Year: 2018
Snail fever: WHO pledges to assist Myanmar
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has pledged to provide medical supplies and technical aid to Myanmar in prevention of the…
Boat carrying 40 migrants stranded in Tunisia
A Tunisian boat carrying 40 African migrants has been stranded off the country’s coast without aid for more than a…
Air Force Institute to commence degree programme in aerospace
The Commandant, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), AVM Cletus Udeagulu, said on Monday that the institute would soon commence…
Pinnick-led board back to NFF – Sanusi
The Amaju Pinnick-led Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is back to the federation’s secretariat to direct affairs…
Katsina Flood: 10 more corpses recovered from rubble
The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmmumum Kabir, said on Monday that 10 more corpses of victims of the recent flood…
Melaye urges constituents to protect public facilities
The lawmaker representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, on Monday urged communities in his constituency to protect public facilities against…
Nigeria distributes improved tomato seeds to vegetable farmers
The Federal Government through the Raw Material Research and Development Council (RMRDC) on Monday distributed improved tomato seeds to vegetable…
Stock market slide: Nigerian Govt tasked on credible polls
Capital market experts have urged the Federal Government to defuse political tension through constant assurances of a commitment to conduct…
Nigeria: FCT Christians begin prayer, fasting
The Living Faith International Church (Winners’ Chapel), on Monday, began a seven-day fasting and prayer to rescue the ‘terrorised soul’…
Philippines’ Duterte promises ‘relentless, chilling’ drug war
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Monday vowed that his campaign against illegal drugs will be “as relentless and chilling…
Osun 2018: Great battle ahead – Adeleke
Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Osun, says a great battle lies…
Pakistani leaders woo voters on last day of deadly campaign
Massive election rallies are planned across Pakistan on Monday, the last day of a campaign that was tainted by deadly…
Nigeria too poor to meet developmental challenges – Don
Dr Terhemba Wuam, an Associate Professor of Economic History with Kaduna State University (KASU), says Nigeria is too poor to…
Stone from Jerusalem’s Western Wall crashes into prayer area
A large stone dislodged from Jerusalem’s Western Wall – the holiest site for Jewish prayer – and crashed into a…
Withdrawal of White Helmet ‘criminal operation’ – Syria
The Syrian government on Monday described the evacuation of hundreds of Syrian White Helmet rescue workers as a “criminal operation”…
Illegal migrants urged to key into voluntary repatriation
Amb. Baba Magudu, Nigeria’s envoy to Switzerland on Monday in Bern, urged migrants who have failed in their bids for…
Kurdish security forces end attack on govt building
Kurdish security forces killed gunmen who had stormed government building in the Kurdish city of Erbil on Monday in an…
Deputy IS commander killed in Afghanistan
Deputy Commander of IS group in the northern region of the war-battered Afghanistan has been killed, the police spokesman in…
I’m back in office – NFF Secretary General
The embattled Amaju Pinnick faction of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been restored to office, following a directive from the…
Woman kills partner with boiling water to “teach him a lesson”
A 57-year-old woman admitted in a German court on Monday to having killed her partner with boiling water so as…
Osun SSG resigns, defects to ADP
Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, the Secretary to Osun Government, has resigned his appointment and defected to the Action Democratic Party(ADP).
MPC: Economists foresee rates retention
Economists have expressed optimism that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would retain the…
Association seeks tax waiver for manufacturing sector
Constance Shareholders Association of Nigeria on Monday urged the Federal Government to grant tax waiver to manufacturers to enhance the…
Afghan vice president Dostum escapes suicide bomb attack
Afghan Vice President Abdul-Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home on Sunday…
Meat of dead, sick animals not sold in abattoirs – Butchers
The National Butchers Union of Nigeria (NBUN), has dismissed allegations that meat of dead and sick animals was being sold…
Jigawa provides 5000 metric tons of fertiliser to farmers
The Jigawa Government says it will sell 5,000 metric tons of assorted fertiliser to farmers for the current wet season…
Photo News: Joke Silva’s son weds heartthrob
The wedding of Olusoji Jacobs and Blessing Douglas was held on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at The Dome, This Present…
3 gunmen open fire, enter govt building
Gunmen entered the governorate building in Erbil, the seat of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Monday,…
Muslim foundation empowers 71 poor faithful In Edo
A Muslim foundation, Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF), on Sunday, empowered no fewer than 71 indigent people in Benin. The…
Vietnam Information Minister suspended amidst corruption scandal
Vietnam Minister of Information and Communications, Truong Minh Tuan, was suspended on Monday for alleged involvement in a financial scandal…