Usain Bolt has scored his first goals for a professional football team, getting two on his maiden start for Central Coast Mariners in a friendly. The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion scored the Mariners’ third and fourth goals in a…
The Prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Uche, has cautioned religious leaders in the country against collecting money from political parties and aspirants. He alleged that some clerics have been receiving money from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the…
With ongoing efforts to tackle and assist flood victims, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has further declared national disaster in five states of Adamawa, Taraba, Rivers, Kebbi and Bayelsa, following devastating flood that ravaged the states. This, according to…
Nigeria’s Temi Soyinka has emerged winner of the 5th annual ceremony of the prestigious Miss Nigeria UK cultural beauty pageant. Mr and Miss Nigeria UK is organised annually to expose the cultural values of Nigeria in the diaspora. The confirmation…
A key figure during South Africa’s transition from the apartheid era, Pik Botha, has died at the age of 86. Mr. Botha served as his country’s foreign minister for 17 years until the end of the apartheid era in 1994.…
The Presidency has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar as a well-rehearsed theatre. “The Presidency has received the news of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s predictable U-turn and somersault on the endorsement…
The recent suspension of the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, has elicited mixed feelings across the nation. The name and logo of the flag carrier had been unveiled with so much promise at the Farnborough Air Show in London in…
What is a city without crime? Every Friday, thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Don’t get caught!!! Siblings arraigned for duping BDC operators (Punch) The police on Tuesday…
It’s another Friday and you know there is no party like a Lagos party. thisislagos tells you where the hottest parties are, where the art exhibitions are popping and where the cognoscenti gather. Make sure you turn up! Double Wahalla:…
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja declared that the federal government is ready to contend with anyone who is against the peace and unity of Nigeria. ”Anybody that tries to joke with the unity of this country has a problem…
