Year: 2018
Africa accounts for only 15% of continent’s $1trn global trade – Afreximbank
The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim Bank), says Africa accounts for only 15 per cent of the continent’s one trillion dollars…
Farmer remanded over alleged culpable homicide
A 38-year-old farmer, Andrrawus Adamu, was on Thursday remanded in Prison by a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kaduna, over alleged…
Cambodia’s Hun Sen defends promotion of his sons to top posts
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday defended the promotion of his three sons to senior positions in government and…
Netflix steps up original Asian content
Netflix Inc unveiled a plan on Thursday to make 17 more original productions in Asia, including Thai and Chinese language…
Sokoto Hospital conducts free surgeries on VVF patients
Dr Bello Lawal, the Chief Medical Director, Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital, Sokoto, says the hospital offered free specialised…
Taliban attack kills 11 Security Personnel in Afghanistan
No fewer than 11Security Personnel were killed and 12 others injured after the Taliban insurgents attacked a military base in…
Ex-leader leads in Madagascar Presidential poll
Counting of votes from a Presidential poll was underway in Madagascar early Thursday with former Leader Andry Rajoelina having a…
Filipinos support mandatory drug test for students
A Majority of Filipinos has expressed support for a proposal to require illegal drug testing for students as young as…
Australian opposition leader resigns over sexual harassment allegations
The leader of the opposition in Australia’s most populous state resigned on Thursday after a female reporter released a statement…
2m Nigerians receiving AIDS treatment
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says about 1,090,233 people are receiving anti-retroviral drugs in Nigeria as…
Lagos boat mishap: 12 rescued, 3 died, 5 missing
Three persons have been confirmed dead as a boat carrying 20 passengers capsized between Liverpool and Coconut Under Bridge in…
Ekiti warns against indiscriminate dumping of refuse
The Ekiti Government on Thursday warned the people of the state to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse to avoid…
Woman publicly slaps man in Ogun
A 32-year-old woman, Oluwakemi Saheed, was on Thursday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly slapping a…
NYSC decries condition of Niger camp
The National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) has decried the poor state of the scheme’s orientation camp in Niger.
Nigerian doctor uses ‘improvised incubator’ to save premature baby
A medical doctor, Chibuike Joseph Chukwudum has saved a premature baby using an improved incubator he created himself.
[Video] Amaka Replies 2Baba And Peruzzi
Cyclone Artemis renders a parody of 2baba’s smash number- Amaka which originally features DMW’s Peruzzi. Cyclone replies 2baba and Peruzzi…
Workers settle for 70% salary against downsizing
In a bid to resolve issues of salary payment, staff unions in Emmanuel Alayande College of Education (EACOED) Oyo, have…
Olamide vs Wizkid: Whose concert will you attend this December?
Wizkid and Olamide have scheduled their annual concerts for the same day, December 23rd, 2018. Which one will you attend?
3 men remanded for allegedly stealing 32 cows
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Thursday ordered that three men be remanded in prison for allegedly stealing 32 cow.
Terror list: Sudan, U.S. to hold more talks
Sudan said on Thursday it had reached agreement with the U. S. on a second phase of talks aimed at…
Dollar extends recovery on post-election relief
The dollar rose on Thursday pulling further away from 2-1/2 week lows hit on Wednesday as the market breathed a…
6 suspects arrested over Kaduna Monarch’s killing
The Kaduna State Command of the State Security Services (SSS) said it had arrested six suspected kidnappers and killers of…
Blasphemy: Pakistani Christian woman released from prison
A Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row has been freed from prison.
I won’t interfere when I am king – Prince Charles
Britain’s Prince Charles said he would stop speaking out on issues he feels strongly about when he becomes the King…
Overseas-bound passenger slumps, dies at Lagos airport
A passenger, identified as Ademola Adeleke slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday morning.
Video: 2face Cries As Annie Idibia and Pero Reconcile
It seems like the long rift between Annie Idibia and Pero – Tufaces’ first baby mama is a thing of…
315 illegal migrants intercepted at Mediterranean sea
The Libyan Coast Guard picked up a total of 315 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday who were trying…
Donbas elections: Ukraine calls for new sanctions on Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday called on Western countries to impose fresh sanctions against Russia over the forthcoming elections…
Uganda starts Ebola vaccination for frontline health workers
Uganda on Wednesday started Ebola vaccinations for frontline health workers in the infected areas with support from the World Health…
Kenya seeks to revamp Sugar Industry
Kenya on Wednesday formed a taskforce to help revamp the Sugar Industry which is facing a lot of challenges.