Author: Adekunle Dada
Lagos State Govt denies privatising water supply
The Lagos State Government on Friday said that it had yet to privatise water supply or award any water privatisation…
Flood: Adamawa residents advised against building on water ways
Adamawa Gov. Mohammed Bindow on Friday advised residents in the state to stop building houses on water ways to avert…
ASUU calls on Ajimobi, Aregbesola to resolve LAUTECH crisis
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri Zone, has called on Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and his…
Navy detains 8 suspected diesel smugglers
Troops of the Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt on Friday arrested eight men accused of smuggling about 200,000 litres of…
Senior TCN workers frown against call to sack Managing Director
The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN ) chapter, has frowned against…
Flood: Marine Police, Red Cross evacuate stranded Yola residents
Marine Police and members of Nigerian Red Cross have mobilised to evacuate stranded residents of Yolde-Pate Ward of Yola, which…
Lagos Govt, DPR urged to stop gas station in residential areas
An Environmentalist, Mr Godwin Ekong, has called for a stop to the establishment of gas stations in residential areas in…
Osun Guber: INEC promises to conduct credible election
Mr Segun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, says the Sept. 22 governorship election in the state would…
500 horse riders to participate in Ilorin Grand Durbar
No fewer than 500 horse riders would participate in this year’s rejuvenated Ilorin Emirate Grand Durbar scheduled for Wednesday.
NIMC registers 1.7 million in Kaduna
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has so far registered 1.7 million people in Kaduna State, the commission’s coordinator in…
Apapa gridlock: Association calls for alternative port for export of agric produce
The National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN), has called for an alternative seaport for the export of agricultural produce in…
Israeli PM Netanyahu questioned again over corruption probe
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday over what local media said was a case involving the country’s…
NDLEA arrests 46 suspected drug barons in Gombe
National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gombe State Command, said it arrested 46 suspected drug barons in the last eight…
Tunisia confiscates passport of ex-bin Laden’s bodyguard
Tunisia has confiscated the passport of a man suspected of being an Islamist militant who once served as Osama bin…
Pakistani lawmakers elect Imran Khan as new prime minister
Lawmakers in Pakistan’s lower house of parliament elected former cricket legend Imran Khan as the country’s new prime minister on…
Turkish court again rejects U.S. pastor’s appeal for release
A Turkish court again rejected an appeal to release American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest, broadcaster Haberturk said…
Germany set to ease laws to fill skilled labour gaps
The German cabinet will soon decide on a proposal to make it easier for skilled workers from outside the European…
I was elected to serve Edo people not political leaders – Obaseki
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that he was elected to serve the people of the state and not…
Driver remanded for allegedly defiling 7-year-old girl
A driver, Adewale Showumi, who allegedly defiled a 7-year-old girl, was on Friday remanded at Ikoyi Prison by an Ogudu…
WHO expects more Ebola cases in Congo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it could not be certain that it had identified all people…
Chinese economy maintains steady growth
The Chinese economy has maintained steady growth with good momentum despite a complicated domestic and external environment, a senior government…
Flood kills 164, displaces 223,000 in India
The worst floods in a century in the Indian state of Kerala have killed 164 people and forced more than…
Foundation commends Osinbajo, I-G for overhauling SARS
The Foundation for Justice and Rehabilitation of Prisoners, a human rights group, has commended the presidential directive for the overhauling…
Applicant remanded for allegedly raping neighbour’s daughter
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of 48-year-old man, Thomson Olorunfemi, docked for allegedly raping his…
Boko Haram: UN demands immediate release of 3 abducted aid workers
The United Nations (UN) on Friday demanded the immediate release of three aid workers abducted while providing humanitarian support at…
N9.6m distributed to 72 outstanding FCT corps members
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Muhammad Bello, distributed N9.6 million to 72 former corps members, who served between…
NTDC partners Wikimedia to boost tourism sector
Mr Folorunsho Coker, the Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), said on Friday that it had concluded plans…
Teaching students to think, create will spur development – WAEC
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says teaching to stimulate thinking among students, rather than merely recalling could be the…
Vote buying: INEC pledges to re-administer polling units
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will re-administer its polling units to address the issue of…
Delta Govt to revoke undeveloped plots in Asaba Industrial Park
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says government will revoke any undeveloped plot at the Asaba Industrial Park.