Author: Adekunle Dada
Sexual Harassment Case: CPC commends OAU for prompt actions
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has commended prompt actions by the management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in the alleged…
Ethiopia postpones national population census due to security challenges
The joint session of the Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives and House of Federation on Monday postponed the Fourth National…
Lagos ports to receive 32 ships laden with petroleum products, food items
A total of 32 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and…
Why Nigerians Prefer Traditional Herbal Medicine
The deplorable state of Nigeria health sector over the years has remain the same as it is yet to receive…
Britain proposes reforms to clamp down on money laundering
The UK government has proposed reforms to clamp down on money laundering after evidence revealed that international criminal gangs are…
Malaria: Association believes sanitation, personal hygiene can save Nigerian Govt $300m
There will not be the need for the Federal Government to commit $300 million to eliminating malaria, if the citizens…
Elections re-order: Lawmaker expresses optimism Supreme Court will upturn ruling
A House of Representatives member, Mr Peter Akpatason (Edo-APC), has expressed optimism that Supreme Court will upturn Abuja High Court’s…
Christian Pilgrimage is beyond visiting historical sites – Rev. Ujah
Rev. Tor Uja, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has admonished Christian pilgrims to understand pilgrimage as a…
Tonto Dikeh becomes NAPTIP Ambassador
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Friday, applauded the humanitarian gesture of Nollywood actress Tonto…
I have no special interest in Oil Mining Lease 11 – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Friday said he had no special interest in Oil…
Port manager wants rail line extended to hinterlands
Mr Rotimi Raimi, the Port Manager of Kaduna Inland Dry Port, on Friday said that there was need to extend…
Anambra seeks partnership with foreign investors to develop tourism sector
The Anambra State Government says it is planning to go into partnership with foreign investors for the development of its…
3 NSCDC officers arrested for diverting cooperative funds
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, have arrested three of its officers for allegedly diverting cooperative…
Istanbul Hotel fire injures five
A Fire Fighter and four others were wounded on Friday in a fire that erupted at a hotel in Central…
U.S. donates 2.6 million treated bed nets to Kebbi
The U.S. Government, through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), has donated 2.6 million bed nets for distribution in Kebbi.
Gov. El-Rufai tasks journalists on objective, balance reportage
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Friday called on journalists to be objective and balance in their reportage of…
BBNaija’s Alex wins N1m as ‘Most Fun Housemate’
Alex Asogwa, third runner up of the just concluded Big Brother Naija ‘Double Wahala’ has received One million naira for…
2 Cameroonians sentenced to 18 yrs in prison for illegally acquiring Nigerian passports
Justice I. M. Sanni, of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo on Friday sentenced two Cameroonians, Ebwe Michael and…
23-year-old man remanded for allegedly stabbing colleague to death
A 23-year-old man, Umar Faruq, was remanded in Ikoyi Prisons in Lagos on Friday for allegedly stabbing his colleague to…
Lawmaker empowers Ikorodu residents
Mr Nurudeen Saka-Solaja, a Lagos State lawmaker, on Friday empowered several artisans, traders and other residents of Ikorodu constituency with…
Watchdog says suspicious transactions drop at Vatican in 2017
Suspicious transactions have dropped considerably at the Vatican thanks to tighter monitoring, the Vatican’s financial watchdog said on Friday.
Hajj 2018: Lagos State urges pilgrims to complete payments April 30
Intending pilgrims from Lagos State have been directed to complete payment for the 2018 Hajj by April 30 to facilitate…
Synagogue building collapse: Absence of witness stalls trial
Absence of the first witness of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) on Friday stalled opening of its defence…
Google introduces new features for Gmail users
Google has introduced new features for Gmail users which includes several new features designed to increase productivity and more security.
Kenya bans lesbian love story film ‘Rafiki’
Kenyan authorities have banned a film that tells the love story of two women on the grounds that it promotes…
Russia to end ban on Turkish tomato imports on May 1
Russia on Friday announced it would end its ban on imports of tomatoes from Turkey on May 1, provided that…
Lagos Govt. decries number of uncollected PVCs
The Lagos State Government on Friday emphasised the need for residents to take advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration…
Ex-BBNaija housemate, Bisola hits I million followers, IG account verified
Bisola Aiyeola, ex-BBNaija (See Gobe) 2017, who recently garnered 1.1 million followers on her Instagram account, has gotten her account…
Kogi Govt. ordered to pay civil servant’s salary
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered the Kogi Government to pay a civil servant, Ameh Onoj, whose salary…
Obasanjo to chair LASU 22nd convocation lecture
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is to chair the 22nd Convocation Lecture of the Lagos State University (LASU) as the institution…