Los Angeles ’84 Olympics hero, Nigeria’s Jerry Okorodudu, dies in Lagos aged 64

Nigeria’s former middleweight boxing champion, Jerry Okorodudu, who came to prominence at the Los Angeles 1984…

HURIWA demands arrest of Asari Dokubo over illegal arms possession, threat to lives

A civil rights advocacy group – the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) – has…

Ladoja insists on Olubadan crown, nothing less

High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, has clarified that he is not interested in…

NDLEA decries high level of drug abuse in Abia

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has decried the high level of drug abuse in…

NAFDAC alerts consumers to contaminated Sprite drink in circulation

* Orders Nigerian Bottling Company to recall affected batch The National Agency for Food and Drug…

HURIWA urges Igbo to invest in South East, lauds Soludo’s quest

A notable advocacy group – Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) – has urged Igbo…

Hunger ravaging 4.3m people in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe states, UN cries out

The UN’s top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale, has cried out that no fewer than…

Germany’s new immigration law opens fresh opportunity for Nigerian emigrants

The German parliament has passed an immigration law designed to encourage more people from outside the…

AGN suspends actor Jerry Williams indefinitely over alleged drug abuse

The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has announced the indefinite suspension of actor Jerry Williams over…

Tinubu’s long presidential convoy draws public fury

*Amid clamour to reduce cost of governance President Bola Tinubu has come under social media attacks…