Year: 2018
Med-View Airline begins transportation of pilgrims from Lagos Airport
Medview Airline on Thursday began the transportation of its quota of 10,000 pilgrims from the Hajj Camp of the Murtala…
First Bank launches WhatsApp chat banking
Determined to ensure effective service to its customers, First Bank of Nigeria on Thursday unveiled its chat banking on WhatsApp.
Hackers steal personal details of 120,000 Bank customers
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has confirmed that hackers have stolen information of more than 120,000 customers in a massive…
Scientists discover new drugs to arrest growth, spread of cancer
Australian scientists on Thursday said they have discovered a new type of drug that targets specific proteins to arrest the…
Cambodia PM lashes out at opposition vote boycott
Cambodian Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen on Thursday lashed out at an election boycott by the dissolved opposition Cambodia National…
Election: UN calls on Zimbabwe’s leaders to reject violence
The UN has called on Zimbabwe’s leaders to reject any form of violence after reported attacks on demonstrators protesting election…
Post-election violence: ‘Exercise restraint’, UN tells Zimbabwe
The UN has called on Zimbabwe’s leaders to reject any form of violence after reported attacks on demonstrators protesting election…
Woman chops off husband’s genitals in row over second wife
A woman in northern India chopped off her husband’s genitals for allegedly neglecting her and staying with his second wife,…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa talking to opposition to defuse tension
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe said on Thursday he has been talking to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to try to…
Election violence: Soldiers patrol Zimbabwe’s capital
Zimbabwean soldiers patrolled the streets of the capital Harare on Thursday as subdued calm returned a day after clashes between…
U S. warns Russia over attempts to influence midterm elections
The U.S. has warned Russia over any attempts to meddle in the midterm elections in November, following recent Facebook’s disclosure…
India approves death penalty for piracy
India’s cabinet has approved a bill that will punish piracy at sea with death penalty or life in prison, local…
Attacks: Zamfara records more IDPs
Armed bandits attacks on Zamfara have continued to increase the number of Internally Displaced Persons in Maradun Local Government area…
Defectors are ‘heroes of democracy’ – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday hosted some of the rebels of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who defected…
Ebola: ‘We’ll fight new outbreak in DR Congo’ – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it would fight the resurgence of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the…