Nigerian students who escaped Russia’s ongoing military offensive in Ukraine have narrated how they were almost shot by soldiers for fighting against racism. The war, which has led to the death of hundreds of civilians and troops, leaving thousands injured and many more displaced, has seen millions of foreign nationals fleeing Ukraine for neighbouring countries….
American rapper and billionaire, Kanye West, has shared an emotional poem detailing his feelings as regards his ongoing divorce. Reality TV star, Kim Kardashian, had filed a divorce from West back in February 2021 after seven years of marriage. The rapper had made efforts to bring his family back together by publicly pleading with his…
Popular supermarket operator in Lokoja, Kogi state, Ugochukwu Okpala, has been kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen. She was said to have been kidnapped last Saturday evening shortly after closing for the day right in front of the Seat of Wisdom supermarket along Gadumo, Ganaja road, Lokoja. The Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of…
The Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria, Mr Buki Ponle, has said more women inclusion in government and political offices is pivotal to the country’s development. Ponle said this on Friday in Abuja during a courtesy visit by the Founder and CEO of Albinism Foundation Africa, Mr. Jake Epelle. This follows the rejection of…
The Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna, Most Rev. Matthew Ndagoso, has called on the leadership in the North to invest more in education. The Archbishop made the call on Friday while fielding questions from journalists at the Thanksgiving Mass and Dedication of Classrooms at St. Anne’s secondary school, Kakuri, Kaduna State. “Our leaders here in the…
The people of Umugama community, Ukwulu, Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Friday protested at the state police headquarters, blocking major roads in Awka. The protesters wore black clothes and carried different placards with various inscriptions, accusing their monarch, Igwe Peter Uyanwa, of land grabbing and intimidation. Led by a youth leader in…
BREAKING: Ukraine city Mariupol to begin civilian evacuation 0900 GMT Following the partial ceasefire announced by Russia, on Saturday, to allow residents of two Ukrainian cities that were surrounded by Russian forces, including the strategic port city of Mariupol, to evacuate, the Mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boichenko, has said that evacuation of civilians will begin…
Bloomberg News announced Friday it was suspending the work of its journalists in Russia and CNN said it will stop broadcasting in the country. The moves by Bloomberg and CNN come after Russian lawmakers passed legislation that criminalizes independent reporting. “We have with great regret decided to temporarily suspend our news gathering inside Russia,” Bloomberg…
Akwa Ibom State Government has said that the high rate of trafficking of her children for undignified labour outside is portraying the state in bad light The state’s Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo, raised the concern when the newly posted Comptroller of Immigration for the state, George Didel, paid him a courtesy visit in his office…
Oluwafunso Asiwaju, the estranged wife of Nollywood movie marketer, Kazim Adeoti, has alleged that her husband had been having sexual relations with actress Mercy Aigbe, who was now his second wife. In a statement on her Instagram page on Friday night, the mother-of-four stated that she was friends with Aigbe but the actress “repaid” their…
Russia-Ukraine war: We saw hell, officials threatened to kill us -Nigerian students 
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