Nigerians Among 175 World Cup Visitors Seeking Asylum in Canada
A total of 175 visitors who travelled to Canada for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have filed asylum claims, with…
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Woman Publicly Flogged for Adultery in Libya
A woman was publicly flogged on a street in Sabha, southern Libya after being convicted of “zina,” a legal and…
Burkina Faso Unveils New Military Uniforms Made from Locally Woven Burkinabè Fabric
Burkina Faso’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has unveiled new military uniforms made from locally woven Burkinabè fabric, reinforcing his government’s…
Kwankwaso’s Ranks Depleted as Tinubu Welcomes Hanga, Gaya
Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally welcomed two senior Kano politicians, Senator Rufai Hanga and Senator Kabiru…
Dozens Feared Trapped As Three-Storey Hostel Collapses
Rita Enemuru, Reporting A desperate search-and-rescue operation is under way in Anambra State this morning after a three-storey student hostel…
Flooding: ‘Don’t Be Caught Napping,’ Mulade Warns N’Delta Govs
Rita Enemuru, Reporting RENOWNED Niger Delta environmental rights activist and development advocate, Chief Mulade Sheriff, PhD, has called on governors…
Suspected Political Thugs Cart Away PVCs in Osun
SUSPECTED political thugs on Sunday, July 26, stormed a permanent voter’s card (PVC) distribution centre in Okuku, the headquarters of…
For JAMB’s Ishaq Oloyede
By Lasisi Olagunju In 1528, the sixteenth-century Italian writer Baldassare Castiglione published his classic, The Book of the Courtier (Il…
Politicians Who Sell Their Own Toes
By Lasisi Olagunju SOMEWHERE in present-day Osun State, about a hundred years ago, an oba ordered a manhunt for a…
I Will Unite Nigeria, I Know What It Takes — Peter Obi
Juliet Oladele, Reporting THE presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has dismissed claims that he would…