Year: 2018
Pakistan placed on terror financing watch list
Pakistan has been placed on a terror financing watchlist by a global money-laundering watchdog, a move likely to mean even…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth feeling ‘under the weather’
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, 92, is feeling unwell and will not attend a special service on Thursday at St Paul’s Cathedral,…
Kaduna fixes June 29 deadline for 2018 Hajj payment
Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Thursday said it had fixed Friday, June 29, as the final date for…
India plane crash kills five
Police said five people were killed after a plane chartered by a state government crashed in India’s Mumbai on Thursday.
Benghazi attack organiser sentenced to 22 years in prison
A court in the U.S. has sentenced Ahmed Khatallah, the organiser of the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on diplomatic…
South Korea, U.S. agree to continue peace measures
Defence chiefs of South Korea and the United States agreed on Thursday to continue peace measures as long as talks…
Russia 2018: ” We deserve to be out’’
The German senior national team has apologised to its fans following its group stage in Russia 2018 World Cup elimination.
Australia set to stamp out ‘modern slavery’
Australia is set to halt modern slavery by forcing 3,000 businesses to report what they are doing to avoid using…
Naira hedges against dollar at parallel market
The Naira on Wednesday exchanged at N359.80 to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos gaining 20 kobo from…
Joe, Michael Jackson’s father dies at 89
Joe Jackson, 89, father of the late Michael Jackson is dead.
ECOWAS committed to 60% electricity access by 2020
ECOWAS says it is committed to enhancing access to electricity in the sub-region by 60 per cent in line with…
2nd Niger bridge: Nigerian Govt committed to early completion – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Federal Government is committed to early completion of the ongoing…
Workers drag Energy Commission DG to EFCC
Staff members of the Energy Commission (ECN) of Nigeria have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over alleged…
ECA expects West Africa to grow by 3.3 per cent
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says the West African States are expected to grow by 3.3 per…
Merkel to boost defence spending amid U.S criticism
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has vowed to significantly boost defence spending amid criticism from the United States that it is…
ANCOPSS tasks government on emphasis on technical education
The Association of National Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) has urged the Federal and State Governments to take…
Iran oil import ban, ‘not binding’ – Turkey
Turkey’s Economy Minister, Nihat Zeybekci, says the U.S. demand for countries to stop importing Iranian oil or face sanctions is…
Ambassador denies recruiting Nigerians to work in Saudi Arabia
Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Justice Isa Dodo, has refuted media report that he connived with human traffickers to recruit…
Child marriage increases in South Sudan, Kenya
Child marriage is increasing in parts of war-torn South Sudan and drought-hit Kenya as parents swap their daughters for cows…
Pakistani court bans another Sharif loyalist from politics
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ‘s on Thursday banned another loyalist of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from politics for five years,…
U.S. lawmakers reject Trump-backed immigration bill
U.S. lawmakers in the lower house resoundingly defeated an immigration reform bill on Wednesday with the so-called moderate legislation coming…
Knife-wielding man kills 2 primary schoolchildren in Shanghai
A man armed with a knife attacked students at the entrance to a primary school in Shanghai’s central Xuhui district…
Scientists develop new malaria vaccine
Australian scientists on Thursday said they have taken a crucial step toward in developing a new malaria vaccine by using…
Obesity to lower breast cancer risk in young women – Study
Young women with high body fat have a decreased chance of developing breast cancer before menopause, according to a study…
Illegal Migration: EU to partner Nigeria to evolve solution
The European Union (EU) says it will partner with Nigeria to evolve solutions to illegal migration, Mr Richard Young, Deputy…
15 people feared dead in Nairobi market fire
At least 15 people are feared dead and more than 60 injured after a night fire, once again, gutted a…
Escravos Bay: Dredging will benefit Delta – Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta said on Wednesday that the Federal Government’s approval for the dredging of the Escravos Bay…
Family crucial in curbing drug abuse, illicit trafficking – Pharmacists
Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) on Wednesday said the family was a crucial factor in curbing…
Nigerian Army constructs mini Dam in Yobe
The Nigerian Army, in its effort to promoting civil-military cooperation, constructed a mini dam for the people of Fika Local…
FAAC meeting ends in deadlock
The monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting ended in a deadlock on Wednesday in Abuja.