The Enugu State Police Command has began investigation into the alleged killing of an 85-year-old woman by her son at Eziokwu Amurri community of Nkanu West Local Government Area. The command’s spokesman, Superintendent Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in…
7 amazing facts you didn’t know about your TV
The television is without a doubt one of the most important inventions of the last century. While the gadget has become a staple in homes all over the world, many facts about how the device came to be are largely…
BREAKING: Kenyan priest killed in Cameroon’s anglophone region (Punch)
A Kenyan priest was killed in francophone Cameroon’s volatile English-speaking Southwest region where violence has surged after separatists declared an independent state, church sources told AFP on Thursday. “A Kenyan priest was shot dead in Kembong yesterday,” one source said. “There was…
Alleged $3 million bribe: Otedola appears in court, insists Lawan demanded bribe (PremiumTimes) * Jega’s INEC conspired against me in 2015 – Jonathan (PremiumTimes)
Alleged $3 million bribe: Otedola appears in court, insists Lawan demanded bribe (PremiumTimes) The main prosecution witness in the trial of a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, Wednesday testified before a High Court of the Federal…
Brexit: Spain doubles down and warns it will reject May’s deal without Gibraltar concessions (Independent)
Spain’s prime minister has doubled down and warned his country will reject the Brexit agreement negotiated by Theresa May unless it is given concessions on Gibraltar. Pedro Sanchez said his government needed assurances that the deal does not apply to…
Mark Zuckerberg refuses to resign despite Facebook crisis (CNN)
After spending much of this year apologizing for Facebook’s many missteps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was defiant in an exclusive interview with CNN Business on Tuesday. Zuckerberg resisted growing calls for changes to Facebook’s C-suite, reiterated Facebook’s potential as a force…
Venus Williams agrees settlement in fatal Florida car crash (BBC)
Venus Williams has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a man who died as a result of a car crash in Florida involving the US tennis star. Ms Williams and the family of Jerome Barson reached a…
Two APC Reps dump party (Guardian)
Two House of Representatives members from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Kolawole Babatunde and Mukaila Kazeem, Wednesday dumped the party. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, read letters from the lawmakers announcing their resignations from the APC at the…
We promised change but not in four years, says Fashola (Guardian)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) promised Nigerians would witness change but never said the agenda would be attained within any time frame, according to Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola. Fashola made the clarification yesterday at the inauguration…
Michelle Wolf torches Donald Trump over ‘so-called comedian’ insult (HuffPost)
Michelle Wolf pulled no punches early Wednesday after President Donald Trump insulted her on Twitter. Trump used the social media platform to call Wolf a “so-called comedian” following the news that the featured speaker at the 2019 White House Correspondents’…