Author: Adekunle Dada
Onazi rejoins Trabzonspor for pre-season
Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has said he is looking forward to the 2018/2019 Turkish Super League season after rejoining…
FIFA has not written to NFF over ban threat – Giwa
Chief Chris Giwa, President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has said that FIFA, the world soccer governing body, has not communicated…
ICAN president urges Nigerian Govt to sell idle assets
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), has urged the Federal Government to sell off idle assets across the…
Zimbabwean court okays legality of Mnangagwa’s govt
A Court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday thew out an application by two political parties and three activists seeking to challenge…
People over-50s hard to seek job in Britain – Report
Talents of more than a million people aged over 50 in Britain who want to work are being wasted because…
Man arraigned for escaping from police custody
A 22-year-old man, Gerald Ogwu, who allegedly escaped from police custody after being arrested for stealing N75,000, was on Tuesday…
Orji Kalu re-arraigned on 39-count charges
A former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned at a Federal High Court in Lagos on…
3 children killed , 2 injured in gas cylinder explosion
No fewer than three children have died in Sara Village in Gwaram LGA of Jigawa, following a cooking gas cylinder…
NSCDC recovers N9.9m debts in Jigawa
The Jigawa Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it recovered over N9,944 debts in the second…
Turkish museum discovers 8-million-year-old mammoth fossil
A museum in Turkey’s central Yozgat province on Tuesday says it has discovered a fossil believed to come from an…
Katsina earmarks N1.5bn for UMYU’s Faculty of Agric take-off
Katsina state government has earmarked N1.5 billion for the take-off of Faculty of Agriculture at Layin Minista in Umaru Musa…
Malaysians contribute $37m to help pay off country’s debt
Malaysians have contribute more than 150 million ringgit (37 million dollars) to help pay off its staggering national debt, the…
Iraqi Police disperse protesters outside Zubair Oilfield
Iraqi Police used batons and rubber hoses to disperse about 250 protesters at the main entrance to the giant Zubair…
Electoral offences: EU partners INEC, Police to train legal officers
EU is partnering with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police to train legal officers on prosecution of electoral…
Uganda will not scrap social media tax – Minister
The Ugandan government on Tuesday said it will not scrap the recently introduced taxes on social media use and mobile…
Sen. Jang’s case: EFCC fails to present witnesses
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday failed to bring witnesses to testify in the case of alleged…
Police target Rome’s most notorious crime family
Rome’s most notorious crime family, the Casamonicas, was targeted by a major Police operation on Tuesday, leading to 31 arrests…
Cambodia election: Nearly 70,000 security forces to be deployed
Nearly 70,000 security personnel would be deployed at all 22,967 polling stations during Cambodia’s general election, a National Election Committee…
Travel agent in trouble over alleged visa fraud
A travel agent, Folake Morakinyo, 48, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over alleged N840,000 visa fraud.
Nigeria restates commitment to holistic prisons reform
The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government towards a holistic prisons…
Nigerians don’t understand functions of National Assembly – Dogara
Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has said that many Nigerians do not understand the functions of the…
UN urges Nicaragua to provide information on missing activists
The UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday called on the Nicaraguan Government to provide information on two activists missing since…
Fake lawyer arrested for theft, impersonation
The police in Lagos have arrested a 27- year- old man Destiny Otubambo, for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer…
18 men arrested for raping 11-year-old
Police said 18 men have been arrested for raping an 11-year-old school girl for several months in an apartment complex…
Failed coup: Turkish court sentences 31 to life in prison
Former soldiers were among 31 people sentenced to life in prison by an Ankara court on Tuesday in a case…
Putin-Trump meeting evokes mixed reaction
The first one-on-one meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday evoked mixed reactions…
Man allegedly kills wife with a machete
The Police Command in Niger has arrested one Bello Muhe, 25, of Gurechi village of Borgu Local Government Area of…
Lake Chad: President Buhari welcomes Netherlands support
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday welcomed the interest of the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, to support the restoration of…
India ordered to act against lynchings, prevent ‘mobocracy’
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to prevent mob violence and lynching across India through legislative efforts and…
EFCC disowns tweet on Gov. Fayose
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disowned a recent gloating tweet that announced the imminent revival of a…