Year: 2018
NIRSAL launches new agric insurance product
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has developed a new insurance product to mitigate the impact…
Economic Commission for Africa mourns Kofi Annan
Ms Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has joined the United Nations family in mourning the…
Attack on economy no different from attack on flag – Erdogan
President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday cast a recent currency crisis as an attack on Turkey’s economy, no different from a…
Lagos Govt seeks support of residents as 3rd Mainland Bridge undergoes test
The Lagos State Government has said that the Third Mainland Bridge will be temporarily shut down for from midnight of…
Tears, joy as 90 Korean families separated by war reunite
Some 90 families from the two Koreas were reunited in the North on Monday, weeping and embracing each after being…
Turkey: Shots fired at U.S. Embassy, no casualties – Police
Several gunshots were fired early Monday morning from a vehicle at the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, causing…
India successfully tests anti-tank guided missile, guided bombs
India successfully flight tested its indigenously developed helicopter launched anti-tank guided missile and guided bombs — Smart Anti-Airfield Weapons (SAAW)…
Victims Support Fund earmarks N700m to reconstruct Benue public buildings
The Presidential Task Force on Victims Support Fund (VSF) said on Sunday that it had set aside N700 million for…
IDP delivers quadruplet in Zamfara
Thirty-three 33-year-old Zainab Salisu, an internally displaced person (IDP) in Maradun camp, Zamfara, has been delivered of a set of…
Pakistanis likely to spend $24m on Eid festival
People in Pakistan are likely to spend over 24 million dollars on the forthcoming festival of Eid-ul-Adha to be marked…
Plateau lauds Nigerian Govt over law establishing Jos medical school
The Plateau Government has lauded the efforts of the Federal Government for signing into law, the Act establishing the Federal…
Taliban militants kidnap dozens of bus passengers in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents kidnapped dozens of passengers after stopping three buses in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, a government official said on…
Hajj climax: Over 2m Muslims converge on Mount Arafat
No fewer than two million pilgrims converged on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday to mark the climax of…
Pakistani new PM declines to live in lavish official house
Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he will not live in the lavish Prime Minister House which has…
2019: We will send APC packing from Lagos – ADP
The Action Democratic Party (ADP)on Sunday said it would dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos by winning the…
INEC budget delay: Hold Saraki, Senate responsible – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed Senate President Bukola Saraki’s allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari is to blame for the delay in…
PDP condemns demolition of Aiyefele’s studio
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the demolition of a building belonging to musical maestro, Yinka Aiyefele, in Ibadan by…
Falana rubbishes report that Lagos is 3rd most dangerous city in the world
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that he does not believe in the report that Lagos State was…
SPDC recovers 95% spilled oil in Aghoro, Odimodi – Spokesman
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says it has recovered more than 95 per cent of spilled oil…
Shettima dispels misinformation on alleged bombing of dam by insurgents
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has dispelled speculations on Saturday that a lake in Alau town, a distance of about…
DisCos fault planned implementation of N72bn distribution network financing initiative
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), says government’s plan to implement the N72 billion distribution network financing initiative through the Transmission Company…
CAF Confederation Cup: Enyimba pip Mali’s Djoliba AC 1-0 in Bamako
Enyimba International Football Club of Aba on Sunday pipped Djoliba Athletic Club of Mali 1-0 in a CAF Confederation Cup,…
Eid-el-Kabir: Police deploy 3, 000 personnel in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command on Sunday said it has deployed 3, 000 personnel to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Kabir celebration…
Firm launches MSMEs courier app, targets theft prevention
After examining challenges confronting courier services in Nigeria, Getittome Africa has launched a new mobile application, getittome, to assist Micro,…
FG moves to set up committee on vulnerability assessment in states
The Federal Government, through, ECOWAS Early Warning and Response Mechanism in Nigeria, ECOEWRM, has unveiled plans to set up a…
Tyson Fury decisions Francesco Pianeta 10 rounds
Tyson Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) stayed unbeaten with ain 10 n easy 10 round decision win over Francesco Pianeta (35-5-1,…
Deontay Wilder agrees to fight Tyson Fury this year
WBC Heavyweight World Champion, Deontay Wilder and lineal heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury announced on Saturday that they have agreed to…
Guardiola lavishes praises on hat-trick hero, Aguero
Pep Guardiola lavished praise on Sergio Aguero after he scored a hat-trick in Manchester City's 6-1 demolition of Huddersfield on…
Man. United players have wrong attitude in defeat – Pogba
Paul Pogba admitted Manchester United had the wrong attitude in their 3-2 defeat at Brighton - and said he was…
Mourinho refuses to criticise his players after shock defeat at Brighton
Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho does not want to be critical of his players as people "do not accept it"…