The final burial rites of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, was performed on Friday, but his wives, children and family members were unable to pay their last respects as they were barred from the programme.…
Nigeria’s Senate formed an ad-hoc committee yesterday to probe the administrations of former presidents Goodluck Jonathan, Umaru Yar’adua and Olusegun Obasanjo. The 13-member committee will investigate their management of funds dispensed to Nigeria’s power sector. Nigeria has the largest economy…
Five years after a Nigerian, Jacob kunle Ajomale, was purportedly embedded with a GPS chip compellingly through his anus by the United States’ Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) officers, the Federal Government, on Thursday, guaranteed that it would open an…
In a bid to promote local action for global sustainability and support cities to become sustainable, resilient, resource-efficient, biodiverse and low carbon with the ultimate aim of achieving healthy and happy communities, ICLEI and partners have released a teaser video inviting cities…
AAI plans to host its Second Annual State of Education in Africa conference on September 2, 2015 at the InterContinental Hotel Lagos in Lagos, Nigeria. The education conference will evaluate and measure the progress of primary, secondary, tertiary, technical and…
According to information gathered online, Chad’s President Idriss Deby declared today that efforts to combat Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists had succeeded and that the terrorist group has been decapitated. Addressing reporters in the capital N’Djamena on the 55th anniversary…
Do you remember the common saying: Birds of a feather flock together, or No man is an island? These sayings have something worthwhile to engrave in our minds. That is why you see drunkards always attracting people of like-minds. You…
The Nigeria Football Federation will tomorrow honour late Super Eagles midfielder, Samuel Okwaraji by displaying his portrait round the eight venues of the Federation Cup quarter-finals in Enugu, Benin City, Neros Stadium, Oleh, Lokoja, Abuja, Ilorin and Makurdi. President of NFF,…
A fundamental gap between government policies on agriculture and their implementation continue to frustrate their success. This gap affects many areas of agricultural life including access to information, credit, markets, land and security. There is a malfunction in responsive agricultural…
In a recent meeting with NewTelegraph, Nollywood performing artist Omotola Jalade unveils reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari ought to cancel the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). As indicated by the information from the meeting, the Nollywood TV superstar said that…
