Saudi Arabia sets to reopen cinemas after 35-year ban
The first movie theatre in Saudi Arabia can open in March, the Ministry of Culture and Information said Monday, lifting…
200,000 bats overrun Australian town, hold resident hostage
RESIDENTS in a small town in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland said they have been “held hostage,” by 200,000…
“How I escaped death”
A 200-level female student of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Dorcas Oluwatimilehin Olanrewaju, has recounted her ordeal at the…
Benue: Headache of a bloated wage bill
FOR decades Benue State has struggled to cut down on its huge wage bill without success even as more people…
Xmas: Is it going to be merry or gloomy?
IT is two weeks to Christmas but the hustle and bustle often experienced during the season is absent around the…
Libya was like horror film, we were raped, others killed —Edo returnees
About 70 per cent of the total population of Nigerians who returned from Libya were from Edo State. Benin City,…
Ritual killers scare: Residents move on, revive nightlife
IT has been months since shocking discoveries of underground spots used by suspected kidnappers/ritualists were made at the Lagos City’s…
Israel on high alert as Palestinian unrest expected in Jerusalem, West Bank ―Reports
ISRAEL security forces are on high alert as thousands of Palestinians are expected to take part in a protest on Friday…
Millions misspent in Nelson Mandela’s funeral ―SA corruption watchdog
SOUTH Africa's corruption watchdog has found officials misused millions of dollars during Nelson Mandela's funeral four years ago. According to…
Ukraine detains Georgia’s ex-president Saakashvili on roof
FORMER Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has challenged the authority of the current President of Ukraine, was detained on the…
Ugandan gov’t appeals to nurses, midwives to call off planned strike
UGANDA'S Ministry of Health on Monday appealed to nurses and midwives to call off their planned strike scheduled to start…
The big posers over recovered loot
Speaking with a cross section of Nigerians, JUDE OSSAI, BOLA BADMUS, HAKEEM GBADAMOSI and TADE MAKINDE report that most of…
When society honoured a village boy
AS the crowd thinned out of the venue at about midnight, it was silently agreed by all that that was…
Zimbabwe’s special people with two toes
Zimbabwe as a country has been in the news of recent where erstwhile president, Robert Mugabe, who was in government…
Day Nigerian won global award, wooed investors
AT a time that the image of Nigeria has begun to be seen in more positive lights across the world,…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa gives key cabinet jobs to military figures
ZIMBABWE'S new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named his cabinet, appointing senior military figures to high-profile positions. Critics have said that…
Slavery, security on agenda as Merkel and Macron meet African leaders
LEADERS are gathering in Ivory Coast for an African Union-European Union summit intended to boost relations between the continents at…
Data Revolution: How Globacom leads the pack in the mobile internet market
Recently, Globacom launched a new data pricing and bonus regimes called the Data Revolution. The purpose is to give subscribers…
‘Lagos among notorious human trafficking centres’
News of sale of Nigerians into slavery in Libya has continued to generate shock and indignation across the country. Spokesman…
‘They tortured me for two years and made me call my parents to ask for money’
Humanitarian news agency, IRIN, in this special report, says the consequences of Italian and European migration policies for migrants and…
