El-Zakzaky is being poisoned in detention, Shi’ites allege (Nation) As the Kaduna State High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the application for permission to travel to India for medical attention filed by the Shi’ites leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and…
Prioritise completion of blue line –Fashola (Nation) Former Minister of Power Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola on Thursday urged Lagos State government to prioritise completion of the blue rail line. He said the urgent delivery of the project will help…
Sorrow Tears and Blood In a video that has gone viral, a soldier was seen assaulting a driver on Moloney Street in the Lagos Island area of Lagos. The soldier, who was identified as Duru, was alleged to have driven against…
Iran’s Football Federation has agreed to allow women to attend upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers of their men’s national team but that approval from the government is still needed. The ruling body FIFA on Thursday said that a letter from…
Uganda’s Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Mr Vincent Ssempijja, has said that the government would be issuing birth certificates to cows and registering farmers henceforth Ssempijja, while speaking at the official opening of the National Agricultural Show at the Source…
Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi has retired from the national team. He retired following the third-placed finish of the Super Eagles at Egypt 2019 AFCON. Mikel took to his verified Instagram page to make the announcement. Spotting his photo in…
In a video, that has gone viral, a soldier was seen assaulting a driver on Moloney Street in the Lagos Island area of Lagos. The soldier, who was, identified as Duru was alleged to have driven against traffic. The soldier…
A Christian family who refused to pay income tax because it went “against God’s will” have been ordered to pay more than A$2m (£1.1m $1.4m) to Australia’s tax office. Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot and Fanny Alida Beerepoot, of Tasmania, had not…
A bid to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump has been blocked in the US House of Representatives. Texas Democrat Al Green filed the resolution after the House voted to denounce Mr Trump’s attacks aimed at four US congresswomen…
A 60-year-old man in eastern France says he was stunned to discover that a picture of his amputated leg had been used on cigarette packets without his consent. The picture was displayed on EU cigarette packets, alongside the message “smoking…
