Year: 2018
Facebook confirms ban on 3D-printed guns files
Facebook has confirmed blocking blueprints for making 3D guns across its platforms, including Messenger and Instagram, amid the court battle…
Nigerians decry circulation of mutilated naira notes
Some Nigerians have decried the widespread circulation of mutilated naira notes in the country and called on the Central Bank…
Populist Shi’ite cleric Al-Sadr retains lead in Iraq’s May parliamentary election – Commission
Populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr retained his lead in Iraq’s May parliamentary election, results of a nationwide recount of votes…
Agency cautions against spreading raw food by road side
Niger State Environmental Protection Agency (NISEPA) has advised communities in Niger to desist from spreading raw food by the roadside,…
Ex-commissioners to support Public Complaints Commission
Immediate past commissioners of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) have promised to support the agency with their expertise to ensure…
Adeosun urges Nigerians to embrace insurance
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has urged Nigerians to embrace insurance to protect themselves against the eventualities of…
Vote-Buying: High voter turn-out will frustrate it – REC
Prof. James Apam, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kogi, on Thursday urged voters in the country to always turn…
Incompetence: Saraki replies APC
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has described as baseless the accusation by All Progressives Congress(APC) that he was…
Wike commiserates with Dickson on mother’s demise
Wike said this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Friday signed by his Special Assistant on Electronic media, Mr.…
Police arrest ATM fraud syndicate in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a three-man Automated Teller Machine (ATM) fraud syndicate operating within Enugu city.
Nigerian Army kills seven Boko Haram terrorists, repels attack
The Nigerian Army has killed seven members of Boko Haram in a successful attack to repel rampaging insurgents in Gundari,…
EFCC releases former DSS DG, Ita Ekpeyong
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a former Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Ita…
Libyan PM calls for unification of army
Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj called for the unification of the country’s military.
‘Fellow Spaniards at Chelsea convinced me to join club’ – Kepa
Chelsea’s Spanish contingent played a big role in convincing goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to join the side and the 23-year-old believes…
Melania Trump’s parents become U.S. citizens
Melania Trump’s parents on Thursday received American citizenship under so-called “chain migration” rules her husband, President Donald Trump, has frequently…
‘Fears of nuclear war still with us’ – Guterres
The fears of nuclear war are still with humanity, 73 years since the catastrophic Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs in…
U.S. condemns Zambia’s repatriation of Zimbabwe’s asylum-seeker
The U.S. has said it was deeply concerned that Zambia chose to hand over former Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti,…
Everton sign Barcelona’s Yerry Mina and Andre Gomes
Everton have signed Barcelona's Colombia defender Yerry Mina, 23, for 30.25m euros (£27.19m) along with Mina's team-mate Andre Gomes on…
Courtois signs 6-year deal with Real Madrid
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois officially signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid on Thursday, ending his seven-year spell at Chelsea.
29 children killed, 30 others wounded in Yemen after Saudi’s attack
At least 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International…
Lagos demolishes 9-storey building in Lekki
Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, on Thursday demolished a nine-storey building in Eti-Osa, Lekki area of…
Minister Flags Off Hometown Road Rehabilitation Project
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday flagged off the rehabilitation of township roads in his…
EFCC’s freezing of two state govt accounts worst coup in nation’s history – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the freezing of the accounts of Governments of Benue and Akwa…
NDLEA arrests 2, destroys 5 farms of cannabis in Edo
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has confirmed the destruction of 4.3864 hectares of…
589,000 APC members announce withdrawal from party in Edo
The gale of defection hitting the All Progressives Congress APC), across the country, has finally hit the home State (Edo)…
Robbers invade police station, banks, kill policeman, 11 others
Twelve persons, including a policeman, were feared killed on Thursday evening, when dare-devil armed robbers invaded a police station and…
I’m not planning to defect from APC – Al-Hassan
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Al-Hassan has debunked rumours that she was planning to defect from…
Court summons EFCC over freezing of Benue’s account
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to appear before it over…
Boko Haram terrorists attack military base, kill 17 soldiers
Boko Haram terrorists have killed 17 soldiers in a fresh attack on a military base in the Borno, Northeast Nigeria.
Saraki not fit for the Senate Presidency -APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) took off the gloves and knocked Senator Bukola Saraki, with bare-knuckle on Thursday, declaring him…