2019

There are indications that the Boko Haram insurgents have demanded ransom before releasing members of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) they kidnapped two weeks ago. Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram had kidnapped a…

EMERGENCE OF ENYIMBA ECONOMIC CITY; A TIMELY AND TANGIBLE INTERVENTION Nowadays, when I read about what I choose to refer to here as "the Igbo quagmire experience" across major cities especially in the western and northern parts of Nigeria…

The Presidency has said that security agencies were not giving preferential treatment to any town in their quest to deal with kidnappers. Speaking on AIT’s Kakaki, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,…

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry, has been delivered of a baby boy. The duchess had the baby on Monday at 14:45 GMT. “I’m just over the moon,” the new father, Harry, said. Punch

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is currently in labour, the British royal family has confirmed. “The Duchess of Sussex went into labour in the early hours of this morning,” the Royal Family said on Monday. “The Duke of Sussex was by…

Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane has decided to sell midfielder, Luka Modric this summer. Modric, who has drawn interest from Inter Milan, has just less than a year remaining on his Los Blancos’ contract. AS reports that Zidane is…

Unidentified gunmen have attacked the Plateau State Polytechnic Staff Quarters in Heipang, Barki Ladi Local Government Area, Platea State, abducting the sister of the institution’s Assistant Registrar, Ezekiel Rangs. The incident comes…

El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has advised Lagosians on how to defeat godfatherism in the state. El-Rufai gave the advice while responding to a question on godfatherism, at an event organised by the Bridge Club tagged: 'An Evening with…

Zenith Bank, the largest bank in Nigeria by tier-1 capital and a foremost provider of financial services to multinationals, corporates and SMES in the country, has affirmed its commitment to accord its growing retail business the same…

Abia govt defends salary crisis rocking parastatals, pensioners By Gabriel Chy Alonta The Abia state government has absolved itself of blame on the salary crisis rocking the state’s parastatals and some pensioners. An official statement…