Author: Adekunle Dada
Buhari’s group expels members for associating with Atiku
Grassroots Mobilizers for Buhari (GMB), a political association promoting President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential ambition, has expelled six of its…
Minimum wage: Nigerian workers least paid in Africa – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nigerian workers are the least paid in Africa, citing an analysis of the wages…
Boko Haram: FAO distributes 11,000 fuel-efficient stoves to displaced families
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it has distributed 11, 000 fuel-efficient stoves to families displaced by the Boko…
Khashoggi: France refuses to rule out sanction against Saudi Arabia
France doesn’t rule out any sanction against Saudi Arabia if its authorities are found to have been involved in the…
Nigeria supports Guinea Bissau with electoral kits, vehicles, $500,000
Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama says that Federal Government has approved 500,000 dollars, 350 electoral kits and seven vehicles to…
Migration: UN launches radio series to sensitise vulnerable Nigerians
The UN migration agency has launched a radio series in Nigeria to sensitise vulnerable people seeking to pursue economic opportunities…
Austria backs out of UN global migration pact
Austria on Wednesday backed out of a UN pact on migration over concerns that it will blur the line between…
FIFA considers possibility of increasing teams at Qatar 2022
FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday said football’s governing body was looking into the possibility of increasing the number of…
Buhari’s group challenges PDP to disprove Osibanjo’s clarification on debt profile
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disprove Vice President Yemi Osibanjo’s clarification of…
Pakistan frees Christian woman facing death in blasphemy case
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam and…
Flood kills 20-year-old in Anambra
Ifejika Umuiza, a 20-year-old boy from Ogbetiti village in Odekpe community, Ogbaru, Anambra has been reported killed by flood.
6 men remanded in EFCC custody over N148m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday charged six men and a company before a Federal High Court…
Abia seeks South Korea’s partnership in technology development
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia said on Tuesday that the state government was seeking partnership with South Korea to promote…
Kano Govt. spends N1.2bn monthly on pension
The Kano State Government says it is spending N1.2 billion monthly on the payment of pension and other benefits in…
Scientists develop AI programme to spot far-off galaxies
Australian scientists on Wednesday said they have trained an Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme used to recognise faces on social networking…
India unveils world’s tallest statue
India on Wednesday unveiled the world’s tallest statue in the western state of Gujurat in celebration of her unity.
Lagos-Ibadan rail line: Amaechi expresses disappointment at pace of work
Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation has said that he was not impressed with the pace of work at…
1.4m people migrate to cities weekly – UN
The UN says no fewer than 1.4 million people migrate every week to cities around the world. Secretary-General António Guterres…
Anambra to digitise revenue collection
The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) is soon to capture and enrol all taxable adults in the state on…
Lagos Govt develops quick research framework for viral outbreaks
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it had developed framework that would provide accurate information on quick research management…
5,000 Kwankwaso supporters dump PDP for APC in Kebbi
About 5,000 members of the Kwankwasiya group in Kebbi have defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC) from the Peoples Democratic…
Buhari in closed-door meeting with South-South governors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with four governors from the South-South geo-political zone at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Minimum wage: Organised Labour frowns at delay tactics, stages protest
The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s delay in the process of promulgating new National Minimum Wage for…
Al-Shabaab did not kill 30 soldiers in Somalia – AU
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Tuesday said, al-Shabab did not kill 30 of its soldiers in an…
Buhari lays foundation of Nigerian Army University, Biu
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday laid the foundation of the Nigerian Army University project in Biu, Borno.
Minimum wage: Yobe NLC mobilises members for indefinite strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Yobe council, has directed all workers in the state to prepare for an indefinite strike…
Ex-Lagos Speaker arraigned for allegedly aiding escape of murder suspect
A former Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Jokotola Pelumi, was on Tuesday in Lagos arraigned for allegedly receiving into…
Katsina Govt. earmarks N19bn for education in 2019
Katsina State Government has earmarked N19 billion toward boosting education sector in the 2019 fiscal year, Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, the…
Merkel hosts African leaders in drive to tackle underdevelopment
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on Tuesday, hosted African leaders in a drive to tackle underdevelopment on the continent that encouraged…
Buhari visits Kaduna, directs security agencies to hunt down perpetrators
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the recurring killings in Kaduna State must stop and directed security agencies to hunt…