Author: Adekunle Dada
“Africa has chosen China”
Burkina Faso will strengthen cooperation with China in all areas as Africa-China relations develop for mutual benefit, President Roch Kabore…
4 million refugee children are not in school – UNHCR
Four million refugee children in the world do not attend school and the total has increased dramatically, the UN Refugee…
Climate change: Pakistan, India hold water talks
Pakistan and India are holding a fresh round of talks to sort out disputes over water resources from rivers that…
Warning strike: Osun workers stay away from offices
The Osun Government workers, on Wednesday, stayed away from the state secretariat, Abere, Osogbo, in compliance with the directive of…
India: 4 killed, 30 injured in Political violence
Police on Wednesday said four political party workers were killed after activists of rival parties clashed in India’s Eastern State…
Lagos ports receive 10 ships with petrol, other products
Ten ships carrying various products are at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)…
Toke Makinwa to launch career in music
On-air-personality and video blogger, Toke Makinwa. says that she is set to have a career in music.
Benue Govt to close more schools over poor quality
The Benue government says it will soon close more private schools as part of measures to ensure that only quality…
HIV/AIDS: UNICEF partners Nasarawa Govt on preventing transmission
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is partnering with the Nasarawa State Government on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission…
2019: Dankwambo will not defect after PDP Primaries – Campaign Org.
The Presidential Campaign Organisation of Gov.Ibrahim Dankwambo says the governor will remain in People’s Democratic Party (PDP) irrespective of the…
U.S. terminates funding for Palestine refugees agency – UN
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Wednesday confirmed that the…
Lai Mohammed calls for investments in Polo
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has called for partnership and investments in human capital and infrastructure…
Aruna Quadri donates food items to less privilege
Aruna Quadri, winner of the recently-concluded 2018 ITTF Challenge (Seamaster Nigeria Open Championship), has donated food items and mini table…
Explosion kills 7 at Iraqi security checkpoint
An explosion at a checkpoint in Western Iraq killed four security personnel and three civilians, local media reported on Wednesday.
Italian Pilots Union votes to approve Ryanair deal
The Italian Pilots Union ANPAC has voted to approve a collective labour agreement reached with low-cost airline Ryanair following a…
Germany: Indian arrested on suspicion of human smuggling
A 21-year-old Indian National was arrested on Wednesday during a series of raids targeting a human smuggling ring, German police…
Disgraced Japanese basketball players suspended for 1 year
Four players from the Japanese men’s basketball team have been handed 12-month bans by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA) after…
Security beefed up ahead of May’s visit to Lagos
Security has been beefed up at the Murtala Muhammed Airports, Ikeja, ahead of the British Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa May’s…
35 die of West Nile virus in Serbia, Greece
The West Nile Virus has claimed six lives in Serbia in the past week alone, pushing the number of confirmed…
Syria: Russia registers 26 ceasefire violations in 24 hours
The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish Commission on Syrian Reconciliation has recorded 26 ceasefire violations in the Arab republic in…
Benue Revenue boss vows to institutionalise modern tax administration
The Acting Executive Chairman, Benue Internal Revenue Service, (BIRS) Mr Terzungwe Atser has promised to establish institutionalised modern and result-oriented…
Cameroon launches anti-graft awareness campaign
Cameroon’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC) on Tuesday launched a public awareness campaign to curb “endemic” corruption in public services.
FRSC arrests 4,983 traffic offenders during Sallah
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Tuesday that 4,983 motorists were arrested for various traffic offences during its…
U.S Open: Federer brushes past Nishioka
Swiss tennis star, Roger Federer, made light of energy-sapping conditions to brush past Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-2 6-4 in…
Roadside bomb kills 5, injures 10 Kenyan soldiers
Five Kenyan soldiers were killed and 10 wounded on Wednesday when their car ran over a homemade bomb in northern…
Security threat: Russia bans ‘undesirable’ U.S. environmental group
Russia has banned a U.S. environmental lobby group from operating in the country after labeling it an “undesirable” organisation, the…
Israeli court recognises Jewish settlement
An Israeli court has given legal recognition to a Jewish settlement built without Israeli government authorisation on privately owned Palestinian…
Primaries: APC pledges to respect electoral guidelines
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has pledged to ensure compliance with the electoral guidelines, fairness and justice as well as…
Oil price rises on Iran sanctions
Oil markets were stable on Wednesday, buoyed by falling supplies from Iran ahead of U.S. sanctions but held in check…
Iranian parliament begins impeachment proceedings against 2 ministers
Iranian lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against the education minister on Wednesday, ramping up pressure on the president who is under…