Year: 2017
Crude Oil Price Rises Above $65 A Barrel
Brent crude oil prices jumped above $65 per barrel after the shutdown of the Forties North Sea pipeline knocked out…
Enugu Police command investigate man’s death in burrow pit
The Police Command in Enugu State is investigating the alleged death of a man identified as Ezekiel Nwamkpa, in a…
Gov. Bello lauds Nigerian Govt over Geregu Power Generation Plant
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has commended the Federal Government and other stakeholders for the completion of three turbines power…
Israel responds to Gaza rocket attack with tanks
The Israeli military said late Monday it had intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, hours after Israeli tanks…
Petition for winding up company
In the Matter of Petition Dated 28th Day of October 2016 NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the…
South Sudan Tribal Fighting Death Toll Rises to 170
The death toll from inter-communal fighting between two clans in South Sudan’s Great Lakes region has reached 170, an official…
Mugabe flies to Singapore for medical checks
Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, his first foreign travel since…
Farmers-Herdsmen Conflicts: Presidency begins consultations
The Federal government has opened nationwide consultations with opinion leaders towards ending incessant farmers – herdsmen conflict.
Terrorism offenders deserve death penalty – Trump
Individuals, convicted of terrorism charges, deserve “the strongest penalty allowed by law,” including death penalty, U.S. President Donald Trump said…
Stakeholders urged to join fight against unwholesome, unregistered products
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged critical stakeholders to join the organisation in the…
California Wildfires: 18,000 properties under threat as fire continues to grow
Authorities said 18,000 properties are under threat as wildfire continues to grow in southern California grow to 933 square km…
11 children injured in Vietnam school collapse
Authorities said 11 children in northern Vietnam were injured, some seriously, after a balcony railing collapsed at their school.
Car bomb kills journalist in Somalia
A Somali television journalist was killed in a car bombing in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, an editor for the…
Amnesty accuses EU of abetting migrant rights violations in Libya
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused European governments of abetting in grave human rights violations in Libya through their support for…
EFCC to appeal ruling against prosecution of judges
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will appeal Monday’s ruling of the Court of Appeal which held…
National Assembly urged to fast track Disability Bill for assent
The Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD), a Non-Govrnmental Organisation (NGO), on Monday urged the National Assembly to facilitate the…
Organisation moves to protect children from online abuse, exploitation
The UN Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF) has urged government and the private sector to protect children from online abuse, exploitation, trafficking,…
Customs confiscate 300 bags of foreign rice in Sokoto
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Sokoto state Command, says it has seized a truck containing 300 bags of foreign rice…
Edo 2018 budget scales second reading
The 2018 Appropriation Bill of Edo on Monday passed the second reading at the House of Assembly. Gov. Godwin Obaseki…
Commission reaffirm its commitment to workers’ welfare for internal harmony
The Acting Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Dr Abdul Zubair, has restated the commission’s commitment to workers’…
Unemployment: Senate President decries increasing rate in the country
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has expressed concern that out of 38.2 million youths component of the labour…
Late preparations cost Nigeria international maritime election – Peterside
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, said on Monday that Nigeria lost election into…
Insurgency: Buhari, Ajimobi charge army
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the armed forces to work closely with the relevant security agencies to evolve new…
Ministry achieves 16% in 2017 budget performance
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said that the ministry achieved only 16.5 per cent performance in the implementation…
ATM robbery scam: Hackers hit U.S., Russian banks
Previously undetected group of Russian-language hackers silently stole nearly 10 million dollars from at least 18 mostly the United States…
2017 Nigeria Taekwondo Open: NSCDC emerge winners
The NSCDC taekwondo team on Monday finished tops of the medals table to emerge winners of the 2017 Nigeria Taekwondo…
Enugu PCRC to construct multi-purpose secretariat
The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) of the Enugu State Police Command has concluded arrangement to build a multi-purpose secretariat…
Maritime illegalities: G7, Gulf of Guinea Nations meet
The G7 with the nations around Gulf of Guinea (GOG) on Monday in Lagos met with regional stakeholders to tackle…
UN honours slain 14 peacekeepers
The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday paid tribute to the Tanzanian peacekeepers killed…
Nigeria calls for peaceful Israel-Palestinian conflict resolution
Nigeria has called for the peaceful resolution of the protracted conflicts between Israel and Palestinian, saying it is greatly concerned…