Opinion
The Wife-Beater From Kenya
07 May 2024 in OpinionIt is always very embarrassing to read stories of Nigerians…
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POLITICS
Otti Vows To Publish Details Of N10bn Airport Funds Ex-Gov. Ikpeazu Diverted Into 32 Different Accounts
13 May 2024 in PoliticsGovernor of Abia State, Alex Otti, says he will soon make public the forensic audit report which indicted the administration…
Ohanaeze President Iwuanyanwu alleges death threat, reveals those responsible
09 May 2024 in PoliticsThe President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has alleged threat to his life and an attempt to burn…
SPOTTED: Bayo Onanuga Deletes Tweet Claiming Tinubu Got $600m Investment Pledge From Maersk
02 May 2024 in PoliticsBayo Onanuga, the special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has deleted a tweet claiming that…
Yahaya Bello Declared Wanted, Dino Melaye Makes Mockery + Oyakhilome Vaccine Conspiracy – Trending With Ojy Okpe
25 April 2024 in Politicst’s Trending with Ojy Okpe Africa’s premier channel Arise News announced its expansion into South Africa on Thursday and nine…
EFCC reacts to allegation of disobeying court order concerning Yahaya Bello
24 April 2024 in PoliticsFormer Governor Yahaya Bello. EFCC responds to widespread criticism that its bid to arrest former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello…
TOP NEWS
2024 UTME: Father Arrested For Allegedly Writing Exam For Son
13 May 2024 in NewsmakersThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed that a father and his son, were arrested for their alleged involvement…
Drug Abuse: Delta first dady, NDLEA call for emergency action
13 May 2024 in NewsmakersThe wife of the Delta State Governor, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori, has called on relevant stakeholders to put in concerted efforts…
IBB is alive – Associate debunks death rumour of former military Head of State Babangida
13 May 2024 in NewsmakersAssociates of former Military Head of State Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, debunked rumours of his death on Sunday. Alhaji Mahmud…
Police Declare UK-Based Socialite And Blogger, Adeyinka Wanted For Murder, Cyber-Stalking
12 May 2024 in NewsmakersThe police further described Adeyinka as a married female Yoruba blogger from Ekiti State and Ibadan, Oyo State capital.…
Police Locked Me Up With Confessed Murderers, FIJ’s Daniel Ojukwu Reveals
12 May 2024 in NewsmakersDaniel Ojukwu, the FIJ reporter who was recently abducted by the police, has said he was made to share a…
WORLD
Women battle when trying to take climate change cases to court – South Africa and Nigeria study shows why
13 May 2024 in World NewsCommunity based environmental groups sued the South African…
Porn Star Testifies Against Trump At Hush Money Trial
10 May 2024 in USA & CANADAThe porn star at the heart of Donald Trump’s historic…
Russia launches missile, drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid
09 May 2024 in World NewsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has launched a massive…
How the nursing shortage is affecting the health-care system, patients and nurses themselves
08 May 2024 in USA & CANADAIn honour of National Nursing Week May 6-12, consider asking…
Walking in African cities can be a miserable experience: Accra study shows planners ignore needs of pedestrians
08 May 2024 in World NewsAfrican cities aren’t welcoming places for pedestrians. Yet walking is…
US President Joe Biden signs bill to ban TikTok
25 April 2024 in USA & CANADAThe President of the United States, Joe Biden, has signed…
BUSINESS
Cassava: The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop
13 May 2024 in EnergyA grower shows off his lush cassava garden. Stephen Wooding, CC BY-ND Stephen Wooding, University of California, Merced The three…
Hemp is more sustainable than timber – here’s how it could transform low-carbon construction
13 May 2024 in Economylunamarina/Shutterstock Bernardino D'Amico, Edinburgh Napier University Hemp could become a key tool in the fight against climate change. Like timber,…
Corps Member Abducted, Forced to Withdraw N600,000 by Kwara State Police Officers
12 May 2024 in EconomyA National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member has detailed how police officers in Kwara State arrested him without stating his…
Cement is a big carbon emitter and quality is costly: a civil engineer explains
12 May 2024 in EconomyEvery year the world uses 4 billion tonnes of cement to make the concrete that goes into buildings and other…
How Gbajabiamila attempted to corner $30bn, 66 property Special Investigator traced to Sabiu
09 May 2024 in EconomyDetails emerged at the weekend about how President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila and…
TECHNOLOGY
Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of
13 May 2024 in TechnologyAlgorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the…
76% of Africa’s energy could come from renewable sources by 2040: here’s how
13 May 2024 in TechnologyOver half of Africa’s people – about 600 million – lack access to even the bare minimum of electricity. The…
AI is now accessible to everyone: 3 things parents should teach their kids
13 May 2024 in TechnologyAndrea Piacquadio/Pexels, CC BY-SA Kathy Mills, Australian Catholic University and Christian Moro, Bond University It is almost a year since…
African sci-fi: body hopping, artificial wombs and angry ghosts in a future Botswana
12 May 2024 in TechnologyTlotlo Tsamaase has already proved her talent for African science fiction. Her masterly short stories, one previously shortlisted for the…
Did a Man from Zimbabwe Invent an Electric Car That Requires No Charging?
26 April 2024 in TechnologyThe Internet is full of dubious claims regarding a genius Zimbabwean inventor, but nobody has ever actually seen his technology…
HEALTH
Six Out Of 10 Living With HIV In Nigerian Are Females
13 May 2024 in HealthSix of 10 persons living with HIV in the country are females, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS…
Female genital mutilation is on the rise in Africa: disturbing new trends are driving up the numbers
12 May 2024 in HealthThirteen-year-old Salamatu Jalloh had her whole future to look forward to. But in January 2023, her lifeless body was found…
Bondi attacker had ‘mental health issues’ but most people with mental illness aren’t violent
08 May 2024 in HealthJames Ogloff, Swinburne University of Technology The man who killed six people and injured countless others at a Bondi shopping…
Waste pickers play a key role in the fight against plastic pollution – insights from South Africa into how their voices can be heard
03 May 2024 in HealthOur addiction to plastics is trashing the planet, exacerbating global heating and threatening our very survival. Since 2022, the UN…
The Thing Inside Your Belly: A Woman’s 4-Year ‘Pregnancy’ Exposes a Crime Ring in Eastern Nigeria
03 May 2024 in HealthThe thing inside your belly, which you have carried for four years, is not a baby. All some women…
SPORTS
I Was Against My Son Playing Chess – Record-Breaker, Tunde Onakoya’s Dad
25 April 2024 in SportsHe admitted that when Tunde was a child, he used…
Former Paralympian, Oscar Pistorius is pictured for the first time as a free man since his release from jail for killing his girlfriend (photos)
25 April 2024 in SportsOscar Pistorius has been seen for the first time since…
“How I Went From Millionaire To Zeronaire” – Bash Ali Bemoans At 68
29 February 2024 in SportsBashiru Lawrence Ali, aka Bash Ali, a former World Boxing…
African football won the 34th Afcon, with Côte d'Ivoire a close second
22 February 2024 in SportsThe 34th Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) came to an…
Moment footballer is struck by lightning and killed in the middle of a match (video)
13 February 2024 in SportsA footballer has been killed after…
ENTERTAINMENT
How Ban On Naira Spraying Affects Our Business – Event Planners
12 May 2024 in EntertainmentThey lamented that the ban had killed the fun and glamour at social functions, thereby affecting their trade…
Yinka Quadri Reveals Why He Ended Beef And Reconciled With Best Friend Ogogo
10 May 2024 in EntertainmentThere was speculation that Yinka Quadri’s absence from Ogogo’s daughter Shaki’s wedding and naming ceremony was due to their…
Content Creator Buried Alive Finally Completes Challenge, Dug Out Alive (Video)
10 May 2024 in EntertainmentThe Tiktoker had a mini electric fan to help him get some air while trapped in the ground. …
My Husband Gave Me The Idea For ‘Men Are Crazy’ – Singer, Simi Says
09 May 2024 in EntertainmentAppearing on Angela Yee’s podcast, ‘Way Up,’ Simi stated that her husband, singer Adekunle Gold, gave her the idea for…
Popular 'The New Masquerade Actress', Ovularia, Dies At 81
08 May 2024 in EntertainmentMadam Elizabeth Evoeme A family member told Vanguard that she died in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, surrounded by…
RELIGION
Sad how churches spring up just for money – Yola Catholic Bishop
12 May 2024 in ReligionThe Catholic Bishop of Yola, Stephen Mamza, has taken a swipe at mushroom churches springing up with no apparent spiritual…
Happy Mother’s Day To All Mothers
12 May 2024 in ReligionHappy Mother's Day & Women Convention Greetings 2024 - To Good Women Bethel Canada Zone I want to congratulate all…
The Acronym of G.R.O.W by Pastor Amos Dada PhD, P.Eng
12 May 2024 in Religion“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now…
Gun Fails To Discharge As Man Shoots At Pastor During Church Service
09 May 2024 in ReligionThe 26-year-old man identified as Bernard J. Polite wanted to gun down the pastor, saying, “God told me…
Re-engineering My Home by Pastor Amos Dada PhD; P.Eng
04 May 2024 in ReligionWelcome to this month, my month of re-engineering my home. What is engineering? Engineering (from Latin ingenium, meaning "cleverness"…
CULTURE
Nigerian Monarch, Oba Of Benin Suspends Six Officials For Impersonation While Meeting Ooni Of Ife
01 May 2024 in CultureThe suspension of the palace officials was contained in a statement issued by the Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam…
Updated U.S. law still leaves Indigenous communities in Canada out of repatriations from museums
17 April 2024 in CultureA new amendment to the United States’ Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) came into effect in January…
Traditional versus contemporary medicine: mental illness in Zimbabwe
08 April 2024 in CultureTraditional medicine should be recognised in the treatment of mental disorders. Shutterstock Lazarus Kajawu, University of Zimbabwe In many parts…
Zulu culture and sexual orientation: South African study reveals the health costs of stigma
08 April 2024 in CultureThe feet of a traditional healer performing a traditional dance in eThekwini, South Africa. Getty Images …
BREAKING: Olubadan Buried As Deputy Governor, Others Pay Tribute
16 March 2024 in CultureThe state deputy governor, Bayo Lawal, led other government functionaries to the family burial ground at Aliiwo in the…