Britain has finally left the EU, ushering in a healing process to bring the country back together after Brexit. The UK is waking up to its first full day as a non-EU member in 47 years after formally leaving the bloc at 11pm. Nearly four years after voters decided by 52% to 48% to quit, politicians from all sides called on ...

The Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners International, has denied media reports that Bishop David Oyedepo was denied an entry visa into the United States. It will be recalled some online and mainstream media had claimed that Oyedepo was denied a visa into the US and alleged that he caused a scene at the embassy. But in a statement ...

Thousands of motorcycle riders working for Gokada and Max, on Friday, protested at the Lagos State House of Assembly, The PUNCH reports. The riders, who carried placards with different inscriptions, demanded the suspension of the planned ban on motorcycle and tricycle riders in 15 local council areas of the state. The riders lamented that the ban would not only take their means ...

Dozens of Brits fleeing coronavirus-struck China are headed home on a rescue flight – and face a fortnight in quarantine when they arrive. A total of 110 passengers – 83 Brits and 27 foreign nationals – are flying from the disease’s epicentre city Wuhan and due to arrive this afternoon. They leave behind a country that has seen more the ...

The police in Katsina State have arrested a middle-aged man, identified simply as Samaila, for allegedly chaining and torturing his two wives, Fatima Salisu and Hadiza Musa, in his home for 10 months. Fatima hails from the Markemagaji Gari village, while Hadiza is from the Kalyarubandaba village, both in Katsina State. The two women, aged 20 years each, have no ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which is currently recruiting, has said only unmarried persons can apply to work in the agency. The decision has, however, been criticised by the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress. In a document, which went viral, titled, ‘Recruitment of Detective Assistants, Detective Inspectors and Detective Superintendents, which is dated ...

Nigerian men’s club preferences tend to dominate in the family home. Shutterstock Oludayo Tade, University of Ibadan There are about 100 million active soccer fans in Nigeria and the majority actively follow Europe’s UEFA Champions League and the UK’s Premier League. Domestic leagues in Nigeria have produced star players like Segun Odegbami and Rashidi Yekini. But globalisation and packaging of ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and other members of the National Security Council on Thursday met 24 hours after Senators and members of the House of Representatives called for the sacking of service chiefs. The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.), who briefed journalists on behalf of the council after the meeting at the Presidential Villa, ...

The Spiritual Adviser to President Donald Trump of United States, Pastor Paula White, has caused some stir within the US public sphere with her new firebrand prayers, linked to the Founder and General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles, Dr Daniel Kolawole Olukoya. White was said to be freely dishing out her new firebrand prayers as campaigns for the ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Onyiyechi Chukwudinka, aged 30, of Mbanagu Otolo Nnewi, Nnewi-North local government area of Anambra state, was a beneficiary of the rapid response activities of the Federal Road Safety Commission on Tuesday, 28th January, 2020, when she was involved in an accident at the Traffic Light axis of the area just before the local government secretariat. Chukwudinka who ...