Mohawk, the Kenyan lion recently killed by a ranger for attacking a man has joined the growing list of African lions being killed either for sport or for straying out of their park , a place where they are kept. The lion escaped from a park in the capital city of Nairobi and attacked a […]
Nigeria’s government said it is to save about N4 billion annually from travel costs as the Efficiency Unit (E_UNIT) of the Ministry of Finance enters discussions with local and international airlines to secure travel discounts for government officials. The discussions, the ministry said in a statement, are yielding positive results. According to the statement issued […]
A Nigerian-British politician and activist, Professor Alexia Thomas has raised the alarm over what he described as underreported deaths and mass burial of Nigerian and other African immigrants in the United Kingdom. In an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, Pro¬fessor Alexia who is also the founder and chairper¬son of the Commonwealth Liberation Party in the […]
At an evening service in a church I attended last week, the lady who led the prayer session did not even bother to quote from the Bible to drive home her point; she simply referred the congregation to the Book of Olajumoke: “How many of you have heard the story of the bread seller in […]
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, has said that Nigeria has no need of setting up a new national airline as canvassed in some quarters, saying the move would amount to sheer waste of funds and efforts. He equally stressed that Nigeria needs to have a dedicated regulatory agency that would oversee the entire […]
Lagos — Foreign airlines operating in Nigeria are grumbling over their inability to repatriate proceeds from the sales of tickets in the last few months due to Foreign Exchange (FX) scarcity. It was learnt that the carriers, numbering 25, have over $100m as tickets sales proceeds stuck in the country because they could not access […]
No fewer than 16 persons were shot dead on Sunday after six gunmen stormed Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand Bassam and opened fired on tourists. Reuters reports that the dead include 14 civilians and two soldiers while the assailants were also killed. The resort is visited by both locals and foreigners. The Ivory Coast […]
A United Kingdom returnee and his younger brother were the victims of an accident on the Otedola Bridge, Toll gate area of Lagos State. While the UK returnee, whose identity had not been ascertained, was seriously injured; his brother, Oluwole Giwa, 35, who had come to welcome him home, died. The accident occurred after a […]
The Petroleum Tankers' Drivers (PTD), Road Transport Employers of Nigeria (RTEAN), Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)have thrown their weight behind the implementation of the speed limiter installation for vehicles in Nigeria. The group said the device, when installed, would lower the high rate of […]
Pope Francis greeted a group of activists from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, who are campaigning for secession from Nigeria, after they gathered at the Vatican on Sunday. IPOB is led by Nnamdi Kanu, a U.K.-Nigerian dual citizen who is currently detained in Nigeria, facing trial for treasonable felony. Kanu is the director […]
