Author: Adekunle Dada
Zimbabwe electoral body making final preparations for polls
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is making final preparations for the July 30 polls with a total of 5.69 million people…
Spanish Super Cup to be decided over one game – Federation
The Spanish Super Cup game between Barcelona and Sevilla will be contested over one match at a neutral venue on…
Nigerian Army averts communal clash
The army has arrested 10 people in Gombe State after averting a communal clash between Biliri and Shongom Local Government…
Peace deal: UN sanctions against Eritrea will no longer exist
UN sanctions against Eritrea will no longer exist following its peace deal with Ethiopia, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.
Edo Govt assures traders of accessible road
The Edo Government on Monday assured traders and residents of Evbaike spare parts market in Egor Local Government area of…
Boko Haram: Army hands over 183 children to UNICEF
The Nigerian Army on Monday formally handed over 183 children linked with armed group in the Northeast to the United…
Man stabs, robs Uber driver of Toyota Corolla car
A 24-year-old man, Lucky Friday, was on Monday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly robbing an Uber driver…
Erdogan sworn in as Turkey’s new president
Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in again as Turkey’s president on Monday, assuming sweeping powers he won in a referendum 2017…
Davido pays tribute to late pal DJ Olu
Nigerian singer David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido has paid tribute to his late friend, disc jockey, DJ Olu at the 2018…
FRCN workers protest poor working conditions
Workers at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Ibadan and Akure on Monday held a peaceful protest within…
Police arrest 2 human traffickers, rescue 3 victims
The Police in Lagos have rescued three young women and arrested two suspected human traffickers who allegedly lured them from…
137 suspected cult members arrested
The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, said it had arrested 137 persons suspected to be cult members during initiation…
Nigerian Govt urged to implement research findings
A scientist, Dr Emmanuel Unuabonah, on Monday called on the Federal Government to implement research findings in an effort to…
Minimum wage: MTN workers urged to join Labour
Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abia, Mr Uchenna Obigwe, said on Monday that workers of the Mobile…
Russia 2018: FIFA reduces number of officials for final phase
The FIFA Referees’ Committee (FRC) on Monday, said it has reduced the number of match officials earlier slated for the…
New tariffs: Chinese customs clears some U.S. goods
Major Chinese ports have started clearing goods from the U.S. on Monday as new tariffs on U.S. imports have gone…
FRSC to clamp down on motorists with fake licence
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday said that it would clamp down on motorists with either fake or…
FIFA commended for Video Assistant Referees
Linus Mba, Adviser to FIFA on Referee Matters, said on Monday that the world football governing body deserved commendation for…
Duterte pledges to stop making statements against Catholic Church
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Monday pledged to stop making statements against the Catholic Church after meeting with the…
UK woman’s death: Russia describes allegation “quite absurd.”
The Kremlin on Monday said it was sorry to hear that a British woman, Dawn Sturgess, had died after being…
Conductor remanded over alleged rape of minor
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gombe on Monday remanded a 30-year-old conductor, Habu Munkaila, in prison over alleged raping of…
Rescue workers bring 8th person out of Thai cave
Rescue workers in Thailand brought out four people on Monday from a flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer…
South Sudan rebels reject peace deal reinstating Machar
South Sudan rebels on Monday rejected a peace plan to reinstate insurgent leader Riek Machar as vice president, saying it…
Romania’s President sacks Chief anti-corruption Prosecutor
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis sacked chief anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi on Monday to honour a Constitutional Court ruling which…
Queen Elizabeth will miss christening of Prince Louis
Prince Louis, the third child of Britain’s Prince William and wife Kate, will be christened later on Monday, but Queen…
Cambodia urges employers to pay workers before elections
Cambodia’s Labour Ministry on Monday urged employers to pay their workers ahead of planned elections on July 29 in a…
Spain appoints Luis Enrique as national team coach
The Spanish Football Federation has appointed Luis Enrique as Spain’s new national team coach, the president of the federation Luis…
Salvini’s new migrant boat blockade plan rattles Italy’s Government
Italy’s Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini’s suggestion that foreign ships taking part in European Union missions should stop taking migrants to…
More than 200,000 displaced Syrians return home
More than 200,000 Syrians displaced from the southern province of Daraa since mid-June have returned to their homes, the Syrian…
Enugu builds physiotherapy centre for Rangers FC
Enugu State Government has approved N18 million for the building of a physiotherapy and fitness centre for Rangers International FC,…