Author: Adekunle Dada
President Buhari assures Chinese investors of support
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Beijing, China, assured existing and prospective Chinese investors of high-level support for their investment…
2019: APC zones Zamfara Governorship position
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state has zoned the governorship position of the party to the central zone.
PDP extends deadline for sale, submission of nomination forms
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the deadline for sale and submission of Presidential, Governorship and National Assembly nomination…
PDP reconciles Adeleke, Ogunbiyi for Osun gubernatorial election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Osun state, Sen. Ademola Adeleke and the runner up at the primaries,…
6 APC Governors, 27 lawmakers want to join us – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hinted that some governors and National Assembly members elected on the All Progressives Congress…
Rape: South Sudan ordered to pay damages to foreign aid workers
A South Sudanese military court on Thursday ordered the government to pay damages to foreign aid workers raped in a…
Gov. Ajimobi, APC leaders meet with aspirants to pick consensus candidates
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that he would in conjunction with some leaders of Alł Progressives Congress…
Buhari wins Chinese support for Mambilla power, other projects
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Beijing won the crucial support of the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, for the country’s…
2019: Ogun APC adopts consensus for primaries as Amosun declares for senate
The Ogun chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday resolved to adopt consensus primaries to select candidates for…
ISIS terrorists have spies operating from Borno IDP camps – Police
The Borno Police Command said on Wednesday that the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), a faction of ISIS,…
Ugandan lawmakers appeal law allowing Museveni re-election bid
A group of Ugandan legislators have petitioned the supreme court to overturn a lower court decision that upheld a constitutional…
Al Shabaab militants kill Somali soldiers
Officials on Thursday said gunmen from Somalia’s Al Shabaab group killed six people including at least four soldiers in the…
Lesbian sex: Malaysian PM denounces caning of 2 women
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex.
India’s top court scraps colonial-era ban on gay sex
India’s top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday in a landmark judgment that activists hope will…
Kim wants to denuclearise in Trump’s 1st term – South Korea
Officials on Thursday said North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants to realise denuclearisation during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term,…
Ethiopia reopens embassy in Eritrea
Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders reopened Ethiopia’s embassy in the Eritrean capital Asmara on Thursday, state affiliated Ethiopian Fana Broadcasting said.
Nigerian Army kills Boko-Haram insurgents, recovers 147 stolen livestock
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it killed many ‘Boko-Haram’ insurgents and recovered 147 livestock in two separate operations in…
LASUTH resident doctors begin 3 days warning strike
Resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, on Wednesday began its three days warning strike, demanding…
Flood: Kogi CJ appeals for land to relocate high court complex
Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Nasir Ajanah, on Wednesday appealed to Ohimege of Koton-Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isah-Koto, for land to…
Gombe residents urged to utilise Primary Health Care facilities
The Gombe state Primary Health Care Development Agency (GSPHCDA) has urged residents of Gombe to utilise the Primary Health Care…
Commission to launch e-platform for complains
Mr Chile Igbawua, Chief Commissioner of the Public Complaint Commission (PCC) says the organisation will launch an e-platform by October…
FCT inaugurates 21-member health insurance committee
A 21-member committee on the review of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Insurance Scheme (FCT-HIS) has been inaugurated.
NEMA to repatriate 56,000 Borno IDPs from Niger Republic
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday that it had concluded plans to repatriate 56,000 Borno Internally Displaced…
Abule Egba-Oshodi gridlock: No plan to delay project for political motives – Commissioner
Mr Ladi Lawanson, the Lagos State Commissioner for Transport, says it is not the plan of the state government to…
Flood kills 9, injures 5 in Kano
The Kano State Government has confirmed the death of nine people and injury of five others from a recent flood…
OPEC expects global trade disputes to hit energy demand
OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo expects global trade disputes to hit energy demand and eventually hurt economic growth.
Abia Govt. trains residents on medical emergency
Dr Chukwuemeka Nwakanma, Medical Director, Abia Emergency Medical Services (EMS), said the Abia Government had embarked on extensive training of…
Security: Anambra Govt. to move beggars, lunatics to rehabilitation centre
Anambra Government says it will soon take lunatics and beggars off its streets to a rehabilitation centre at Nteje to…
Drug abuse: Nigerian Govt expresses readiness to partner traditional rulers
Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has reiterated Federal Government’s readiness to partner with any…
Presidency to Atiku: Buhari is truly uncompromising but only to corruption, looting
The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is truly uncompromising, but only when it comes to looting the common patrimony of…