February 2019

Rapper DMX performs during week five of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at UIC Pavilion on July 23, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/BIG3/Getty Images)     Hundreds of fans along with family gathered Monday outside the New York hospital where DMX is in critical condition, holding a prayer vigil for […]

Painter Julius Agbaje paints on canvass at his studio residence in Ipaja, Lagos, on March 25, 2021. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)     When in 2019 Nigerian painter Julius Agbaje depicted President Muhammadu Buhari as the Joker, he never imagined that a year later his portrait would become a symbol of youth […]

In this photo taken on April 5, 2021, shop workers protest against restrictions imposed as a preventative measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Dhaka. (Photo by – / AFP)   One protester was killed and at least three others are in critical condition after police in Bangladesh opened fire on a violent protest against coronavirus […]

  Hundreds of fans along with family gathered Monday outside the New York hospital where DMX is in critical condition, holding a prayer vigil for the rapper whose status remains extremely fragile. The acclaimed artist born Earl Simmons was rushed to the hospital in White Plains, a suburb north of New York City, following a […]

Barcelona’s French forward Ousmane Dembele (C) celebrates after scroring during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and Real Valladolid FC at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on April 5, 2021. Pau BARRENA / AFP   Ousmane Dembele volleyed in a 90th-minute winner against Real Valladolid on Monday to fire Barcelona to within […]

In this photo taken on April 5, 2021, cyclists prepare for the Women 80km road race at the 20th edition of the National Sports Festival in Benin City, the Edo State capital.   Team Delta on Monday opened the gate for medal rush with gold from the 80km road race for women at the 20th […]

L-R: Governors Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Mai-Mala Buni (Yobe), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) at the Government House in Gusau on April 5, 2021.   Some governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have visited Zamfara to condole with the government and its people over the fire outbreak at the Tudun […]

A file photo of a police patrol van.   No weapon is missing after gunmen attacked the Police Command Headquarters in Owerri, the Imo State capital, authorities have said. Although the attackers tried to gain access to the police armoury at the security facility, the attempt was said to have been resisted by police operatives […]

Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko (Centre) has been announced as the next Olu of Warri.   The Itsekiri Traditional Council has officially announced the demise of His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, who was the Olu of Warri until his death. Speculations of the monarch’s death had emerged in December but the palace did not confirm at the time. […]