Year: 2018
Yobe workers, business community oppose strike, demand services
Civil servants, the business community and parents in Damaturu, Yobe, on Thursday, condemned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) warning strike…
Ex-Ebonyi Commissioner, Okorie joins governorship race
Dr Paul Okorie, a former Commissioner for Works, Housing and Environment, has declared his intention to run for the office…
Photo News: Is Senator Adeleke prostrating before Omisore for support?
A photograph of Senator Ademola Adeleke, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the ongoing Osun State…
Strike: Unions shut down aviation agencies at Lagos airport
The organised labour on Thursday shut down offices of aviation agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos to…
Photo News: Sleepy sleepy governor of Edo State caught napping
Lanre Babalola This is Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state caught sleepng at an important session of the United Nations…
South Africa, UAE sign extradition treaty targeting Gupta
South Africa has signed an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates, the justice minister said on Thursday, raising the…
Pally Iriase: Ward executives disown expulsion letter
Ward nine (9) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo has disowned the…
Strike: Activities grounded in Benin Airport leaving passengers stranded
Activities at the Benin Airport were grounded on Thursday as both entry and exit gates were locked, with hundreds of…
No plans to sell stake in Air France-KLM – French minister
France has no plans for now to sell its stake in Air France-KLM and the priority is to increase the…
Gov. Dickson approves N50m to assist Bayelsa flood victims
Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has approved N50 million to assist flood victims in some parts of the state, the…
Osun re-run: Drama at polling units as voters defy heavy rainfall
There was mild drama at Polling Unit 17, Ward 5, Adewale Street, Alekuwodo, Osogbo, when voters that came out to…
Bee farmers call on govt for support on modern technologies
Some bee farmers at the on-going 2018 ApiExpo Africa have appealed to the government to support and encourage improved technologies…
Everton’s Pickford signs new six-year deal
Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has signed a new six-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.
Stop using insecurity to campaign against my govt., Yari warns aspirants
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has warned governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the…
Flood submerges over 200 houses in llorin
Flood wreaked havoc in Ilorin Township on Wednesday, as over 200 residential houses were submerged with hundreds of victims displaced…
Osun Tie: Matters Arising
By Louis Odion With the air across the national space currently fouled up by partisanship, there can never be a…
U.S. decision to remove missile systems ‘routine’ – Kuwait
A U.S. decision to remove anti-missile systems from several Arab allies was an “internal and routine procedure,’’ Kuwait said on…
Gender policy: Rep. wants INEC to de-register party
The Chairman, House Committee on Electoral and Political Party Matters, Aishatu Dukku, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to…
Police confirm kidnap of 16 Kaduna miners
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Wednesday, said 16 miners have been kidnapped in Bogoma village of Birnin Gwari Local…
INEC and the Burden of the Osun Election
By Chiamaka Okafor The Osun State election is one of the happenings in recent times that will definitely leave its…
Sen. Mark has pedigree to be president – Gov. Ugwuanyi
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State says that the former Senate President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Tuberculosis: World leaders target treatment of 40m people by 2022
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that World leaders on Wednesday pledged their commitment to ensure that at least 40…
Civil Defence arrests 21 suspects for various offences in Edo
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Edo says it has arrested 21 suspects for various offences in…
C&S committed to completion of Orimolade University- spiritual leader
Most Rev. Samuel Abidoye, the Spiritual Leader of Cherubim and Seraphim, says the Church will ensure completion of its proposed…
Austrian Interior Minister survives no-confidence vote
Far-right Interior Minister Herbert Kickl, on Wednesday survived a vote of no confidence in Austria’s Parliament, called over a ministry…
Iran’s Foreign Minister calls for immediate reconstruction of Syria
International help for Syria reconstruction must start without any delays, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Wednesday.
Primaries: Oshiomhole warns APC state executives against compromising
Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has said that any State Executive Committee of the party…
Osun re-run: Ballot box snatching impossible – REC
The Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, has assured the electorate, voting at the state re-run election, of adequate…
Palestinian Refugees protest against U.S. aid cut
Thousands of Students attending UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Schools rallied on Wednesday in their Refugee Camps in the…
INEC tasks monarchs to reject vote buying
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has implored the traditional rulers in Oke Ogun area of Oyo state to enjoin their…