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Yemen’s Houthi rebels battling Saudi-led military coalition claim responsibility for drone attack on airport in southern Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s Houthi movement has in the past launched drones at Abha International Airport located in southern Saudi Arabia [File: Amr Nabil/AP Photo] A Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthi rebels has said the …

A Nigerian businessman based in Europe, Uchenna is seeking for a life partner who knows how to cook.   Uchenna, who shared this on a popular Facebook group on Tuesday February 9, said that he is not looking for a pretty girl but a woman who can cook because he loves …

Former Presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has waded into the cryptocurrency controversy which was triggered by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s letter in which financial institutions were asked to close accounts “dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency”. Garba Adamu in his tweet alleged that many people have lost money through cryptocurrencies which he …

The Biden administration on Friday, Feb 5, said the U.S. would support Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, hours after South Korea’s trade minister stepped out of the race. The Biden administration’s decision is the last hurdle standing in the way of Ms. Okonjo-Iweala assuming the …

President Buhari’s son-in-law, Ahmed Indimi, took the COVID19 vaccine in the United Arab Emirates four days ago and shared the photos on his Instagram page.   A Nigerian lady however took to the comment section to query him for taking the vaccine in Dubai. The IG user wrote ”You guys …

LAPD officials swarmed Marilyn Manson’s Hollywood Hills home on  Wednesday night over concerns for his safety after 11 women including his ex-girlfriend, actress Evan Rachel Wood came come forward and accused the rocker of abuse and assault. According to TMZ, four police cruisers and an LAPD helicopter were dispatched to …

•Says extremists pose threat to peaceful co-existence The venerable writer and 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on Nigerians to take extreme care before imputing any act or pronouncement as an attack on faith. He was reacting to the criticisms that have followed the Christmas …

Pope Francis has appointed the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Dr. Matthew Kukah, into the Dicastery for the Promotion of Human Integral Development. The appointment was contained in a letter signed by the Prefect of the Dicastery, His Eminence, Peter Cardinal Turkson, dated December 11, 2020. The Dicastery is a …

The ambassador-designates are retired Defense Chief Abayomi Olonisakin, former Army Chief Tukur Buratai, former Navy Chief Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas and former Air Chief Sadique Abubakar. Their nomination is subject to confirmation by the National Assembly. The former service chief’s nomination comes nine days after Buhari replaced them – having spearheaded the country’s security …

At last the Miyetti Allah group is being dressed in the borrowed robe of respectability. It was only after the governors meeting in Akure on Monday that I heard of the new acronym by which this apparent backer of terrorism is known. It is now officially the MACBAN, the Miyetti …