Year: 2018
Zimbabwe offers to pay for opposition leader Tsvangirai funeral expenses
Zimbabwe is ready to help foot the bill for the funeral arrangements of Morgan Tsvangirai in a tribute to the…
Economic growth: Expert tasks FG to utilise rising oil price
A financial expert, Dr Samuel Nzekwe, has advised the Federal Government to utilise the rising oil price in the international…
Petrol diversion: DPR fines marketers N2.5bn
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has fined 20 marketers about N2.48 billion for diverting nine million litres of petrol.…
Prof. Ukwu, ex-Education Commissioner dies at 84
Prof. Ukwu I. Ukwu, Education Commissioner in the defunct East Central State is dead. Ukwu, an economist and former Executive…
South Africa: Experts say Ramaphosa likely to face challenges in reforming economy
South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is set to replace Jacob Zuma as the nation’s president, is likely to…
New South African president will be elected in parliament today – ANC chief whip
South Africa’s parliament will elect Cyril Ramaphosa as new president at 2pm local time (1200 GMT) on Thursday and have…
PDP advises INEC to review voter register to curb Underage voting
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review and sanitise its voter register,…
Australian PM to ban sexual relationships between ministers, staff
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday said ministers will be banned from sexual relationships with staff under a new…
Colombia denies plans to attack Venezuela amid rising diplomatic tension
Colombia’s army chief of staff has denied claim that Colombia is planning to attack Venezuela, amid rising diplomatic tension between…
Ronaldo sets record with 100th Champions League goal
Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesday became the first player to score 100 Champions League goals for the same club.
Child marriage: United Nations launches Valentine campaign to end practice
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is promoting its “I don’t” campaign which called on the world to prioritise ending child…
Why Fortuna Sittard sacked Oliseh
Sunday Oliseh said he was sacked from his job at Fortuna Sittard, Holland due to his refusal to participate in…
United Nations highlight challenges faced by Nigerian women, others
A new report launched by the UN Women at the UN Headquarters in New York has uncovered significant inequalities and…
Governors plot to boost IGR, implements State Police
The Governors Forum on Wednesday met to find ways of improving Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of states through the implementation…
Former student kills 15 in Florida High School
A gunman opened fire at a Southern Florida high school today, killing at least 15 people and sending students running…
Valentine: Red clothes sell out in Abuja boutiques
Clothes made of different shades of red sold fast in boutiques and shops in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja,…
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies in South Africa
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died on Wednesday in South Africa after a long battle with cancer, the vice president…
Youths hold NSCDC Commandant, mobile cops hostage
Protesting youths of Obadolovbiyeyi community, in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State, on Wednesday, held the State Commandant of…
Mane bags hat-trick as Liverpool run riot with goals in Porto
Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick as Liverpool marked their first Champions League knockout game for seven years with an emphatic…
Ronaldo scores brace as Madrid thrash PSG 3-1
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace as Real Madrid thrash PSG 3-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium in the first leg of…
South Africa’s President, Zuma Resigns
South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect.
Lagos approves establishment of 4 more emergency response units
The Lagos State Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Mr. Seye Oladejo has said that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has…
Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean love and sex – Cleric
A clergyman, Pastor Dan Ukpabi, has expressed dismay at the misconception of the youths who misinterpreted Valentine’s Day to mean…
Amuwo Odofin APC leaders endorse Ambode for 2nd term
Leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area have endorsed the Lagos State…
We are set for Edo LG election – Police
Heads of security agencies in Edo State have assured voters of their readiness to ensure a hitch-free local government council…
Buhari issues directive for extra funding tertiary institutions
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to continue to offer meaningful and purposeful interventions in…
Herdsmen: Ogun stakeholders debunk shutdown of 30 primary schools
Stakeholders in Yewa North, Ogun State have debunked claims that 30 primary schools were shutdown in Yewa North following attack…
SON seize fake products worth N300bn in 2017
Mr Ostia Aboloma, Director General, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), says the organisation confiscated fake and sub-standard products worth N300…
FIRS Shuts Tax Defaulting Firms In Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt
A multi-billion naira company, African Textile Management Limited was among four companies that were sealed up by the Federal Inland…
Petrol queues: Marketers fined N2.5bn for alleged diversion
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday fined 20 marketers N2.5 billion for diverting over nine million litres of…