A 17-year-old girl named Fatima has appealed to the Niger Child Right Protection Agency to dissolve her one-month-old marriage. Fatima is married to 35-year-old Salihu M, said that she was no longer in love with her husband and also wants…
6 talented Nigerians who work at Apple Nigerians are known for excellence and ground breaking feats in many areas of endeavours, including technology. Here are 6 exceptional Nigerians who work at Apple. Tope Bello With a background in urban…
Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said the National Assembly will have to amend the laws on power generation, transmission and distribution. Saraki noted the importance of this in other to replicate the feat recorded by the German Village, Feldheim,…
A civil society group, Campaign for Democracy (CD) South-East zone, has slammed the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) a 30-day ultimatum to either fix the lingering epileptic power supply in Nigeria or resign his appointment as…
Public finance-focused civic-tech organization BudgIT has announced a six-month, highly competitive Civic-Tech Media Fellowship. The fellowship which includes training on Data Journalism, Investigative reporting, Desk research and provide up-to-date knowledge on the intersection between journalism, civil society and new media…
Iran will not issue visas to Americans as long as the U. S. refuses to issue visas to Iranians, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said in Tehran on Tuesday. Tehran said it was unperturbed by the renewed ban on Iranian…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the international community to take action to avert famine in Somalia where a biting drought has left three million people going hungry. Somalia is facing its third famine in the 25 years…
Six women were arrested by the police in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for allegedly selling mint naira notes in Lagos. The women were allegedly selling the notes to people going to parties to ‘spray’ against CBN…
No fewer than 2,252 rapes cases were reported at the Mirabel Sexual Assault Referral Centre in two years and seven months. According to the Centre Manager, Juliet Olumuyiwa-Rufai, the centre recorded less than 20 convictions in all the cases. Rufai…
In spite of the financial loss suffered by some Nigerians who participated in the failed Ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM) in 2016, Twinkas, a similar scheme is making wave among many Nigerians. Investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria…
