Trainers are being investigated after a 30th horse this year died at a racetrack in Southern California. Around 25 trainers have lost horses at Santa Anita this season, which some
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By Tania Snuggs, news reporter Sir Elton John has received France’s highest civilian award, the Legion d’Honneur. Through his own charity, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, the singer
Britain is sending a minister to Iran to “raise UK and international concerns about Iran’s regional conduct”. Dr Andrew Murrison, minister of state for the Middle East, will head to
EU talks to decide who should take on the bloc’s top jobs have broken down. Theresa May attended the talks in Brussels which continued until the early hours of the
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has withdrawn and redeployed corps members posted to areas affected by banditry in Niger State. The state Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs Funmilayo Ajayi,
Kano Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Corruption Commission has invited some officials of the Kano Emirate council and others to explain why the council paid their foreign medical bills. This is
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said that no fewer than 110 women die daily in Nigeria as a result of pregnancy-related causes. The fund disclosed this on Wednesday
By Sharon Marris, news reporter China’s president is visiting North Korea for two days, saying he hopes to strengthen ties between the two nations. Xi Jinping, the first Chinese leader
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency has stated that the country’s Revolutionary Guard has shot down an American drone, a claim denied by te US military. IRNA said the drone was
A UN expert investigating the murder of Jamal Khashoggi says there is “credible evidence” suggesting Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is responsible for the killing. Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur
The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has completely aligned itself with the position of the Nigerian Christian Elders’ Forum, NCEF, over the ceaseless bloodshed that is allegedly founded on the orchestrated
By Lucia Binding, news reporter An emaciated polar bear has wandered into a Russian industrial city in Siberia – hundreds of kilometres away from its natural Arctic habitat. The visibly
Adamawa Government on Tuesday confirmed the outbreak of cholera in three local government areas of the state, with one death from the 76 cases recorded. This was contained in a
Goods worth millions of naira were on Tuesday destroyed by fire at the popular GSM Village in Cantonment, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The cause of the fire incident, which
United Nations officials have called for an independent inquiry into the death of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. The 67-year-old collapsed and died in a Cairo courtroom on Monday after
The Nigerian Air Force (NAN) says its Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI, has degraded a camp and neutralised scores of bandits in air strikes conducted at a location near
A man has been arrested after trying to smuggle 34 live finches hidden in plastic hair curlers on a flight from Guyana. Francis Gurahoo had the birds hidden in his
A fire outbreak has razed the Dutse residence of the Jigawa State Accountant-General, Alhaji Haruna Ahmed Aminu. The incident was confirmed by by the spokesman of the state command of
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba, on Monday night, imposed curfew on Jalingo following fresh outbreak of crisis in some communities in Kona and ATC areas, near Jalingo. This was contained
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has degraded another Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) hideout in the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.
