Sri Lankan author Kanya D’Almeida has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story I Cleaned The—. D’Almeida receives £5000. The Commonwealth Foundation announced D’Almeida’s win in an online award ceremony Wednesday which featured readings from Zambian author…
University of Lagos, Akoka, will be producing 281 First Class graduates at its forthcoming 51st Convocation Ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday to intimate the press on the activities lined up…
A 30-year-old man, Gabriel Avong, on Thursday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for alleged child abandonment. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) charged Avong with abandonment of a child, contrary to the provisions of…
Patience Okon-George and Chioma Onyekwere became Nigeria’s latest entry to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics following their confirmation by World Athletics (WA) to compete at the games subject to official selection by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). The two athletes…
A housewife, Mrs Elizabeth Omeh, has told the Ebonyi Family Law Centre, a special court in the state that handles family matters, that her husband almost strangled her for demanding sex from him. She accused her husband, James, of starving…
A 14-year-old pupil of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja, has died of an infection after a condom was found in her private parts, PUNCH Metro reports. The SS1 pupil, Karen-Happuch Akpagher, was believed to have been sexually abused before she was…
Barely 72 hours to the Yoruba nation rally in Lagos, the Soka Ibadan residence of Yoruba Nation Agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho was reportedly attacked in the early hours of Thursday by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Report has it that…
Nigeria defender Tyronne Ebuehi has been described as a “top-level player” after linking up with Italian Serie A newcomers Venezia on a one-year loan deal from Benfica. Ebuehi, this week, completed a move to Venezia from Benfica, with the Lagunari…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Akwa Ibom Command, on Wednesday said that it would auction all unclaimed vehicles in its custody. In a statement issued by Mr Paul James, the command’s Public Enlightenment / Public Relations Officer said that…
Lagosians are worried about the indiscriminate parking of vehicles on streets in most parts of the metropolis to the detriment of other road users. Although the practice runs counter to the state’s building regulations, it has become a norm in…
