Year: 2018
2018: Jigawa targets 1.6m children for polio immunisation
The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA) says over 1.6 million children will be immunised against polio in the…
Benue killings: Senate security committee directed to suspend recess, expedite action
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has directed members of the Senate Adhoc Committee on Security to immediately…
Benue attacks: Shot livestock guard laments disappearance of 4 wives, 18 children
Mr Akpenheen Amile, a Livestock Guard, who is being treated of gunshots sustained in the Jan. 2 attack on villages…
Namibia bans food imports from cholera-hit Zambia
The Namibian government on Thursday provisionally banned the import of all perishable food, fish, fruits, unprocessed food and water from…
Jigawa polio free for 6 years – Official
Dr Kabir Ibrahim, the Executive Secretary, Jigawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHDA) said that state has not recorded any new…
Iranian President orders release of all students detained in anti-government protests
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has ordered the release of all students detained in the wave of anti-establishment protests in Iran,…
Russia to raise minimum wage May 1 – Putin
Russia will raise its minimum wage effect from May 1, President Vladimir Putin, who is running for re-election in March,…
Somaliland passes first anti-rape law
Somaliland has passed its first law against rape, in a bid by the new government of the breakaway region to…
Pope Francis orders takeover of Catholic group in Peru
Pope Francis on Wednesday ordered the Vatican takeover of an elite Catholic society in Peru whose founder is accused of…
Cholera Outbreak: Zambia closes main passport offices
Zambia has closed its main passport offices in the capital, a hub which is always thronged with people, as part…
Xenophobia: South Africans renew attacks on Nigerians, burn shops
The Nigerian Community in South Africa, say, four members are in critical condition in the hospital while some shops have…
FRSC disowns online job advertisements
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dissociated itself from online sites allegedly advertising application forms for vacant positions in…
Real Madrid struggle against Numancia but advance to King’s Cup quarters
Troubled Spanish champions Real Madrid stumbled to a 2-2 draw with third tier Numancia on Wednesday but qualified for the…
Arsene Wenger welcomes VAR
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes the introduction of a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system in English football is a welcome…
Lagos state to move 5,000 tonnes of waste daily to new landfill
Refuse dotting Lagos roads and in the city centre will soon be a thing of the past as the state…
Filling stations in Epe, Ibeju Lekki sealed over price disparity
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday sealed three filling stations in Ibeju-Lekki and Epe in Lagos State for…
200 migrants from Nigeria, others die in Mediterranean – IOM
It was a tragic start to New Year for migrants from Nigeria and other countries as hundreds of them crossing…
Insurgency: United Nation pays tribute fallen heroes
Mrs Amina Muhammad, the UN Deputy Secretary General, on Wednesday in Maiduguri, laid wreath in remembrance of soldiers who lost…
Buhari out to get killer herdsmen – Femi Adesina
A Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, has frowned at those accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of condoning killings occasioned by farmers/herdsmen…
Herdsmen attacks could lead to food crisis – Senator
Sen. Suleiman Adokwe (PDP/Nasarawa South) has called for urgent measures to end the incessant farmers/herdsmen clashes to avoid dire consequences…
Carabao Cup: Arsenal hold Chelsea at Stanford Bridge
Arsenal recovered from the humiliation of their FA Cup third-round exit at Championship side Nottingham Forest to earn a battling…
Man sent To Prison For Biting Off Wife’s Nose
A trader at Idumota, Lagos Island, Lagos, Adebiosu Remi, 41, has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly…
Obaseki, China SINOPEC sign 5,500bpd Edo Modular Refinery deal
Edo State Government Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese Consortium for the construction of a 5,500…
Tambuwal: Leader, Mentor, Visionary Clocks 52
Six years ago, five young Nigerians graduated from Usmanu Danfodio University with a bachelor’s degree in Law and were on…
A New Year Prayer for the State of Osun!
Goodbye 2017! May your soul rest in peace! Welcome 2018, the year Pastor Enoch Adeboye has prophesied would be "far…
State of Emergency: Sokoto begins training of 3,374 primary school teachers
As part of efforts to overcome challenges bedeviling the education sector, 3,374 primary school teachers in Sokoto State have started…
Super Eagles to play England at Wembley 2 June
The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed that a prestige friendly match between the Super Eagles and England’s Three Lions will…
Killer Herdsmen: Army deploys troops to Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa
The Nigerian Army has deployed Special Forces to Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa States to quell the activities of rampaging killer…
Buhari appoints Abubakar as new DG for NIA
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the appointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the new Director General for the…
Photos: First Federal Executive Council Meeting Of 2018
The Federal Executive Council Meeting, SEC, held its first meeting on Wednesday in 2018, with President Muhammadu Buhari presiding over…