Author: Adekunle Dada
Leadership crisis: Lagos PDP wants national body’s intervention
Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Thursday called for national body’s intervention for a…
How Jigawa achieved 5 tons of rice per hectare
Gov. Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa says the state government has assisted farmers in the state to enhance their rice yield…
Edo Govt. reduces cost of Certificate of Occupancy to N50,000
The Edo Government says it has reduced the cost of acquiring Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) from N300,00 to…
18 Sokoto Assembly members dump APC for PDP
Eighteen out of the 30 members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly on Wednesday defected from the ruling All…
World food prices down 3.7% in July – FAO
World food prices fell 3.7 per cent in July from the month before with declines seen across all crop types,…
Switzerland expects good democracy in Nigeria
The Consul-General of Switzerland in Lagos, Mr Yves Nicolet-dit-Félix, on Wednesday said that it was Nigeria to practice democracy like…
Turkey targets N360 billion trade transactions with Nigeria
The Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) on Wednesday expressed optimism that trade transactions between Turkey and Nigeria would reach about N360…
Hundreds protest Denmark ban on face veils
Hundreds of Danes rallied in Copenhagen on Wednesday in protest at a new ban on the wearing of face veils…
INEC decries low rate of PVCs’ collection in Ebonyi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says no fewer than 71,462 registered voters in Ebonyi are yet to collect their…
Soludo to Nigerian Govt: Implement APC report on restructuring
A former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to implement…
Hajj rites: Kogi, Nasarawa pilgrims arrive in Makkah
The second batch of 382 Nigerian pilgrims from Nasarawa State on Wednesday joined their Kogi counterparts to formally begin this…
Nigeria’s economic reforms 2017, Q1 worth over $83.9bn
The Federal Government’s economic reforms to attract investments in 2017 and the first quarter of 2018 is said to yield…
Lai Mohammed driver denies report of abandoning him
Aliyu Omeiza, the official driver to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has denied social media report…
Lagos Assembly hosts Conference of State Assembly Speakers
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it had concluded arrangements to host the Conference of Speakers of…
Zimbabwe accused of using excessive force against unarmed civilians
The Commonwealth’s observer mission on Thursday accused Zimbabwe’s security services of using excessive force to break up protests in Harare…
Hackers steal personal details of 120,000 Bank customers
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has confirmed that hackers have stolen information of more than 120,000 customers in a massive…
Scientists discover new drugs to arrest growth, spread of cancer
Australian scientists on Thursday said they have discovered a new type of drug that targets specific proteins to arrest the…
Cambodia PM lashes out at opposition vote boycott
Cambodian Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen on Thursday lashed out at an election boycott by the dissolved opposition Cambodia National…
Election: UN calls on Zimbabwe’s leaders to reject violence
The UN has called on Zimbabwe’s leaders to reject any form of violence after reported attacks on demonstrators protesting election…
Woman chops off husband’s genitals in row over second wife
A woman in northern India chopped off her husband’s genitals for allegedly neglecting her and staying with his second wife,…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa talking to opposition to defuse tension
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe said on Thursday he has been talking to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to try to…
Election violence: Soldiers patrol Zimbabwe’s capital
Zimbabwean soldiers patrolled the streets of the capital Harare on Thursday as subdued calm returned a day after clashes between…
India approves death penalty for piracy
India’s cabinet has approved a bill that will punish piracy at sea with death penalty or life in prison, local…
Defectors are ‘heroes of democracy’ – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday hosted some of the rebels of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who defected…
Secondus, PDP governors pay solidarity visit to Gov. Ortom
PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus on Wednesday led some PDP governors and senators on a solidarity visit to Gov. Samuel…
Okorocha assures Buhari no governor will defect from APC
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, has assured that no governor will…
Tambuwal’s defection to PDP excites Secondus
Prince Uche Secondus, National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is excited by news that the Sokoto State Governor,…
Mixed reactions trail Gov. Tambuwal’s defection to PDP
Some residents of Sokoto on Wednesday expressed mixed reactions over Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s defection to People Democratic Party (PDP) from…
Asian Games: Iraq withdraws from football tournament
Iraq have withdrawn from the football tournament of this month’s Asian Games at Jakarta in Indonesia, potentially throwing the competition…
EU, Oxfam project to plant 700,000 trees in Katsina
The EU and Oxfam Project in Katsina State on Wednesday said that they were collaborating with farmers to plant 700,000…