Yoruba Congress For Kumasi in 2017

An All-Yoruba Congress has been scheduled to be held in Kumasi between 9^th and 11^th March 2017, organisers have announced during a press conference held at the Accra International Press Centre yesterday.
The media programme simultaneously kicked off activities prior to the main event next year.
In his address

Rawlings Rejects $20,000 Gold Award?

Reports in Ghana reveal that former President Jerry John Rawlings has declined the offer to join the league of recipients for this year’s national honours.
The event, scheduled for the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday, will see awardees going home with gold medals valued at $20,000 each.
Tsatsu Tsikata, former

EFCC Assures Pro-Patience Jonathan Protesters Of Fairness And Prompt Response

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has assured the public and a group of protesters of its fairness and readiness to attend to all issues referred to it without any delay.
This was disclosed in a press release issued by the commission’s head of media and publicity, Wilson Ujuwaren in Abuja.

Former Belgium boss Leekens named Algeria coach to face Nigeria on Nov. 12

Former Belgium boss Georges Leekens was named Algeria coach on Thursday, two days after losing his job at Belgian club Lokeren.
The Algerian Football Federation said that Leekens, 67, had been chosen to replace Serbian Milovan Rajevac, who was sacked following Algeria's home draw

Watford's Isaac Success ruled out of Hull City game

Walter Mazzarri has revealed that Isaac Success will play no part when Watford face Hull City in Saturday’s English Premier League encounter.
The Nigerian suffered an injury in the Hornets’ 1-0 win against Middlesbrough two weeks ago – which ruled him out of their 0-0 draw against Swansea.
The Italian tactician during his pre-match briefing lamented the absence

Zidane: Ronaldo has set the bar so high

As he faced the press to talk about the upcoming game against Alaves, Zinedine Zidane was clear as to why there was a perceived problem with Cristiano Ronaldo so far this season; that the Portuguese has set the bar so high in the first place.

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: I'm keeping the ring! Busty Mariah Carey shows 'jealous' billionaire fiancé James Packer what he's missing as she steps out wearing very revealing outfit and her £8m sparkler

She is alleged to have split from her billionaire fiancé James Packer following a dramatic fight in September. But Mariah Carey was still wearing her engagement ring when she stepped out for dinner at celebrity hotspot Nobu in Malibu on Thursday evening,

Three killed as bus collides with shuttle in Kenya

At least three people were killed on Friday after a bus ferrying pupils from western Kenya to Nairobi collided with a shuttle at Sachangwan on the Eldoret-Nakuru highway.

The Nation.co.ke team at the scene said among the dead are the driver of the matatu belonging to Prestige Shuttle, a woman and her baby.

Oyo pupils set classrooms ablaze over failure

There was breach of the peace at the Isale-Oyo Community High School, Oyo town, after some pupils of the college reportedly set ablaze some classrooms over mass failure in their examination.

It was learnt that the aggrieved pupils stormed

Buhari congratulates Afe Babalola at 85

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated senior lawyer, educationist and philanthropist, Afe Babalola, as he turns 85 on October 30, 2016.
President Buhari joined members of Aare Babalola’s family, close associates, professional colleagues and the academia in celebrating Mr. Babalola’s achievements.
“The president reaffirms that the legal luminary’s lifestyle exemplifies discipline, diligence, honesty and wisdom,

Actress Tamara Eteimo Wins African Culture Image Award In US

Nollywood actress Tamara Eteimo is celebrating a big achievement in her career. The actress recently won the 2016 African Culture Image Award in the USA as the Best Supporting Actress. She clinched this award for her role in the movie ‘Fallen’produced by Uduak Isong Oguamanam.
The actress who was excited about her win,

"First ladies, we rock." - Hillary Clinton twitted

Today, Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama brought more than 11,000 people to Winston-Salem, North Carolina for their first-ever joint rally.
As the two pointed out, this election has become more than just a difference

This is Horrible!Yesterday, 232 people have been executed by Islamic State

Report emerged that 232 people have been executed by the Islamic State fighters near Mosul in Iraq on Thursday, Al Jazeera quoted a spokeswoman as saying

The 92-year-old with NINETY-SEVEN wives: Nigerian says Allah 'helps him keep control of them all'... but warns other men: 'I don't recommend having more than two'

But Mr Bello sees his matrimonial crusade as 'divine', and instead of heeding the ruling, opted instead to add to his nuptial tally.

 I am still going to marry more. I will keep marrying them for as long I am alive. If it was up to me, I would have married maybe two wives, but what I am doing is divine Mohammed Bello Abubakar

He has now tied the knot 107 times - although 10 of his marriages ended in divorce. Rumours of his death circulated in his homeland last week,

‘Every time he wanted to have sex I refused, and then he would rape me and beat me up’: Boko Haram escapee reveals the horrors of life with a terrorist group

Aminata*, 17, was taken by the Islamic group from her hometown Borno State in Nigeria two years ago and married off to an insurgent.

She had no choice but to live with the group who made her 'witness terrible things.'

I came in contact with Boko Haram insurgents in my hometown in Borno State, north-eastern Nigeria. 

They saw me at

my uncle’s house during their first attack on our town. I have lived

Cocaine-crazed Brit banker, 31, who killed two Hong Kong women, tortured one for THREE days with pliers and sex toys before forcing her to lick a toilet bowl as he sawed through her neck

A British banker accused of killing two Indonesian sex workers tortured one for three days with pliers and sex toys before forcing her to lick the toilet, a court heard. Rurik Jutting, 31, was high on cocaine when he filmed himself slitting the women's throats in a 'horrifying' attack in his luxury Hong Kong flat in 2014, prosecutors said. The Cambridge University graduate today pleaded

Patient collapses and dies after four-hour wait on queue

A patient has collapsed and died after waiting on the queue to be treated for over four hours.

Witnesses told said David Wekesa Kibui arrived at the hospital shortly after 8am in the company of his wife Emily and proceeded straight to a queue as they waited to be attended to.

But four hours later, witnesses say, he had not been attended to.

According to his wife,

US embassy in Nairobi to remain closed on Friday

The United States embassy in Gigiri, Nairobi, including its consular section, will remain closed today following the shooting death of a man near the gate on Thursday.

According to a statement posted on the embassy's website, the consular will resume business on October 31.

However, emergency services for US citizens will be available, the embassy said.

A man was shot dead outside the embassy after he stabbed a General Service Unit (GSU) officer with a knife.

A statement released by the embassy confirmed the shooting, adding that “no Embassy personnel were involved”.

The suspect was trying to forcibly gain entry into the embassy when he was blocked by the Kenyan officer at the gate.

The attacker stabbed the GSU officer in the head and right hand before the officer gunned him down.

Probe Jonathan now! - Some Nigerians in diaspora

·         In the face of overwhelming evidence, most of us can't understand why GEJ is still walking free. About time he's invited to clear the air

In pictures, • Vice President Osibajo SAN meets with US based Nigerian Cancer Specialist in Boston, USA on 27th Oct 2016