South-South governors to meet on diversification of region’s economy
The six states of the South-South geopolitical zone will be brainstorming in Asaba, Delta State to explore the export potentials to diversify the region's...
Gates Foundation gives $10m to China, Africa to fight coronavirus
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it is immediately committing $10 million in emergency funds and technical support to help frontline responders in...
135 passengers escape death in another plane accident in Iran
A Caspian Airlines plane skid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday.
But all passengers were...
Woman who stabbed husband to death in Abuja gets death sentence
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has convicted and sentenced Maryam Sanda to death by hanging for the murder of her...
How NSCDC officer killed senatorial candidate in Imo
Mr Ndubuisi Emenike the Action Alliance (AA’s) candidate in the Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019 National Assembly election, has been shot dead...
Ojukwu, Banjo planned what would have been first coup in 1964 – Gowon
What could have possibly been the first military coup in Nigeria was mulled by the late Head of State of defunct Republic of Biafra,...
80 dead, 769 new Coronavirus cases reported in China
The death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 80, China’s National Health Commission has said. There were 769 new cases confirmed on Sunday,...
Angélique Kidjo dedicates Grammy Award to Burna Boy
Beninese salsa singer, Angélique Kidjo, dedicated her Grammy award to Nigerian singer African Giant, Burna Boy.
Kidjo and Burna were nominated in the World Best...
List of winners of 62nd annual Grammy Awards
Here is a list of winners in key categories at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, which took place on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Teenage goth-pop...
Dickson gives automatic employment to 104 first class graduands
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has offered automatic employment to 104 First Class graduates of the state-owned Niger Delta University, Amassoma in Southern Ijaw...