Few months after the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Fiston Mwanza Mujila won the 2015 edition of the pan African Prize, Etisalat prize for literature with his first novel, Tram 83, entries have been called for participation in this year’s edition. Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher, who made this disclosure on Wednesday at a […]
More than 100 items belonging to the late American music star, Whitney Houston, are up for grab, more than four years after her death. Her estate, according to media report is putting the items of the late superstar on the auction block. The items includes Houston awards, international passport, script from waiting to exhale and […]
The Federal Government has said that there will be no going back on the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariff, adding that a reversal will cost over N575 billion. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made the statement in Abuja on Tuesday when he briefed the Senate Committees on Labour […]
Shell launches a major public service campaign in Nigeria on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, as part of a global effort to encourage debate on how a rapidly expanding world population can meet its energy needs. Using traditional and social media advertising and other targeted activities, the 2016 campaign, christened #makethefuture, follows from the ‘Let’s […]
Roland Collins, popularly known as Troy Ave was on Monday charged with attempted murder in connection with the Irving Plaza shooting that killed his bodyguard and wounded two others. New York Post reported that the Crown Heights rapper was ordered held without bail at Manhattan Criminal Court for the shooting at a rap concert last […]
The Nigerian Army on Monday night announced the imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew on Pandogari, Rafi LGA of Niger State, following a religious crisis that started with the killing of an Igbo trader by a Muslim mob on Sunday night. The victim, Mr, Methodus Chimaije Emmanuel, a 24-year-old trader based in Pandogari, “was […]
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has demanded a comprehensive investigation into allegations of looted pension funds to the tune of N200 billion by several individuals and organisations. In a petition addressed to the office of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and supported with documents, the chairman of […]
Contrary to expectations, President Buhari on Sunday morning failed to name treasury looters he was recently reported to have promised – a promise that was not denied. Below is the text of his Democracy Day Speech, which analysts have criticized for being full of plans and intentions and betraying a lack of a sense of […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has rejected a call to move or postpone this summer’s Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak. It said this would “not significantly alter” the spread of the virus, which is linked to serious birth defects. In an open letter to the WHO, more than 100 leading scientists had […]
Lawyers for Mexican drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have reportedly filed a legal challenge against a decision by the foreign ministry to approve his extradition to the United States. Quoting El Universal, a Mexican newspaper, Reuters report that a judge granted the Mexican drug lord “provisional suspension”, meaning that the foreign ministry has 48 […]