Anuoluwa Ogunyinka

Members of the United Nations Security Council’s delegation, on Monday met Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has promised to return soon from his medical vacation in London. He revealed this on Sunday through a phone call to the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The president was said to have told the governor that he was still observing his rest and was eager to return to office and

The greenback on Monday crashed against the Naira, as the Nigerian currency gained 5 points at the parallel market against the Dollar. The Naira traded at N460 to a dollar, after speculators had forced it 3 points down amid liquidity boost on Friday. However, the Naira weakened against the Pound Sterling but maintained its Euro

Nigerians have been warned against all, but essential travel to the United States over lack of clarity on new immigration rules. A special adviser to the president on foreign affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement on Monday, said that Nigerians “without any compelling or essential reasons” should consider delaying. “In the last few weeks, the

Adele has confirmed her marriage to longtime partner Simon Konecki. She disclosed this to her concert goers in Brisbane, Australia. “That feeling when you first fall for someone is the best feeling on earth,” the songstress said onstage over the weekend before performing her 2011 hit single “Somebody Like You.” “And I am addicted to

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu of has described his victory at the recently concluded election and his emergence as governor of the state “a miracle”. This was disclosed by the governor at a thanksgiving service held in his honour at the All Saints Church, Jericho, Ibadan, on Sunday. Akeredolu, the APC candidate, defeated Mr Eyitayo

Director of the emergency division at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dominique Burgeon, said latest studies revealed 102 million people faced acute malnutrition – meaning they were on the brink of starvation – in 2016, up almost 30 per cent from 80 million in 2015. The hike was mainly driven by deepening

Chimamanda Ngozi- Adichie, an award winning Nigerian Author has been appointed into the American Academy of Arts and Letters as a foreign honorary member. A press release by the Academy on http://artsandletters.org stated that the honorary members would be inducted at the annual induction in May. This induction would make Chimamanda the second Nigerian to be inducted

Amid xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, protesters under the aegis of the Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre on Friday, disrupted business activities at the MTN headquarters at Falomo, Lagos. It was gathered that business activities were stalled for over three hours at the telecommunications company’s premises. The protesters expressed their grievances with