Musician and photographer, TY Bello, has embarked on
100 portraits of African women to mark International Women’s Day.
The 41-year-old launched her “#100PortraitsByTYBello”
campaign on Instagram on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo who clocked 62 on Friday.
In a statement signed by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on...
One person has been confirmed dead after soldiers, on Thursday
evening, invaded the Palace of the Paramount Ruler of Okochiri Kingdom of
Okrika local government area...
Senator
Godswill Akpabio has withdrawn a suit he filed at the FCT High Court
challenging his defeat to Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr
Akpabio’s...
The Lagos State High Court has sentenced Lekan Shonde
to death by hanging for killing his wife, Ronke.
Justice Josephine Oyefeso delivered the judgemnet on Friday.
According...
Former chairman of National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, has taken on the governor of Imo State, Rochas
Okorocha, on developmental projects in the state.
In...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit
seeking to disqualify Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State from participating
in the 2019 governorship elections.
The...
A Nigerian man, Olukayode Lawal, has been sentenced to
time served for tricking school districts into sending him the personal
information of workers that he then...
Masked gunmen
have kidnapped Hauwa Yusuf, mother-in-law to Katsina state governor, Aminu
Masari, at her Dandume crescent residence in Katsina.
The 80-year-old
woman is the mother of Binta...
Three
Nigerian female authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Akwaeke Emezi and Diana Evans,
have been nominated for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
The award
was previously known as the...