenty-one families who lost their loved ones in the November 18, 1949 massacre of coal miners in Iva Valley, Enugu, by the British Colonial Government have dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria, the British Government, the Head of the Commonwealth, and others to court, seeking compensation. In Suit No: E/909/2024, filed at the …