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Despite ban on pregnant women, Nigerian pilgrim gives birth in Saudi Arabia

Despite the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria’s (NAHCON’s) warning against allowing pregnant women to participate in this year’s hajj, Saudi Arabian

4 killed in Bayelsa auto crash

Four people have been killed in an accident involving a Toyota Sienna and a tricycle in Famgbe II community along the Yenagoa-Oporoma road, Bayelsa St

Tinubu mourns as Malawi VP dies in plane crash

The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi’s vice president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Saulos Chilima and nine o

Democracy Day: I’ll send bill on minimum wage to National Assembly soon – Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that his administration will soon send an executive bill to the National Assembly to enshrine what has been agree

27 children get Olu of Warri’s scholarship

Twenty-seven children from riverine communities in Warri Kingdom in Delta State have benefitted from the Royal Iwere Foundation (RIF) Scholarship, an