Photo Credit: The Nation Over a dozen people have been reportedly killed and several others injured on Monday when police opened fire during clashes with the Shiite group in Kano, said witnesses and police. According to PREMIUM TIMES, a witness said the clash started around Tamburawa, on the outskirts of Kano city, when the police tried to stop a Shiite protest. (more…)
Rice farmers in Plateau are optimistic of a bumper harvest this year with their chairman, Joshua Bitrus, boasting that members would garner “ at least one million tonnes”. “This year’s harvest is plentiful; from what we have seen on ground, we expect nothing less than one million tonnes of rice in Plateau,” Mr. Bitrus, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RiFAN), Plateau chapter, said in Jos on Sunday. (more…)
A 20-year-old Nigerian Medical Doctor, Lilian Okafor, shared an inspiring post via her Instagram handle of how a teacher told her mother that she could not cope with medical school after she graduated form High School at age 13. (more…)
The latest trailer for Emma Watson‘s “Beauty and the Beast” was just released and it is so magical to watch! Also starring in the movie are Dan Stevens as The Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, Ian McKellen asCogsworth, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Josh Gad as Le Fou, and many more. (more…)
President Buhari has departed for Morocco where he would be attending the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as COP-22, slated for November 14th to 16th. President Buhari will use the occasion to rally international support for the clean-up of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta and the resuscitation of the Lake Chad Basin. See more (more…)
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