Archaeologists and geneticists have uncovered a remarkable discovery in southern England that is reshaping perceptions of the country’s early medieval past. Ancient DNA analysis has revealed that two individuals buried in the 7th century AD carried significant West African ancestry, with clear genetic links to the Yoruba and other West African groups. The remains were […]
Tension broke out on Saturday in Iguobazuwa, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, after voters descended on a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent, accusing him of withholding their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) during the National Assembly by-election. The incident occurred at Ozolua Model Primary School, Iguobazuwa East Ward, one of the […]
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has urged the Federal Government to urgently implement the long-awaited National Prescription Policy (NPP), warning that prolonged delays risk plunging Nigeria’s drug regulation system into disorder. In a strongly worded letter dated August 8, 2025, and addressed to the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, […]
American-Jamaican singer Sean Kingston has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison after being convicted for his role in a sprawling $1 million fraud scheme that targeted luxury retailers across the United States. The ruling was handed down on Friday, August 15, 2025, by a federal court in the Southern District […]
The Federal Government has condemned a Canadian court ruling that classified Nigeria’s two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as organisations linked to terrorism. In a judgment delivered on June 17, 2025, Justice Phuong Ngo of the Federal Court of Canada upheld a decision by the country’s […]
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has called for urgent psychological counselling for parents who openly defended a Rivers State pastor arrested over child abuse in the guise of a “spiritual cleansing” ritual. Pastor Ifediorah Joseph, 41, of the Our Lord Victory Covenant Mission Church in Eneka, Port Harcourt, was […]
A British Airways flight from Abuja to London was disrupted on Friday, August 15, 2025, after a faulty aircraft door forced the airline to offload 58 passengers, sparking widespread concern but underscoring the priority placed on safety in air travel. The incident occurred during pre-flight checks on Flight BA052, scheduled to depart from the Nnamdi […]
Security agencies in Kaduna have arrested a suspected vote-buyer said to be working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency by-election held on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The suspect, identified as Shehu Aliyu Patangi, was apprehended in the early hours of Saturday around 3:30 am at a hotel along Turunku Road […]
Nigerian climate advocate Taiwo Ogunwumi, founder of the Geohazards Risk Mapping Initiative (GRMI), has been selected as one of 40 young African leaders for the 2025 Africa Youth Capacity Enhancement Programme on Climate Mobility, organised by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Ogunwumi was chosen from a pool of more than 2,000 applicants across the […]
Femi Dexter Akin-Alamu, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) flagbearer in the Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election, has raised concerns over alleged inducement of voters during Saturday’s poll. Speaking after casting his ballot at Polling Unit 38, Ward 11, located within the University of Ibadan, Akin-Alamu revealed he had received credible information indicating that citizens […]
