Author: Adekunle Dada
Myanmar, UN agencies sign MoU on repatriation
Myanma’s Labour, Immigration and Population Ministry and two UN agencies on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assist…
Man sentenced to 2 years for raping minor
An Upper Area Court 3 sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old applicant, Raymond Adamu, to…
Kenyan plane missing, search halted until dawn
A search for a small passenger plane that disappeared in Kenya on Tuesday was called off for the evening but…
No military ship, aircraft can scare China – FM
No military ship or aircraft can scare China away from its resolve to protect its territory, China’s Foreign Ministry said…
5 killed as bandits attack Taraba
The Police in Taraba on Tuesday said five people were killed and scores injured following an attack by gunmen on…
Ekweremadu challenges NBA to speak up against impunity
The Deputy Senate President , Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), to stop the silence…
KWASU to honour Thabo Mbeki
The Kwara State University, Malete, says 30 of its graduating students in the sixth convocation would be conferred with first…
Abia Assembly passes anti-grazing bill
The Abia House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into law, the Control of Nomadic Cattle Rearing and Prohibition of Grazing…
Tribunal upholds Gov. Obiano’s election
The Anambra governorship election petition tribunal has upheld the election of Gov. Willie Obiano in the Nov. 18, 2107 polls
How Fred Ajudua defrauded German of $550,000
Mr Michael Kramer, a German on Tuesday narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court, how Fred Ajudua, an alleged serial…
Cholera: WHO intensifies house to house search
World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is coordinating the control of Cholera outbreak in Adamawa and has embarked on intensive…
Kogi director slumps, dies in office
A Deputy Director in the Kogi Ministry of Education, Mr Haruna David, suddenly collapsed and died in his office on…
Dogara calls for strict regulation of DisCos
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara has urged the Ministry of Power to take the oversight…
Nigerian Govt redeems pledge to Bonfrere
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja handed over the apartment promised a former Super Eagles coach, Dutchman Johannes Bonfrere…
Tanzania: Cholera kills 15, hospitalises hundreds
No fewer than 15 people have died and 397 others hospitalised in the last three weeks following a cholera outbreak…
Nigerian Govt will establish 6 innovation hubs – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the Federal Government would establish six innovation hubs in the country.
Amnesty office uncovers fraud
The Presidential Amnesty Office says on Tuesday in Abuja that it has uncovered irregularities in previous deployment of delegates for…
Reps to pass Petroleum Industry Bill – Lawmaker
Mr Fred Agbedi, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Gas, on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the lower house would pass…
FRSC recommends bicycle for Nigerians
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra, has called on Nigerians to embrace the use of bicycle as a means…
Lagos ports receive 9 ships conveying petrol, others
A total of nine ships have arrived at Apapa and Tincan ports on Tuesday and are waiting to berth, says…
Zambia to relocate DRC refugees
The Zambian Government expects to relocate all the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugees currently being kept at a temporary…
Senate screens 23 NPC nominees
The Senate Committee on National Identity Card and National Population on Tuesday commenced screening of 23 nominees as members of…
Ekiti 2018: Oni tells supporters to work for Fayemi’s victory
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Chief Olusegun Oni, on Tuesday told his supporters to…
Egypt to begin rice importation
Egypt will begin importing rice to increase stocks and “control the market,” Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday, months…
Corrupt INEC officers risk prosecution, sack – REC
Mr Mutiu Agboke, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, says INEC will not hesitate to sack and prosecute…
South Africa’s economy shrinks 2.2%
South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) suffered worst quarterly contraction in nine years, shrinking by 2.2 per cent in first…
Hoodlums gang rape, stab student to death
A student, Miss Mercy Victor, allegedly died on Tuesday in Jalingo from injuries she sustained following a gang rape on…
Somali army kills 10 al-Shabab militants
The army said ten al-Shabab fighters were killed and one fighter arrested after fierce fighting between the Somali National Army…
Nasarawa state dismisses reports of Cholera outbreak
The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has dismissed as untrue the reports of Cholera outbreak in Keffi Local Government Area…
Tourism accounts for 34% of Nigeria’s GDP – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said tourism sector accounted for 34 per cent of GDP and about…