Year: 2018
South Korea considers partially lifting sanctions on North Korea
South Korea is considering lifting some of its sanctions against North Korea as the relationship between the two countries improves.…
6,720 Kebbi households to benefit from cash transfer scheme
A total of 6,720 poor households are to benefit from the Federal Government cash transfer scheme in Kebbi, the state…
Teenager remanded over alleged rape of minor
An Osun Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ile-Ife, on Wednesday, remanded a 19-year-old teenager, Alabi PrinceWill, in prison custody over alleged…
Passengers stranded at Abuja airport over MMA2 shut down
Some domestic air passengers were on Wednesday, stranded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja following protest by the…
UNICEF urges Bauchi Govt. to employ female teachers
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the Bauchi State Government to recruit the female teachers trained under its…
Kenya bus crash kills 50 people
At least 50 people were killed including seven children in a bus crash between Nairobi and Kenya’s Western city of…
FG, Labour yet to agree on N30,000 new Minimum Wage – Ngige
Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has said the Federal Government and the organised labour are yet…
Taraba lawmaker makes case for displaced constituents
Mr Joseph Kunini, Majority Leader, Taraba House of Assembly, has expressed the fear that more than 4,000 people from his…
Plateau LG Poll: PDP alleges massive irregularities
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Plateau, has alleged massive irregularities in the ongoing Local Government Area (LGA) poll in…
UBEC to disburse N142.5 billion to states
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) will be disbursing N142.58 billion to support educational development in all states of the…
Don’t Let Anyone Rush You Into Marriage- Toolz
The decision to get married isn't an easy one to make, and so some people make the wrong choice due…
Flood: Traditional ruler urges govt. to compensate Anambra farmers
Eze Emmanuel Onyia, the traditional ruler of Odokpe Community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, has called on…
FG charges Ekweremadu, Akpan over refusal to declare assets
The Federal Government on Wednesday charged the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and Senator Bassey Akpan with offences bordering on…
Saraki swears in 2 new senators
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has administered the oath of office on Lawal Gumau (APC- Bauchi South)…
Polio: Daura LG immunises 79,088 children
No fewer than 79,088 children were immunised at the just concluded phase 11 of the Outbreak Response against Polio in…
Linda Ikeji Releases Cute Pictures Of Her Son
New mom and media mogul Linda Ikeji is having a good mummy and son time with her son Baby Jayce…
Pope Francis: Abortion is like hiring a “contract killer”
Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to hiring a “contract killer”.
Agbani Darego Delivers Babyboy
2001 Miss world winner Agbani Darego has just announced the birth of her son who she had about a month…
Bolt ready to play for his footballing future
Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is set to start up front for the Central Coast Mariners in a trial match…
Farmers urged not to plant close to water courses
The President, Nigerian Meteorological Society (NMetS), Prof. Clement Akoshile, on Wednesday urged farmers to desist from planting close to water…
Africa needs to speak with one voice on climate issues – Kenya Minister
Africa needs to prepare and speak with one voice when it goes to COP 24 in Katowice, Poland, in December,…
Flood: Over 500 rice farms submerged in Bayelsa
No fewer than 500 rice farms at Okpotuwari and Ondewari communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have…
We’re committed to zero infant mortality in Lagos – Bolanle Ambode
Wife of the governor of Lagos State, Bolanle Ambode, has said that no effort would be spared, to achieve zero…
Plateau LG polls: Voters decry late arrival of materials
As Plateau residents elect chairmen and councillors into 14 of the 17 local governments, voters in some areas have decried…
Tour de France trophy stolen at cycle show
The Tour de France trophy won by Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas earlier this year has been stolen during a cycle…
APC primaries: Nasarawa Assembly aspirant rejects result
Mr Jacob Ajegana- Kudu, an aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa state, has rejected the…
Security guard remanded for defiling 10-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Minna has ordered the remand in prison custody of a 55-year-old security guard, Michael Itang,…
Taiwan to China: Avoid ‘being a source of conflict’
Taiwanese President, Tsai Ing-wen, on Wednesday urged China to avoid “being a source of conflict,’’ while pledging that her country…
Nigeria losing out on literate, skilled workforce – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), says Nigeria is losing out on a literate and skilled workforce it needs to…
Addressing teenage prostitution
Nothing can be more illustrative of our society revulsion than the state of complete despondency characterized by the epidemic of…