Day: March 16, 2023

Cleveland, a city in Ohio, USA, was long regarded as the sufferhead among American cities. Bearing on its big head the weight of an unfortunate nickname – The mistake on the lake – Cleveland shares a few similarities with Nigeria. How did Cleveland get its nickname? This is how. As recently as late the 1960s

Suspected bandits have killed a Major in the Nigerian Army and seven other security operatives in the Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits were said to have ambushed the security operatives on Wednesday night in Igu village. According to a resident, Inuwa Danladi, who spoke to our correspondent on phone, during the

Top level Swedish football players — except for goalkeepers — were significantly more likely to develop dementia than the general public over the last century, a large study suggested on Friday. Experts said the study adds to “convincing evidence” linking the world’s most popular sport to a higher risk of degenerative brain disorders, and comes

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has threatened to jail the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, for his persistent disobedience to court orders. The reaction of the court followed a suit instituted by four senior-ranking police officers from Courses 33, 34, and 35 who were compulsorily and unlawfully retired from police service. The affected officers

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly elections, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission says it has deployed 200 armed operatives to Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states to check vote-buying. The Kano Zonal Commander of the EFCC, Mr Farouk Dogondaji, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Thursday.

A group, Concerned Northern Forum, has warned against any attempt to remove the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, from office, saying the move would be resisted. A coalition of  civil society organisations has since February started a campaign for Bawa’s removal, over alleged disobedience to court orders and human rights

The National Population Commission has said the 2023 planned census is not ethnic or politically motivated. The Ogun State Federal Commissioner of the NPC, Seyi Aderinokun, who was represented by the NPC state director, Olushola Adeleye, said this on Thursday during a one-day capacity building workshop for journalists.  The workshop was aimed at training journalists

Aviation workers’ unions have dragged the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to court over the planned concession of major airports across the country, The PUNCH has learnt. The workers’ unions comprising Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria; National Union of Air Transport Employees; Association of Nigeria

Described as one of the cutest faces in Nollywood, actor, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, in this interview with NAOMI CHIMA, speaks on his humble beginnings and life after fame How did acting start for you? I have always had a passion for arts, not just theatre arts, but anything arts and entertainment. I started with auditions for

The Westminster Foundation for Democracy in collaboration with Ondo State Agency Against Gender-Based Violence has taken the sensitisation of the proper implementation and utilisation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition law, to the people living with disabilities in the state. The non-governmental organisation launched the braille version of the law to enable them to read