Human Interest

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked President Bola Tinubu to “urgently” review his economic policies that are causing hardship for citizens. The governors spoke in a communiqué issued at…

Novak Djokovic has appointed Andy Murray to coach him into and through the 2025 Australian Open. Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray, who retired in August after exiting the men's doubles at the Paris 2024 Olympics, will join the…

An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said Saturday. Rohitash Kumar, 25, who had speaking and hearing difficulties, had fallen sick and…

Islamic morality police, Hisbah, in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are to resume their crackdown on betting shops after a supreme court ruling on gambling. The Nigerian Supreme Court quashed a 2005 law Friday that established a…

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra agitator, was never a member of the group. IPOB said Ekpa was not a registered member of the group’s chapter in Finland and cannot be the…

The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assembly. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court in a unanimous judgment held that the National Lottery Act 2005 should no longer be…

The Nigerian government has unveiled Galaxy Backbone’s ‘Govmail’, ServiceWise GPT, and the Federal Civil Service Online Portal digital service platforms for civil servants nationwide. The head of Civil Service of the Federation, Didi…

Lack of money has left two-thirds of households in Nigeria grappling with the reality of not being able to provide healthy and nutritional meals, a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS has revealed. The NBS survey titled,…

Four Nigerian teenagers have captured international attention with their innovative invention: a generator powered by urine. Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin (all 14 years old), and Bello Eniola (15 years old)…

Chancellor Ahaghotu, a fearless Nigerian art student, has rewritten the rules of artistic endurance. After an astounding 100 hours of non-stop painting, Ahaghotu has claimed the Guinness World Record for the longest painting marathon,…

The Federal Government College (FGGC) Sagamu, Ogun State, secondary school students have launched an artificial intelligence (AI) robot dubbed "Okikiola-Sagamu," popularly known as Kiki-Saggy. Ten students and a few staff members…

Seaman Rafiu Shabi, a sailor from Lagos, Nigeria, serves in the U.S. Navy assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 125. The command is a joint strike fighter squadron located aboard the U.S. Navy’s largest master jet base. Rafiu Shabi…

Popular reality TV star and actor, Afeez Agoro Oladimiji, widely recognised as the tallest man in Nigeria, is dead. According to a report by The Nation, Agoro’s burial arrangement has commenced at his residence in Community road,…

The United Kingdom Royal Academy of Engineering has shortlisted Nigerian electrical engineer and innovator Chukwuemeka Eze for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Each of the four countries that produced finalists for…

The B-Health Mobile Application was created by five basic and clinical scientists from Nigeria to serve as a self-assessment tool for early breast cancer screening. This accomplishment was made possible through a workshop on research…