Author: Adekunle Dada
Ethiopia rejects call for World Bank arbitration in dam dispute
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has rejected a call by Egypt for World Bank arbitration in a dispute over a…
Record number of candidates bid for Russian presidential election
The number of people who have expressed their intention to run in the upcoming Russian presidential election is the highest…
Liberia: Abdulsalami Abubakar hails peaceful transition
Former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), on Sunday hailed the ongoing peaceful democratic transfer of power in…
Armed herdsmen pose terrorist threats – Nigerians in Diaspora
The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA) has urged the Federal Government to check the activities of armed herdsmen in…
Watford appoint Javi Gracia as manager to replace sacked Silva
English clubside Watford appointed Spaniard Javi Gracia as manager on Sunday, hours after sacking Marco Silva and blaming a rival…
Macron promises to double budget for overseas military operations
France will double its budget for overseas military operations, President Emmanuel Macron told officers and troops on Friday.
Nigerian Govt targets 15% tax GDP contribution through VAIDS
Sen. Udo Udoma, Minister, Budget and National Planning, says the Federal Government is targeting 15 per cent tax contribution ratio…
Pope Francis conducts wedding ceremony Mid-Flight
Pope Francis conducted a wedding ceremony during a flight from Santiago, Chile between Paula Podest, 39, and Carlos Ciufardi, 41.
Oshiomhole humbled by Gov. Obaseki’s accomplishments
Former governor of Edo, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday commended his successor, Gov. Godwin Obaseki, for achieving a lot despite…
LASU to open portal for regularisation of encroached land
The Lagos State University (LASU) says the registration portal for the regularisation of encroached land of the institution by illegal…
Tyson Fury regains boxing licence
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is free to box again after the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) lifted…
Ondo Govt. receives 23 Libya returnees
The Ondo State Government, on Friday, in Akure, received 23 indigenes of the state, who were among Nigerian returnees from…
President Buhari to visit Nasarawa State on Feb. 6
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State said on Friday that arrangements have been concluded for the visit of President Muhammadu…
150 illegal refineries destroyed within 7 months – Navy
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Calabar, has destroyed no fewer than 150 illegal refineries between June 2017…
74m Nigerians have registered to vote – INEC
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission has 74 million voters in its…
Lassa fever: Nurses decry poor state of nation’s health system
Nurses under the auspices of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA), on Friday, called for the overhaul of the…
Lassa fever: Desist from bush burning, doctor cautions Enugu residents
Dr Okechukwu Ossai, Director of Public Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, has cautioned the residents to desist from bush…
Uganda’s Musuveni might resume signing death sentence
Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni, may resume signing off on death sentences after a long hiatus to help stem a wave…
NAFDAC director calls for establishment of test-labs in states
The National Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday canvassed the establishment of test-laboratories across the 36 states…
Lagos ports to receive 37 ships laden with petroleum products, food items
Thirty seven ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can…
Police train 147 officers to counter terrorism
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said on Friday that 147 officers of the Nigeria Police Force and sister…
Kaduna NUT says sacked teachers must reapply
The Kaduna State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) says the 21,780 primary school teachers sacked by Gov.…
Corps members give birth at Oyo camp
Two pregnant women transferred from Kwara NYSC to Oyo State camp in Iseyin, delivered baby girls at the ongoing orientation…
Non-implementation of government’s order on local content worries manufacturers
The Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA), has decried the non-implementation of the Federal Government’s Executive Order on patronage of Made-in-Nigeria…
Lagos Govt urged to rid streets, highways of refuse
An environmentalist, Mr John Ekoko, on Friday, urged the Lagos State Government to rid the streets of Lagos and highways…
Turkey rejects any option other than full EU membership
Turkey would reject any offer of partnership with the EU that falls short of membership, Ankara’s minister for EU affairs…
Police arrest 3 suspects for alleged child theft in Nasarawa
The Police Command in Nassarawa State has arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing a three-year-old boy in Angwan Masachin, Jam’a…
Kaduna teachers call off strike, support recruitment of quality teachers
The Kaduna State chapter of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has called off the indefinite strike it embarked upon on…
2019: Electorates advised to vote credible candidates not parties
Bayelsa chapter of Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) has advised the electorate to vote credible candidates not political parties in the…
Zimbabwe: 11 Mugabe allies fired from parliament
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has fired 11 parliamentarians, friends of former leader Robert Mugabe, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues a…