Author: Adekunle Dada
2019 AFCON Qualifier: Super Eagles begin training with foot-volley
The Super Eagles players engaged in a Foot-Volleyball match on Tuesday evening as they began full training ahead Saturday’s crucial…
LG transition committees: Katsina PDP drags Masari to Supreme Court
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State, said on Tuesday it had approached the Supreme Court seeking to quash…
Naira gains against dollar at parallel market
The Naira on Tuesday gained one kobo to exchange at N359 to the dollar, stronger than N360 posted on Monday.
CBN injects $210m into forex market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has injected 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to…
South Sudan’s displaced relocate to new home
Nearly 3,500 people displaced by violence in South Sudan have been relocated from a UN-run camp in the capital, Juba,…
Arik Air aborts take-off due to abnormality
An Arik Air aircraft operating from Benin Airport to Lagos Airport on Tuesday aborted take-off when the Pilot-in-Command observed an…
Nasarawa Assemby passes youth empowerment bill
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Nasarawa State Agency for Youth Empowerment Scheme (NAYES) bill.
South Africa: UN agency condemns xenophobic attack on foreigners
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday condemned the recent aggression against foreigners, including refugees, by South Africans during a…
Bayelsa takes safe child delivery campaign to churches
The Bayelsa Government has decided to take its Safe Motherhood Initiative, a campaign aimed at reducing the high rate of…
Niger Govt. pays N2.6 billion as retirement benefits to pensioners
The Niger Government says it has so far released N2.6 billion as pension to 1,599 state and local government pensioners…
Qatar lifts controversial exit visa system for workers
Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their…
Man allegedly arranges kidnap, death of father
The Osun Police Command on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 27 year-old man Isa Adamu, who allegedly conspired with…
PDP expands Kano State Caretaker Committee
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has resolved to expand the Kano State…
U.S., UK, others welcome Libya’s ceasefire accord
The Governments of the United States of America, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, have welcomed the result of the…
IGP Idris donates cow, food items to Lagos orphanage
The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Alhaji Ibrahim Idris on Tuesday donated a cow and other food items to children…
Ogun Assembly rejects lawmakers’ defection from APC
The Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday, rejected defection letters of two members of the House over failure to prove…
APC releases timetable for 2019 primary elections
Presidential aspirants for the 2019 election in the All Progressives Congress will pay N45million to obtain the party’s Expression of…
Boko Haram: Over 2,000 workers killed yet to receive benefit – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that more than 2,000 workers lost to insurgency in North East Nigeria were…
Tailor remanded for allegedly defiling 11-year-old girl
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 52-year-old tailor, Abbas Saminu, in prison custody over alleged defilement of…
Zambia dismisses reports of Ebola outbreak
Health authorities in Zambia on Tuesday dismissed reports that the country has recorded its first Ebola case.
Commission arrests Immigration job scam kingpin
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested the kingpin of a job scam syndicate recently…
Defection: 23 Kwara lawmakers deny taking bribe
All 23 members of the 24-member House of Assembly in Kwara, including the Speaker, have denied financial inducement for their…
Rivers Govt to revive abandoned Songhai farms
Mr Tammy Jaja, Centre Manager of the Rivers Government-owned Songhai Farms, says the state government has commenced plans to revive…
Mali’s President Keita sworn in for 2nd term
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was on Tuesday sworn into Office for a second five-year term.
No president can succeed without ingenuity of Ndigbo – Bafarawa
Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, has said that nobody can rule Nigeria without tapping the…
Mantu’s son joins race for House of Reps seat
Dr. Umar Mantu, son of former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu, on Tuesday in Jos declared interest in contesting the…
9 injured as bridge collapses in India
Police on Tuesday said that nine people were injured seriously on Tuesday as a bridge over a railway track collapsed…
Man gives out 2-year-old son as collateral for loan
The Police Command in Cross River has arrested a couple for allegedly trafficking their two-year old first son to an…
Nigeria-China partnership yields over $5 billion in projects – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s partnership with China through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has resulted in the execution…
Plateau attacks: Operation Safe Haven reinforces security measures
As more rural communities in Plateau come under attacks, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), the outfit in charge of security in…