Author: Adekunle Dada
2 men arraigned over unlawful possession of firearms
The Police in Gombe on Thursday arraigned two men, Mu’azu Hudu, 35, and Saidu Ayuba, 50, in a Gombe Magistrate’s…
Munich, St. Petersburg bid to host 2021 UEFA Champions League final
Munich and St Petersburg are the two candidate cities bidding to host the 2021 UEFA Champions League final match, the…
Oil prices drop due to global economic gloom
Oil fell on Thursday on course for its fourth consecutive week of decline, as rising crude supply met the bearish…
Ondo Govt awards N17.38bn projects in South Senatorial district
The Ondo State Government has awarded no fewer than 390 projects worth N17.38 billion in Ondo South Senatorial district between…
China to step up policy support for rural economy
China will step up monetary policy support for rural areas and encourage local firms to raise funds in the capital…
Arsenal face acid test against Liverpool
Unai Emery’s Arsenal have come a long way since losing their first two Premier League games of the season, and…
Boko Haram attacks 2 Borno villages, kills 13 people
Boko Haram insurgents have killed 13 people and sacked two villages overnight in the restive town of Konduga in Borno.
Commissioner warns of rising racial supremacy in Australia
Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan on Thursday issued a warning about “emboldened racial supremacy movements” sweeping the country.
Researcher develops robot to detect building faults
An Australian researcher has developed a major robotic system to detect structural faults in buildings, tapping latest technology that offers…
Chimamanda Adichie bags Humanitarian Award on hunger
Chimamanda Adichie, Award winning Nigerian author, has been conferred with a humanitarian award at the 2018 Action Against Hunger Gala.
South Africa welcomes South Sudan’s decision to release retired army colonel
The South African government on Thursday welcomed the decision by the South Sudanese government to release William Endley, an ex-colonel…
Terror attacks kill 273 Afghan civilians in October
Up to 273 Afghan civilians were killed and 550 others injured in separate incidents and terrorist attacks in October, a…
35-year-old man allegedly rapes a minor
A 35-year-old man, Adekunle Aiyegunle, was on Thursday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun over alleged rape of…
Lecturer drags Osun Poly to court over alleged unlawful termination
Justice Opeloye Ogunbowale of the National Industrial Court, Ibadan Division, on Thursday adjourned until Dec. 11, 2018 a suit filed…
Berlin launches pilot project to test recreational drugs
A pilot project to test the strength and purity of recreational drugs was launched in Berlin on Thursday, a spokeswoman…
Minimum Wage: Sen. Shehu Sani throws weight behind NLC strike
Sen. Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central has thrown his weight behind the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) nationwide protest and planned…
Ethiopia gets first female supreme court president
Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday swore in the country’s first female supreme court president, building on efforts by reformist Prime Minister…
Bribery Video: Kano Assembly Investigative committee summons Gov. Ganduje
The investigative committee set up by the Kano State House of Assembly to investigate the authenticity of video clip showing…
Over 1.5m PVCs collected in Edo – INEC
A of total of 1,519,350 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) have been collected by registered voters in Edo ahead of the…
Cholera kills 5, hospitalises 16 in Gombe
Gombe State Government on Thursday said fresh outbreak of cholera had killed five people, while 16 others were hospitalised at…
Australia to import grains as drought takes hold
Australia’s Department of Agriculture says the department is preparing to import grains for the first time over a decade as…
Libyan parliament, state council agree to restructure presidential council
Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives, or parliament, and the Tripoli-based Higher Council of State have reached an agreement on restructuring…
Aisha Buhari hosts president’s change agenda artistes
Wife of the President Aisha Buhari on Wednesday hosted some artistes of President Muhammadu Buhari at the launching of a…
Britain’s Duchess sees letters of relatives killed in World War 1
Kate, Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, was shown poignant letters and documents on Wednesday relating to three of her relatives who…
Kebbi Govt to procure N14m livestock vaccines
The Kebbi Government says it will procure vaccines worth N14 million to protect livestock against various animals diseases in the…
Minimum Wage: Governors’ N22,500 proposal ‘laughable’ – ASUU, SSANU
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities (SSANU), said on Wednesday that…
11 persons arrested over alleged oil bunkering
The Abia command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 11 persons for allegedly engaging in…
Google workers walk out to protest office harassment, inequality
Hundreds of Google employees and contractors in Asia staged brief midday walkouts on Thursday, with thousands more expected to follow…
Indonesia meets Boeing, U.S. representatives over plane crash
Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with representatives of the crashed plane producer, Boeing,…
Sexual abuse ‘part of ordinary life’ in North Korea – HRW
Sexual abuse is so common in North Korea “it has come to be accepted as part of ordinary life,” Human…