*Generator fumes kill 7 varsity students in Bayelsa (Nation)*CBN raises interest rate to 26.25% (Sun)

Generator fumes kill 7 varsity students in Bayelsa (Nation) No fewer than seven individuals, reportedly university undergraduates, have lost their lives after inhaling fumes from a generator inside a music studio on Transformer Road, Ebis, in the Amarata area of…

Do you know your roots? — Gbubemi Atimomo

Reflections on ancestry and our personal and national history Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex was in Nigeria over the weekend with her husband, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. Their 3-day private visit was to promote the Invictus Games,…

Harry and Meghan’s charity listed as ‘delinquent’ and ordered to stop soliciting

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s charity has got itself into some trouble. Four years after being established, the Archewell Foundation has been declared as’delinquent’ by the state of California for failing to submit its annual records and unpaid fees. As…

*Another aircraft, Xejet skids off Lagos airport runway (Vanguard)*2 die in Lagos tanker fire accident (Channels)

Another aircraft, Xejet skids off Lagos airport runway (Vanguard) An Xejet aircraft arriving from Abuja to Lagos has skidded off the runway, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), has confirmed. Following the incident which happened at 11:29 am, the Federal…

Duke of Sussex arrives in Nigeria with Meghan for Invictus after ‘second Charles snub’

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Legos this morning following Prince Harry’s brief return to the UK where he celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games – but did not see King Charles owing to a diary…

Prince Harry, Meghan accept invitation to visit Nigeria

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have agreed to visit Nigeria at the invitation of the country’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomerry, disclosed this…

*Family of missing drummer accuses pastor of stalling probe (Punch)*CBN lifts ban on cryptocurrency transactions in banks (DailyTrust)

Family of missing drummer accuses pastor of stalling probe (Punch) The family of Zachariah Barnabas, who until his disappearance was a drummer at the Kingdom of Glory Church in Lagos, has accused the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Olayinka…

Meghan Markel has an igbo name – Ngozi Lolo 

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, received a new and meaningful nickname during her visit to the Invictus Games in Düsseldorf, Germany, this week. The royal couple, Prince Harry and Meghan, attended the prestigious paralympic sporting event for veterans founded…

Harry loses bid to get UK police protection

Prince Harry on Tuesday lost a bid to legally challenge the British government’s decision not to allow him to pay for police protection while he is in the United Kingdom. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, was stripped of the police…

Man stabs friend to death over debt, lands in jail (Punch)*Anti-Datti Comment: Why I opposed Soyinka – Chimamanda Adichie (DailyTrust)

Man stabs friend to death over debt, lands in jail (Punch) A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has remanded a man, Bitrus Wurawa, for allegedly stabbing one Ezekiel Yohana to death with a jackknife at Kara Market, in…

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