Year: 2018
Nigeria must rise above consumer-based economy – Aspirant
Nigerian need to rise above consumer-based economy to a production driven economy, according to a senatorial aspirant on the platform…
Rwanda’s parliamentary elections free, fair – AU observers
Rwanda’s parliamentary elections were free and fair, the AU Election Observation Mission said on Thursday.
61% Plateau residents lack potable water – WaterAid
Mr Anddy Omoluabi, Director of Programmes, WaterAid Nigeria, says 61 per cent of Plateau residents are in need of potable…
Bridge collapse: Italy magistrates investigate 20 suspects
Italian magistrates are investigating 20 people for alleged manslaughter after 43 people died when a motorway bridge collapsed in the…
Osun 2018: Hand over vote buyers to police, SDP tells supporters
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called on its supporters to hand over vote buyers to the police during the…
I will rather lose than win through violence – Gov. Ortom
The Governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom has declared that he would prefer to lose the next February governorship election than…
Flooding: Bayelsa enlists support of community-based groups
The Bayelsa Government has called for the support of community-based groups in sensitizing the coastal communities in the state in…
Slain policemen: Nasarawa govt donates N1.5m to families
Nasarawa state government has donated N500,000 each to the families of three police officers killed during the communal crisis between…
Russia calls British allegations in spy poisoning unacceptable
The Kremlin denied that Russia was in any way involved in the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his…
Nasarawa police arrest 23 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested 23 suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in August, the Commissioner of Police,…
FCT Tremor: No possibility of earthquake – FEMA
FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday assured residents of the territory that there was no likelihood of earthquake within…
Maradona named coach of Mexican club Dorados
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, a 1986 World Cup winner, has been appointed coach of Mexican second division team Dorados,…
NUPENG begins strike in Warri
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has given the military 24 hours ultimatum to vacate the…
Philippines police arrests 34 moviegoers
Philippines police have arrested 34 Filipino moviegoers for sitting out when the Philippine national anthem was played in a cinema,…
Don’t pitch tent with aspirants, PDP BoT tell members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has advised its members not to pitch tent with any aspirants…
DPRK seeks deeper relations with Nigeria
Mr. Jon Tong Chol, Ambassador of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to Nigeria, on Friday called for closer working…
‘Return home, things are changing in Nigeria’, FG tells diasporas
The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians in the diaspora to return home and help build the Nigeria of everybody’s…
NCC to sanction telecom operators for ‘call masking’
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), says it will impose appropriate sanctions on any telecom operator that allows the illegal masking…
2019: APC female aspirant seeks greater political participation
Mrs. Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, the Special Adviser to the President on Justice Sector Reforms and National Coordinator Open Government Partnership, says…
Japan quake: Rescuers search for landslide survivors
Rescuers on Friday struggled to dig out survivors believed to have been buried after a powerful earthquake set off massive…
Climate change: China launches new marine satellite
China sent a new marine satellite into orbit on Friday to help improve understanding of maritime waters and climate change.
FOCAC: President Buhari returns to Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night returned to Abuja after attending the Forum on China and Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in…
Mugabe accepts Mnangagwa as legitimate president
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has said he now accepts President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country’s legitimate leader after initially accusing him…
Crime: Nigerian Army calls for effective inter-agency cooperation
Brig.- Gen. Lasisi Adegboye, Garrison Commander of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, has called for effective inter-agency cooperation…
Solar installation can increase vegetation in Sahara Desert, Sahel – Study
A study has shown that a massive wind and solar installation in the Sahara Desert and neighbouring Sahel would increase…
Nigerians in U.S. assure FG of willingness to return
Nigerians in the U.S. have assured the Federal Government of their eagerness to return home and use their expertise to…
Delta CJ tasks experienced lawyers on mentoring
The Chief Judge of Delta, Justice Marshal Umukoro, has charged experienced lawyers in the state to assist in mentoring their…
7 petrol stations sealed in Delta state
The Department of Weights and Measures, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, has sealed Seven petrol stations in Warri…
Nigerian Army kills 14 terrorists, rescue 21 hostages
The Nigerian Army said it had nutrialised 14 Boko Haram insurgents and rescued 21 hostages in Pulka village in Gwoza…
Serena Williams reaches US Open Final
Serena Williams has another shot at winning her first Grand Slam title since giving birth after defeating Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova…