A white US university professor who lied for years about being black has quit her job at George Washington University in the capital Washington, the school said Wednesday. “Update regarding Jessica Krug: Dr. Krug has resigned her position, effective immediately,” the university said on its Twitter account. Jessica Krug, a …

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, says the four oil refineries in the country have been shut down in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna. He explained that all four refineries were functioning below capacity and it had thus become necessary to stop them from …

Six persons, including a secondary school leaver, have been prosecuted for various offences. Part of their offences are printing and issuing of forged receipts of Park Management System and over-billing of motorists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. This disclosure was made on Wednesday by the Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the …

The United States has revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers under an order by President Donald Trump that accused some of them of espionage, the State Department said Wednesday. Trump, in a May 29 proclamation as tensions rose with Beijing on multiple fronts, declared that some …

George Bizos, an anti-apartheid icon and renowned human rights lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela on treason charges for which he escaped the death penalty, died on Wednesday aged 92. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the rights lawyer’s passing during an online media briefing. “This is very sad for our country,” he …

Terwase Akwaza, popular known as Gana in mind, did not see death coming. But, on Tuesday evening, troops of Operation Whirl Stroke waylaid his convoy on Katsina-Ala- Gboko federal highway and shot him dead. Born 40 years ago in Mbayongo, Shitile Kpav, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area in Benue State, Gana …

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has finally complied with the repeated orders of the Federal High Court in Abuja, compelling him to produce a governorship candidate in the last November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Vijah Opuama. The judge had on Monday issued the third order, directing …

Commuters in Kaduna metropolis have lamented over 100 percent hike in transport fare following the recent increase of fuel pump price. A cross section of commuters, on Wednesday, said in Kaduna that they have been paying double transport fare due to the increased in fuel pump price. The Federal Government …

A young man identified as Damilola Oladapo was said to have slumped and die during a football match in Ido-Osun, Egbedore Local Government area of Osun State. Dammy, as he was fondly called, was in his 20s was playing for Premier FC Ofatedo in a grassroots competition named Adola football …

The Oyo State Government has disclosed its plan to position the historical Irefin Palace in Ibadan to rival the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom. This came as the government entered into an agreement with private partners to promote notable tourist sites in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Culture …