Author: Adekunle Dada
New Zealand increases testing for cattle disease spread
A testing and tracing regime for the bacterial infection Mycoplasma bovis found in New Zealand’s cattle, Officials said.
Army seeks community cooperation to crush insurgency
Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has called on people to support the military to fast track…
Trump insists on border wall, says Mexico will pay ‘directly or indirectly’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that his position on the border wall with Mexico has not changed, and…
Sokoto govt. procures 833 trucks of fertilizer for dry season farming
Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, the Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture says that the state government has procured 833 trucks of fertilizer…
Kano Varsity to establish Faculties of Medicine, Pharmaceutical, Veterinary Sciences
Prof. Shehu Alhaji-Musa, Vice Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, said on Thursday that the institution…
Kaduna bans child fostering, adoption
Kaduna State Government has banned fostering and adoption of children due to abuses by orphanage homes in the state, the…
President Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe ‘open for business’, safe for foreign investment
Zimbabwe is “open for business” and foreign investment in the southern African country is safe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on…
Nigeria needs to invest in innovation for economy development, stability – Don
Prof. James Fabunmi, the Chief Executive Officer, American Heritage Defence Corporation, USA, says there is need for governments to allocate…
Amnesty office empowers 21,805 Niger Delta ex-militants
The Presidential Amnesty Office, on Wednesday, said it has empowered 21,805 ex-militants out of the 30,000 granted amnesty by the…
14-year-old girl abducted in Katsina
Unknown gunmen have abducted a 14-year-old girl in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Research shows toothpaste ingredient could fight malaria
Research carried out in part by an Artificially-Intelligent (AI)‘robot scientist’ has found that a common ingredient of toothpaste could be…
Ban on Bollywood movie Padmaavat overturned
India’s Supreme Court Thursday overturned a ban on a Bollywood film imposed by four states ahead of its country-wide release…
Russia rejects U.S attempts of pressure to improve bilateral dialogue
Russia rejects the efforts by the United States to exert pressure and responds to unfriendly actions, but is willing to…
INEC registers 95,434 voters in Niger, deploys 742 personnel
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Niger on Thursday said it deployed 742 personnel to political wards across the…
Britain tackles ‘sad reality’ of loneliness
Britain on Wednesday launched its first campaign to combat loneliness and social isolation, promising “practical and emotional support” on the…
China doubts credibility of U.S. report on fake products
Beijing on Thursday expressed doubts over “the objectivity and credibility” of a U.S. report that listed China as one of…
UN warns of ‘breaking point’ humanitarian situation in DR Congo
The UN has decried the dire humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saying the world could…
FRSC to reduce road accidents by 50% in 2018
The Corps Marshal Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Mr Boboye Oyeyemi says the corps will reduce by 50 per cent…
Lassa Fever: Ebonyi Govt. closes schools to check spread
The Ebonyi Government on Thursday ordered closure of all public and private schools in the state to check the spread…
Hungary to tax organizations assisting migrants
Hungary’s rightist Government says it plans to put forward a law against foreign-funded organizations assisting migrants, Interior Minister Sandor Pinter…
Four foreign nationals kidnapped in Kaduna
Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of four foreign nationals on Kwoi-Jere road in Kagarko local government area…
UN seeks $1.6bn to protect 5.4m Somalis from drought
The UN office in Somalia has launched the 2018 humanitarian response plan, which called for 1.6 billion dollars to protect…
Eritrean diplomat told to leave the Netherlands
The Dutch government has told an Eritrean diplomat in the Netherlands to leave the country, minister of Foreign Affairs Halbe…
Peace Corps not proscribed, says PRO
The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) says the corps is not proscribed by the Federal Government.
Nigerian hailed for returning N150m wrongfully posted into his account in Qatar
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has hailed a Nigerian, Michael Asemota, for…
Technology has made pension verification seamless – PTAD
Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, the Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) says the deployment of technology has made pension verification…
Border dispute: Anambra seeks quicker resolution with Kogi
The Anambra Government has appealed to the National Boundary Commission to quicken the demarcation exercise of the boundary between the…
Retirees hail Nigerian Govt over ongoing pension verification
Some retirees of the defunct Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) have expressed happiness over ongoing verification by the Federal Government aimed…
Bayelsa Polytechnic commences academic session in September
The Bayelsa Commissioner for Education, Mr Jonathan Obuebite, on Wednesday, confirmed that the proposed state owned polytechnic would begin academic…
Dasuki’s trial: Absence of defence counsel stalls session
The trial of ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Rtd. Col Sambo Dasuki, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, was on Wednesday…