FORMER President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen by doctors last week after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule were found. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the…
THE Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) has conferred the prestigious “Most Outstanding Friend of Ibadan” (MOFI) award on Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri. The ceremony took place at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in Ibadan, Oyo State, as…
CONTROVERSIAL Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso was deported from South Africa on Sunday, just days after prosecutors announced plans to appeal his recent acquittal on multiple charges of rape and human trafficking. The decision to remove him from the country comes after…
A GHANAIAN university student has claimed top honours at the Ghana division final of the prestigious Chinese Bridge language competition, earning the right to represent the country at the international stage. The national final, held on Friday in Cape Coast, was hosted…
KENYAN politician and former justice minister Martha Karua has said she was expelled from Tanzania on Sunday, where she had travelled to observe the treason trial of a high-profile opposition leader. The incident has sparked criticism of growing political repression in East…
THE National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Ogun Command, says it has sensitised 21, 792 pupils on human trafficking and its menace in the state within two months. The Commander, NAPTIP Ogun , Mrs Abosede Jimoh,…
EMERGENCY responders have rescued three persons from a two-storey building that collapsed on Sunday afternoon at Mushin area of Lagos State. The Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos Territorial Office, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to the News…
THE Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has revealed that plans are underway to establish electric vehicle factories and other manufacturing ventures in Nigeria. Dunhai disclosed this to the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Dele Alake at a recent…
THERE is a Yoruba proverb thus: “You cannot shave a man’s head in his absence”. Literally it means, you cannot make a decision that affects someone without their knowledge or consent. The person whose life is affected by the decision…
IT isn’t the very day a wayward child gleefully crashed the sacred earthen pot that he is served deterrence. That is why it has taken some time to glimpse at the irresponsibility and daring of a characterless middle age man,…
