Author: Adekunle Dada
Zimbabwe opposition party announces new leader
Nelson Chamisa will run as the opposition’s presidential candidate in Zimbabwe’s elections later this year, the Movement for Democratic Change…
Ramaphosa promises to work hard ‘not to disappoint people of South Africa’
Newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would work hard “not to disappoint the people of South Africa”.
Dogara woos Swedish investors
The Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep. Yakubu Dogara, has urged Swedish businessmen to invest in Nigeria to create job…
NIPOST Bill has capacity to generate huge revenue for Nigeria – Postmaster General
The Postmaster General, Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), Mr Bisi Adegbuyi, has said that the NIPOST Bill would increase the nation’s…
Chinese ambassador warns U.S. against strategy for confrontation
Chinese Ambassador to the U. S. Cui Tiankai has warned Washington against confrontation with Beijing following the announcement of new…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa leads tributes to opposition leader Tsvangirai
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe led tributes to late opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday, describing the long-time rival of…
Clear fuel queues in Abuja before Sunday, Kachikwu directs NNPC
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to…
U.S. Senate braces for showdown over ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
A bipartisan Senate plan to protect young illegal immigrants from deportation appeared headed toward a Senate showdown on Thursday as…
Florida school shooting: Trump describes gunman as ‘mentally disturbed’
U.S. President Donald Trump in his tweets on Thursday called the suspected gunman in the massacre of 17 people at…
WHO presents guidelines to make doctors do less during childbirth
Health professionals should trust women’s ability to give birth naturally, WHO says in new guidelines that aim to reduce medical…
Electric airplane start-up Eviation to start flying passengers in 2021
Electric airplane start-up Eviation Aircraft Ltd. is aiming for its nine-seat commuter aircraft to be flying passengers by 2021, the…
LASU working towards accessing N100m research grant – VC
Lagos State University (LASU), on Thursday said it was working towards accessing N100 million institutional research grants from industries and…
E-Voting: Lawmaker seeks deployment of technology in election process
A House of Representatives member, Rep. Douye Diri (Bayelsa-PDP), has said that electronic-voting is a panacea to electoral challenges in…
Venezuela President orders reopening of Miami consulate before election
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the reopening of the country’s consulate in Miami, home to a sizeable anti-government community,…
Cyril Ramaphosa is new South African President
Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday was elected President of South Africa by parliament after Jacob Zuma resigned overnight, heeding orders of…
Insurgency: Governments urged to reconstruct places of worship in North-East
The President, Church of Brethren in Nigeria, Rev. Joel Billi, has appealed to the Federal and State Governments to fast…
N12.4bn arms fund: Court adjourns Dasuki’s trial till March 22
An FCT High Court on Thursday adjourned until March 22, hearing in the trial of Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), former…
S.A.’s leadership urged to take right economic decisions
An economist on Thursday urged the incoming South African leadership to take right economic decisions to avoid universal “junk status”.
Ethiopia’s PM Desalegn submits resignation to facilitate reforms after mass unrest
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday he had submitted his resignation as both premier and the chairman of…
South Africa opposition EFF to boycott election of new president
South Africa’s far-left Economic Freedom Fighters party leader Julius Malema said on Thursday his party will not take part in…
Civil servant sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for sodomy
A Chief Magistrates’ Court, Daura Road, Kaduna, on Thursday sentenced a 40-year-old civil servants, Ibrahim Lawal, to 2 years imprisonment…
Vatican says Pope Francis meets regularly with sex abuse victims
Pope Francis has regular, confidential meetings with victims of sexual abuse, the Vatican revealed on Thursday, with his Church still…
Kaduna APC unveils new office
The All Progressives Party (APC) on Thursday unveiled a new state office in Kaduna, saying the decision was in the…
Gupta Probe: South African police arrest 8 in influence-peddling investigations
South Africa’s elite Hawks police unit has arrested eight people so far in its investigations into high-level influence-peddling centering around…
Valentine: Survey reveals condoms sale increased by 70%
As Nigerians joined the rest of the world to celebrate St Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, a survey has indicated there…
Iran accuses Israel of jeopardising regional security, stability, peace
Iran on Thursday accused Israel of being the cause of regional instability, rejecting the charges against Iran for the recent…
Enugu Disco loses N15m to Aba power outage
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has lost over N15million to power outage, following equipment failure at the Transmission Company of…
China expresses anger over Indian PM visit to disputed border region
China on Thursday expressed anger over a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the remote Indian state of…
FRSC has reduced accidents by 89% since inception – Spokesman
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has reduced accidents on the nation’s highways by 89 per cent since its inception…
NRC warns against walking, trading on railway line
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has warned the public to desist from trading and walking on rail line as such…