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In a major leap forward for cancer treatment, scientists at City of Hope Hospital in Los Angeles, California, have developed a revolutionary cancer drug that destroys solid tumours without damaging healthy cells. The drug, code-named AOH1996, targets the protein proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a key player in tumour growth previously considered “undruggable.” After two […]
Continue ReadingRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Secret Service agents spotted and fired on a gunman in bushes near the property line of the golf course, a few hundred yards from where […]
Continue ReadingOrder in every credible democracy is a balance of compassion and hard policy choices. The hard choices, often of a reform nature, which confront new leaders only make sense if they are for the common good. Otherwise, a barrage of crushing reforms with no tinge of compassion can suffocate the afflicted citizenry and cast the reformer in […]
Continue ReadingIn the first individual eviction of the Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ edition, Ben and Chizoba have been sent home. The duo had entered the house with their respective partners—Chizoba with her sister, Onyeka, and Ben with his friend and business partner, TJay. Ben, a 29-year-old club influencer, was the first to be evicted, […]
Continue ReadingSahara Reporters publisher and Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested as he arrived Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, around 9.43 am on Sunday. On Thursday, 12 September 2024, a DSS memo ordering the arrest of Sowore upon his arrival in […]
Continue ReadingI was in Primary 4 and about 9 years old when I called my teacher a thief without knowing what I did. One interesting thing about my Primary-4 era, which used to be called Elementary 4, was that it was in that class that my academic transformation started. I first achieved a position that was […]
Continue ReadingThe Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, has joined his ancestors. He passed on at the age of 86. His death was announced in a statement, signed by Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital. Confirming the monarch’s passing, Fasuyi, in a tribute that he personally sent to […]
Continue ReadingPopular American rapper and songwriter, Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, widely known as Nicki Minaj, has humorously declared that Nigeria will not “end” her. The 41-year-old music icon made this playful remark during an online interaction on X.com (formerly Twitter). It all started when a Nigerian fan, @Eniturn, reacted to a line from Nicki’s response to a […]
Continue ReadingIn what must be an act of desperation, the Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda, last week promised to support communities that are ready to stand up against attacks by bandits, kidnappers and other criminals. “We have come up with an initiative that for any community ready to depend on itself, we will give them necessary support […]
Continue ReadingAround 26 May 2020, the Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced that Raphael Yanyi, a senior judge, “had suffered a suspected heart attack” leading to his death. The Ministry of Justice quickly clarified, however, that the remains of the judge “did not exhibit any toxic substances.” Following an autopsy, Justice minister, Celestin Tunda […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Nigeria, has sentenced an American businessman, Marco Ramirez to 74 years in prison over $1.6m fraud. Ramirez was sentenced on Tuesday following the charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC had arraigned the convict on a 12-count charge but later […]
Continue ReadingDavido’s wife, Chioma Adeleke has stepped out in style for her husband’s cousin, Tunji’s graduation from a UK university. She stepped out in a coffee brown two-piece attire which she paired with a black Hermes bag and a Turquoise Hermes slippers. The mother of two has maintained a low profile since her wedding to the […]
Continue ReadingSince the advent of Nigeria’s 25-year democracy, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Assembly have reformed election laws and regulations before and after every general election. These amendments are designed to address the flaws experienced in previous elections. As more reforms are introduced into the electoral process, efforts by political actors to […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian working as a nurse in the United Kingdom (UK), Ruth Auta, has been sentenced to three years in prison for neglecting her ten-week-old baby, Joshua Akerele, who died while she was at work. According to Daily Mail, the single mother who is in her late twenties, had reportedly left Joshua alone in her […]
Continue ReadingA 55-year-old woman, only identified as Ifeoma, reportedly died shortly after collapsing while sharing a testimony at the Ministry Church in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State. Reports say the incident, which occurred around 8:48 am during Sunday service on September 8, 2024, ultimately led to her death a few minutes later. Spokesperson for the […]
Continue Reading“Bros, you dey craze. I watch you dis morning, you just dey yarn, You just dey craze. You just dey troll Una dey drink something for that una programme? Una dey mad?” “What is the matter, uncle?” “Don’t Owain me? How can you go on television and give the faintest impression that Buhari is a […]
Continue ReadingThe first and what may be the only meeting between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris of this abbreviated campaign season is in the books. Tuesday’s debate started off on a cordial note, with a handshake between the two candidates. As the night wore on, it got combative with Harris repeatedly baiting Trump into talking about […]
Continue ReadingInterim coach of the Super Eagles, Augustine Eguavoen, has revealed that he’s stepping down from his role after the match against Rwanda in Kigali, on Tuesday. Speaking to OwnGoalNigeria at the Kigali Airport, the Nigerian tactician said he was given a mandate to oversee the Eagles’ matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda in the ongoing […]
Continue ReadingSome members of the Labour Party (LP) in the South-South under the auspices of the Core Social Democrats (CSD), on Tuesday, rejected a defamatory report against the former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman. The former Minister was appointed to lead the LP’s 29-member Caretaker Committee on 4th September during an extended stakeholders’ meeting held […]
Continue Reading“An army marches on its stomach.” — Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821; Vanguard Book of Quotations, p. 14, available online Right now several millions of Nigerians’ stomachs are empty; and movement has virtually stopped. Unfortunately, it is not only the scarcity of food and high prices which are slowing us down, scarcity of all the things which […]
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