Society & Lifestyle

    With its marbled walls, exposed lightbulbs, and plentiful mirrors, the bathroom at The Library, a nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria, is practically begging patrons to snap a photo.   Then it comes, a message delivered on a gold-framed sign: “No selfies in the restroom… just kidding.”   In Nigeria, ...

    At least six additional deaths have been confirmed following the fire outbreak at Afriland Towers, a six-storey commercial building on Broad Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State.   The victims were employees of United Capital, a financial and investment services firm occupying the 3rd and 4th floors of the ...

  A self-styled African tribe in Scotland has claimed woodland near Jedburgh in Scotland as ancestral land and set up camp there, despite repeated evictions.   The Scottish Borders Council said sheriff officers had already cleared the group from private land on Tuesday, but not long after, they moved a ...

  The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Frank Archibong, has condemned in the strongest terms recent abuses of tradition and culture in the state.   He cited specific instances of individuals using the internet to hurl insults at the Governor and a case where a ...

  Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced that the first two patients treated for Ebola in the Bulape health zone, Kasai Province, have fully recovered and been discharged from the local treatment centre.   This was disclosed by the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa ...

  The Chairman of Carnival Calabar, Gabe Onah, has called for stronger private sector investment to sustain the popular street party.   Onah made the call on the sidelines of the 21st Akwaaba African Travel Market on Tuesday in Lagos.   The chairman said the annual carnival, which would turn ...

  The Yola Operations Office of the National Emergency Management Agency has led search, rescue, and evacuation efforts after severe flash flooding submerged 13 communities across Yola North and Yola South Local Government Areas of Adamawa State on Tuesday.   The downpour, which began around 4 a.m. and lasted until ...

    Flood has submerged several farmlands in some communities in Niger State.   This followed an early morning rainfall on Sunday which ripped through farmĺands in Kafin Koro, Paikoro local government areas of the state.   The flood also affected 18 communities in Lapai Local Government Area of the ...

    A severe rainstorm swept through the Shimankar District in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.   According to eyewitnesses, at least 50 houses, including schools and worship centres were destroyed in the Menkaat community.   A resident ...

    The Association of Resident Doctors at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have embarked on an indefinite strike.   The doctors cited the failure of the hospital management and the state government to address their long-standing demands as the reason for the industrial ...