Author: Adekunle Dada
Bolt trains at Norwegian club Stromsgodset
Multiple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is training with Norwegian top-flight side Stromsgodset as he pursues his dream of becoming…
263 teachers write professional exam
No fewer than 263 teachers have registered to write the professional examination to be conducted by Teachers Registration Council of…
Igbo traders resist IPOB’s sit-at-home order
Igbo traders in Calabar, Cross River, on Wednesday defied the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),…
Chinese farmer unearths WWII bombs
A Chinese farmer in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province on Wednesday unearthed from his vegetable field three bombs left by Japanese…
Evangelist in court over alleged N4.6m fraud
An evangelist, who allegedly obtained N4.6 million under false pretext, was on Wednesday granted N500,000 bail by an Ebute Meta…
Niger Govt. to boost IGR for rapid development
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has said that the state would boost its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in order to…
Senator Dino Melaye dumps APC for PDP
Embattled Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West in the Senate has dumped All Progressive Congress (APC) for Peoples Democratic Party…
U.S. military kills 50 Taliban leaders in rocket strike
The U.S. Military said 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike on a meeting in Afghanistan’s southern…
Anambra residents defy IPOB’s sit-at-home order
Residents of Anambra on Wednesday defied the pro-Biafra sit-at-home order as they resumed their normal socio-economic activities.
Afghanistan, China, Pakistan to step up fight against terrorism
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan agreed to enhance trilateral cooperation, and step up their…
South Africa returns Rhodesian Cabinet files to Zimbabwe
South Africa has returned Cabinet files and other State papers dating back to 1927 that former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian…
Tonto Dikeh donates relief items to Prison inmates
Ace Nollywood actress and humanitarian, Tonto Dikeh, has donated food items and other relief materials, including money to inmates during…
UN chief appeals to donors to back G5 Sahel force
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to donors to provide more predictable support to the G5 Sahel force fighting to…
Winter Olympic Games: China targets $23 billion ‘ice and snow’ industry
Northern China’s Hebei province will build winter sports and tourism facilities to create an “ice and snow industry” worth as…
Libyan factions agree to Dec. 10 elections at Paris talks
Rival Libyan factions have agreed to a Dec. 10 election date that would create a political framework to end the…
Russia 2018: Referees to get VAR help for off-the-ball red cards
Referees at the World Cup finals will be able to dish out red cards for off-the-ball incidents spotted by Video…
JOHESU strike: Business operators decry adverse effect
Some business operators at the Abuja University Teaching Hospital (AUTH), have decried the adverse effect of the continued strike by…
Auto crash kills 2, injures 4 others
Two people died on Tuesday evening while four others sustained injuries when two vehicles collided on Kano-Gwarzo road, an official…
Final report on MH370 expected in July
Malaysia’s Transport Minister Loke Siew Fook on Wednesday said a final report on MH370, the Malaysian Airlines plane that mysteriously…
Delta Govt. creates jobs for additional 1450 youths, women
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta said on Tuesday that the state government provided jobs for 1,450 youths and women in…
President Buhari urged to intervene in APC crisis
A pro-Buhari support group, Vote Guard and Awareness for Buhari, on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the…
Oil prices steady after shake-out on supply worries
Oil prices steadied on Wednesday after slipping prices on concerns that Saudi Arabia and Russia will pump more crude in…
Resumption of China-Burkina Faso ties right choice – Spokesperson
Burkina Faso’s resumption of diplomatic ties with China was the right choice, made with the interests of the West African…
Hamas reaches ceasefire with Israel after Gaza flare-up
Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday said it has reached a ceasefire with Israel.
Manufacturers call for improved power supply
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says it looks forward to improved power generation and distribution in the country.
IPOB’s sit at home: Anambra Govt to monitor workers
The Anambra Government says it will sanction staff of the civil service who fail to report to office on May…
Singapore Airlines to launch world’s longest non-stop commercial flights
The Singapore Airlines (SIA) on Wednesday said the airline would launch the world’s longest non-stop commercial flights from Singapore to…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa calls for elections on July 30
Zimbabwe will hold its general elections on July 30, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday, the first since the army…
IPOB’s sit-at-home: Ebonyi traders who observe order to forfeit shops
Traders in Ebonyi who observe the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) on May 30 will permanently…
Police arrest 2 suspected armed robbers
The Police Area Command in Zaria, Kaduna State, has arrested two suspected armed robbers who were said to have snatched…