Actor and musician Jeff Daniels has opened JD’s Stage Bistro in downtown Chelsea, creating a new restaurant and live-music venue that he hopes will become more than another celebrity-backed business and instead develop into a destination for performers, audiences and visitors from beyond the community.
The Kebbi State Police Command has recovered a substantial quantity of electricity service cables allegedly stolen from power infrastructure in Bunza Local Government Area and arrested a suspect in connection with the incident.
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) is strengthening its regulatory framework in response to concerns over engineering failures and building collapses, approving a series of measures designed to improve professional compliance, tighten enforcement and enhance public safety
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to produce socialite Afolabi Kazeem Micheal, popularly known as KC Luxury, before the court after he spent 14 days in the agency’s custody without being formally charged and arraigned.
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 6 Division have recovered 3,120 litres of suspected stolen crude oil and equipment believed to have been used for illegal refining during an operation in Okarki Forest, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has pleaded not guilty to a charge alleging that he failed to properly declare a substantial portfolio of cash and precious-metal assets to the country’s anti-corruption authorities.
North Korea has issued a fresh warning to the United States over Washington’s planned military support for South Korea, accusing the two allies of worsening the security environment on the Korean Peninsula and threatening what Pyongyang described as a “serious, immediate and powerful response.”
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has expanded its free petroleum-products delivery programme to four additional states, a move the company says could reduce distribution expenses for independent petroleum marketers and create greater room for lower petrol prices across parts of Nigeria.
New details surrounding CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent visit to Moscow have shed further light on an unusual episode in US-Russia relations, with sources saying the American intelligence chief warned Russian officials against any attempt to test NATO through military action against one of the alliance’s members.
Sixty-seven Nigerians have returned home from South Africa following a repatriation exercise supported by a group of private individuals, with the returnees arriving in Lagos as calls grow for them to rebuild their lives and make use of opportunities available in Nigeria.
Nigerian singer Siraheem, son of businessman and socialite Olawale Okoya, has announced that he is stepping away from releasing new music, bringing what he described as a professional chapter in his career to an unexpected close.
At the London premiere of Practical Magic 2 on Wednesday, August 26, the Oscar-winning actress was approached by a fan who asked whether she knew Adéla, the Slovak singer-songwriter whose rapidly developing music career includes a song titled “Nicole Kidman.”
The United States has moved to disrupt what American authorities describe as a long-running China-based cyber-espionage operation that targeted sensitive government systems, critical infrastructure and private organisations, including networks connected to the Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Senate.
Uganda has officially been declared free of Ebola after completing the World Health Organization’s required 42-day period without recording a new case, marking the end of an outbreak that tested the country’s disease-surveillance and emergency-response systems.
Senate President, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has expressed sadness over the death of veteran journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo.