Providence yesterday saved a 17-year-old girl, Rachel, when she was rescued by some residents from the hands of a three-man gang of suspected ritualists, who abducted her along Ibasa Road, Alasia, Ijanikin, a Lagos suburb on Wednesday. The girl, an…
Experts differ on National Assembly’s increase of 2019 budget by N90b (Guardian)
The raising of the Federal Government’s 2019 budget deficit financing level by N90 billion in the just-approved fiscal spending plan by the National Assembly has drawn different reactions from some economists in Abuja. An economist and presidential candidate of the…
Echoes of struggle for better welfare as workers mark May Day (Guardian)
From Lagos to Sokoto, from Bayelsa to insurgency-ravaged Maiduguri and Damaturu, workers may lament their deteriorating conditions today as they mark the 2019 edition of May Day. The celebration of the 2019 edition of Workers Day popularly called May Day…
AfDB states benefits of special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria (Guardian)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has listed the gains of the establishment of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria, saying that they will lead the country to prosperity. President of AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, gave the assertion yesterday…
Kaduna CAN, ACF urge support for move against kidnappers, others (Guardian)
Members of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State have urged Nigerians to practically support the fight against the insecurity in the country. In their separate Easter messages, the Arewa leaders and…
Nigerian Twitter reacts to Cyril Stober’s retirement from broadcasting (Guardian)
Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to National Television Authority’s Veteran Broadcaster Cyril Stober’s retirement from broadcasting. Stober reportedly retired from NTA in 2015 and but was still working with the broadcasting station on a contract basis. When the news of…
Tinubu speaks on rumoured 2023 presidency bid (Guardian)
A former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress has panned the reports that he is backing Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila to become Nigeria’s Senate president and Speaker respectively for selfish reasons. Bola…
BBOG marks Chibok Girls fifth year anniversary in Lagos (Guardian)
The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement, a loose coalition of individuals and organisations advocating for the rescue and rehabilitation of the Chibok girls, on Sunday, April 14, marked a tragic milestone, as it celebrated the fifth year anniversary of…
Ibadan agog for ABU title fight at GOtv Boxing Night 18 (Guardian)
Boxing fans in Ibadan and its environs are gripped with excitement, as the GOtv Boxing Night 18 approaches. The show, slated to hold tomorrow at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in Ibadan, will see the city…
Cannes festival 2019: full list of films (Guardian)
All the films screening at the 72nd edition of France’s celebrated film festival Photograph: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP Cannes official selection Competition The Dead Don’t Die (dir: Jim Jarmusch) – opening film Atlantique (dir: Mati Diop) Bacarau (dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho…