Year: 2018
Orientation Agency charges lNEC to tackle vote buying
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has charged lNEC to put measures in place to curb vote buying in the upcoming…
Ghana to give Kofi Annan state burial, body arrives 10 September
The body of Kofi Annan, the late former secretary-general of the United Nations, will arrive in Ghana on September 10,…
Estate agent allegedly defrauds accommodation seeker
A man, Franklin Eze, who allegedly defrauded a woman of N320,000 and posed as an estate agent, on Thursday appeared…
CAR: Russian media outlet shuts down after reporters slain
A Russian investigative media outlet that sent three journalists on a doomed mission to the war-torn Central African Republic (CAR)…
Petrol tanker explodes in Rivers, houses, churches burnt
A tanker conveying petroleum product suspected to be gasoline overturned and exploded in the early hours of Thursday around Eliozu…
2018 Hajj: 2nd batch of Lagos pilgrims arrive today
The second batch of 310 Lagos pilgrims will be transported back to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia aboard Medview Airline on…
Agency spends N1.98 billion on 346 Edo community projects
A total of 346 community based projects have been executed in the last eight years under the Edo Community and…
U.S. Open: Serena sets up 3rd-round clash with Venus
Serena Williams overpowered German Carina Witthoeft 6-2 6-2 to set up a third-round clash with big sister Venus at the…
Buhari’s elevation of ‘national interest’ above rule of law is constitutional – Civil society
Project-2019 (P2019), a civil society organisation on Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari‘s statement on national interest and the rule…
Early Sexual Exposure Increases HIV Vulnerability – Agency
The Nasarawa State AIDS Control Agency (NASACA) has identified early sex initiation as one of the factors increasing vulnerability of…
Why Buhari declined assent to PIGB – Presidency
The Presidency on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill for several reasons, including…
Nigerian Govt set to determine health status of citizens
The Federal Government has expressed its resolve to determine the health status of Nigerians through the 2018 National Health Demographic…
10 killed in South Africa bus crash
At least ten people died after a bus traveling from South Africa’s Cape Town to the Eastern Cape overturned in…
Niger Tornadoes probed over “missing” Aiteo Cup N10m prize
The Niger government on Thursday said that it has began investigation into the ‘missing’ 10 million Naira 2017 Aiteo Cup…
Migration row: EU Foreign Minister calls for ‘more responsibility’
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called Thursday on member states to take “more responsibility” for migrants rescued in the…
German police seek 3 suspects over migrant attack
German police on Thursday said they seeking for three people who attacked and badly beat a 20-year old migrant in…
8 Malaysian ex-spies under probe for corruption
A group of former agents from Malaysia’s foreign intelligence agency, including its chief, are being investigated for alleged misappropriation of…
Mad cow disease: South Korea strengthens inspection on U.S. beef
South Korea’s agriculture ministry said on Thursday that it had strengthened inspections on U.S. beef imports after a mad cow…
Army committed to safe return of IDPs – Acting Commander
The Nigerian Army says it is committed to working with the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations to ensure safe…
Niger Corps members to take orientation in Kaduna
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger says its 2018 Batch B stream II members will take their orientation…
Lagos State retains highest foreign debt portfolio – DMO
Lagos State, the commercial nerve-center of Nigeria, has retained its position as the state with the highest foreign debt in…
FRSC assures Ogun residents of safer roads
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has assured the people of Ogun of its commitment to ensure safer roads to…
Former police officer sentenced to 15 years for killing teenager
Texas jurors sentenced former police officer Roy Oliver to 15 years of jail for murdering a black teenager, local media…
Russia has no hidden agenda in Syria – Foreign Ministry
Russia has no hidden agenda in Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
PDP primaries: If I don’t win, I will support whoever emerges – Lamido
Alhaji Sule Lamido, a former Governor of Jigawa and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
Zimbabwe likely to face drought in 2018/19 farming season
Zimbabwe is likely to experience an El Nino phase, which will result in erratic rainfall during the 2018/19 farming season,…
48,000 jostle for 2,000 jobs in Ekiti – Head of Service
No fewer than 48,000 unemployed youths have so far obtained employment forms and sat for the ongoing recruitment exercise advertised…
Lagos lawmaker disburses N20m interest-free loans
Mr Sanai Agunbiade, the Majority leader, Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA), on Wednesday disbursed N20 million to market women,…
German police brace up for new anti-migrant rally
German police on Thursday brace up for fresh anti-immigrant rally in the eastern city of Chemnitz after two similar protests…
May’s Visit: Nigeria’s business community expresses optimism
The business community in Lagos says the visit of British Prime Minister, Theresa May, will deepen existing bilateral relationship between…