Year: 2020
Aisha Matawalle distributes delivery kits in Zamfara
Hajiya Aisha Matawalle, wife of Zamfara Governor, distributed delivery kits to 1,100 pregnant women in Maru and Tsafe Local Government…
Ethiopia reopens Tigray regional airspace
The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority has reopened the airspace in the troubled Tigray region in the north of the country.
Zamfara doctors suspend strike
The Zamfara chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has suspended the one-week strike it embarked upon to protest the…
Kankara: Oby Ezekwesili blasts Buhari, solicits U.S support
Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former Vice President of World Bank (Africa region) on Tuesday lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration…
Germany to vaccinate 60% of population by late summer
German Health Minister Jens Spahn is aiming to have around 60 per cent of the country’s population vaccinated against the…
Man jailed 3 years for impersonation
An Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday, sentenced a 38-year-old man, Olaniyi Oni, to three years in a…
Botswana to compensate farmers for animal-caused damage
The Botswanan government will spend millions of pula to compensate farmers that have lost crops due to wild animals, the…
Four feared dead in scramble for Christmas palliatives in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Four persons were feared dead, while many others were injured during scramble for Christmas palliatives on Tuesday…
Why India is important to Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur, Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said India is a “very special and important country” for the company, as…
Niger recruits 31 doctors, 250 midwives
Dr Maikudi Muhammad, Niger State Health Commissioner has said that the Niger State Government has recruited 250 midwives for its…
Lawan swears in Abiru, Dickson, others
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, swore in Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East), Senator Henry Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa West).
Why COVID-19 will not be last pandemic
A new UN report published on Tuesday has said that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the latest crisis facing the world,…
17 Katsina schoolboys escaped from Zamfara forest – Masari
Seventeen of the missing schoolboys kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara Local Government Area of the state…
12 bandits, collaborators apprehended in Zamfara
The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, have apprehended seven suspected bandits and five of their collaborators…
Kano Assembly elects Hamisu as new speaker
Kano State House of Assembly has elected Hamisu Ibrahim-Chidari( APC -Makoda) as its new Speaker, following the resignation of Abdulazeez…
JUST IN: Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya
Somalia has broken off its diplomatic ties with Kenya after the leader of self-declared Somaliland visited Kenya earlier in the…
Car bomb kills Kabul’s Deputy Governor
A blast from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Tuesday killed Deputy Governor of Afghanistan’s Kabul, Mohibullah Mohammadi, and his…
Mala-Buni mourns former Yobe administrator, Aliyu
Governor Mai Mala-Buni on Monday expressed shock and sadness over the demise of AIG Dabo Aliyu (rtd), the former Administrator…
Raiola drops another hint on Pogba’s departure from Man Utd
Mino Raiola has dropped another update concerning the departure of Paul Pogba from Manchester United.
Arsenal must keep faith in Mikel Arteta – Guardiola
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has backed former assistant Mikel Arteta to turn Arsenal’s fortunes around in spite of the…
Putin finally sends Joe Biden congratulatory telegram
Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden hours after America's electoral college confirmed the results.
63 percent of Japanese want Tokyo Olympics cancelled or delayed
About 63 percent of Japanese want the Tokyo Olympics to be scrapped or delayed amid fears that an influx of…
Just IN: Kano Assembly speaker, majority leader resign
Kano State House of Assembly Speaker, Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa and the majority Leader of the assembly, Kabiru Dashi have resigned.
Nigeria attracted $1.46b foreign capital in Q3: NBS
The total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood at 1.46 billion dollars in the third quarter of 2020, the…
How Alex Saenz built seven-figure Real Estate firm at 23
Serial entrepreneur and real estate expert, Alex Saenz has revealed how he started his real estate deal as an undergraduate…
Kabul’s deputy governor killed in ‘sticky bomb’ attack on car
A bomb attack in Afghanistan’s capital city killed the deputy governor of Kabul on Tuesday, security officials said, adding a…
Rivers APC: Sen. Abe attacks Amaechi over caretaker committees
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Magnus Abe, the former Senator representing Rivers South-East have renewed their…
Senior Republicans defy Trump, accept Biden as president-elect
Several senior Republican U.S. senators on Monday acknowledged Democrat Joe Biden as the country’s president-elect after the Electoral College affirmed…
How Gogo Bethke pivoted her Social Media to big impact
Social media expert, Gogo Bethke has revealed how she changed the game in real estate, leveraging the power of technology…
Nollywood actor Belinda Effah clocks 31 [pictures]
Nigerian actress, business woman and presenter Belinda Effah turned 31 on December 14th 2020, and she shared lovely pictures to…