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.