Friends of Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist detained in military-ruled Myanmar while covering a protest, called for his immediate release Wednesday and an online petition has collected more than 41,000 signatures. The documentary filmmaker was arrested Saturday in Yangon by…
China has furiously condemned the highest-level US visit to Taiwan in 25 years as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the self-ruled island as “one of the freest societies in the world” and pledged American solidarity. Beijing has demonstrated…
About 140 travellers from Zamfara en route Ogere, Ogun State loaded in a truck were intercepted at Bodija area of Ibadan by men of the Oyo State Amotekun corps, on Tuesday. Some residents around the Bodija market area had notified…
I had an extravagance of laughter when a dear friend of mine showed me a so-called column written by Sam Omatseye. To give him his due, Sam Omatseye has been somebody I always wanted to encourage; for instance, agreeing to…
Popular TV broadcaster, Rufai Oseni, has been fined the sum of ₦70,000 for committing a traffic infraction in Lagos. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in an update released on Tuesday. The Arise…
The Management of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, on Tuesday said that plans were underway to give the relaxation joint within the complex, popularly known as `Abe-Igi’, a facelift. An anonymous management staff told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Naira on Tuesday depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N430.67. The figure represented a decrease of 0.42 per cent compared with the N428.88 it exchanged for the dollar on Monday. The open indicative…
Terror Attack: NRC suspends Lagos-Kano, Ajaokuta train services (Punch) The Nigeria Railway Corporation has suspended the Lagos-Kano and Ajaokuta train services due to fear of terrorist attacks. Multiple sources in the Ministry of Transportation and the NRC confided in one…
The most challenging article ever written by me was published in Time magazine. It was one of the many friends of mine who had been asking me to write my autobiography who wanted me to tell him of the most…
2 crushed to death while fighting on expressway in Oshodi (Vanguard) Two male adults were on Tuesday, crushed to death during a fight at Oshodi-Oke inward Gbagada Expressway in Lagos State. The incident occurred at day time, adjacent LASTMA office…
