Year: 2020
President Duterte to military: Prepare to evacuate Filipinos in Iran
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday directed the military to prepare to evacuate thousands of Filipinos in Iran and Iraq…
Iraqi parliament to US military : Leave
The Shiite dominated Iraqi parliament has voted to expel the U.S. military from the country. Lawmakers voted Sunday in favour…
Why it is time to wipe out Iran – Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, has congratulated US President, Donald Trump for ordering the…
Kaduna Deputy Gov visits gas explosion victims
The Kaduna State Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, has called on those engaged in the sale of inflammable goods to…
Investigation begins into Turkish Airlines accident in Port Harcourt
The Accident Investigation Bureau has commenced an investigation into an incident involving an A330-300 aircraft, with registration number TC-LOL, operated…
Cross River assures of tacking ecological challenges
The Cross River government has reiterated its commitment towards addressing ecological challenges in the state.
Labour protests mass sack of workers by Ekiti govt
The organised labour in Ekiti State has protested the ongoing mass sack of workers by the Ekiti State Government. The…
Shun ethnic, religious sentiments, Adamu urges Nigerians
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC- Nasarawa), has urged Nigerians to shun ethnic and religious sentiments and embrace one another in order…
Gas disaster: Deputy gov. Hadiza pays condolence visit to Prof. Mallam’s family
Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, Kaduna deputy governor has paid a condolence visit to the family of Professor Simon P. Mallam,…
American tragedy: Many die in multiple crash in Pittsburgh
Multiple people were killed early Sunday in Westmoreland County, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States in a crash involving a tour…
Police investigate 4 officers over misconduct in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has commenced investigation into an alleged misconduct by four policemen who appear in a…
Ganduje announces 17 new appointments
The Kano state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has appointed seven Special Advisers (SAs) and 10 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs).
7 students, others die in land mine explosion
At least 14 people, including seven students, were killed on Saturday in Toeni, Sourou province, in northwestern Burkina Faso when…
Chadian troops withdraw from Nigeria
The Chadian troops deployed in Nigeria in a joint effort to defeat Boko Haram insurgency have reportedly been withdrawn by…
Kenya closes airstrip after al-Shabab attack
Kenya's aviation authorities have closed indefinitely Manda airstrip following a dawn terror attack by al-Shabab militants early Sunday.
Imo records zero casualty during yuletide season – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said there was no casualty recorded in Imo during the yuletide.
Iraq parliament to convene amid calls to expel U.S. troops
Iraq’s parliament is set to convene an extraordinary session, on Sunday, where lawmakers told Reuters they would push for a…
DPR blames Kaduna gas explosion on illegal transfer of cylinders
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says preliminary investigations have revealed that the Kaduna gas explosion was caused by illegal…
3 shot dead as fire razes market in Oyo
There was pandemonium in Oyo town after an early morning fire razed larger part of the ancient Akesan market with…
US Military confirms Camp Simba attack, mum on casualties
The U.S. military has confirmed that there has been a terror attack on its military base in Kenya that houses…
Miracle: Pastor survives accident where 6 died
A Nigerian has shared on Facebook what he considered to be a miracle: the survival of his brother, a reverend…
Aisha Buhari takes kindness to less privileged in Gombe
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has donated foods items to women groups, correctional homes , orphanages and other less…
Legislators repair 300 boreholes in Taraba
Three Legislators from Taraba have repaired about 300 dilapidated boreholes in Bali-Gassol Federal Constituency in the state.
Prof. Mallam CEO Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission among victims of Kaduna gas blast
Simon P. Mallam, a professor of Physics and chairman and CEO of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission was among the five…
Auto crash kills 1 on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command on Sunday confirmed the death of one person following an accident that…
Car rams into crowd, kills 6
Six persons have been reportedly killed as a car rammed into a crowd of German tourists in northern Italy, local…
Buhari, Osinbajo, governors get 7-day ultimatum
President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, 36 state governors and their deputies, have been handed a seven-day ultimatum to provide…
Voting starts in Croatia’s presidential runoff
Voting has begun in Croatia's presidential runoff that will determine who will rule the country for the next five years…
Al-Shabaab militants attack US military base
Al-Shabaab claimed its fighters attacked a US-Kenya military base in Kenya's coastal Lamu region early today.
Boko Haram abducts CAN chairman
Boko Haram insurgents have abducted one of the local chairmen of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).