Author: Adekunle Dada
Labour calls on workers to comply with 7-day warning strike
The Organised Labour has called on workers from all sectors of the economy to comply with the seven days nationwide…
AfDB invests $24 billion in African agriculture
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be investing $24 billion in the African agriculture over the next 10 years to…
Russian federation challenges IAAF suspension in court
Russia’s athletics federation said on Wednesday it had filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against…
N9.7bn fraud: Nigerian Govt re-arraigns Suswam, others Nov. 20
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Nov. 20 for the re-arraignment of former Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam, on a…
Sokoto to upscale Nigerian Govt’s Cash Transfer Scheme
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, on Wednesday said his administration was considering ways to upscale the Federal Government’s Cash…
2019: Minister’s aide joins Ebonyi governorship race
Mr Ogbonnaya Obasi, the Personal Assistant (PA) to Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has joined the governorship…
Court adjourns Nigerian Govt’s $69m oil revenue suit against Chevron
A Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday adjourned until Dec. 4, a 69 million dollars suit filed by the Federal…
NLC directs state councils to commence strike mobilisation
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its 36 state councils to commence mobilisation of workers in readiness for its…
Lagos-Badagry Expressway in “deplorable state” – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Badagry-Seme Command, has warned drivers plying the Lagos-Badagry Expressway against speeding saying it is…
2009 agreement: ASUU calls for reopening of negotiation
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri zone, has called on the Federal Government to urgently open renegotiation on…
Isco leaves hospital after appendicitis surgery
Real Madrid playmaker Isco has left hospital after successfully undergoing an operation to treat appendicitis, the European champions said on…
Nigerian Govt urged to extend security intervention to Sokoto
The Secretary to Sokoto State Government, Prof. Bashir Garba, on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to extend its security…
Iran sanctions keep oil prices near late 2014 highs
Oil prices eased on Wednesday but were still set for a fifth consecutive monthly quarter of gains, driven by an…
4,000 HIV patients to benefit from electronic health record system
No fewer than 4000 people living with HIV are to benefit from an electronic health record system launched in the…
15 suspected kidnappers, rustlers arrested in Sokoto
The Police Command in Sokoto State says it has arrested 15 suspects for allegedly involving in kidnapping, animal rustling and…
Russian lawmakers approve Putin’s proposal on pension age for women
Russia’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously confirmed President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to raise the pension age for women by five years,…
Teenager allegedly defiles 8-year-old boy
An 18-year-old man, Abdulbasi Usman, on Wednesday day appeared before a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano for allegedly having…
Kebbi Govt. procures N100m drugs for emergency cases
The Kebbi government has procured drugs worth N100 million for treatment of emergency cases at the hospitals in the 21…
Bayelsa Govt partners Customs on cargo airport
The Bayelsa government and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are set to deepen cooperation in ensuring a smooth take off…
Namibia continues to optimise renewable energy opportunities
A recently constructed solar plant in Namibia will feed additional 5.78 MW electricity to the country’s national grid, local media…
Court to resume trial of ex-NIMASA chief, Sept. 27
A Federal High Court on Wednesday in Lagos adjourned the trial of a former acting Director-General of NIMASA, Callistus Obi,…
German taxpayers will not finance diesel retrofits – Minister
German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer said on Wednesday that his plan to battle air pollution in cities by retrofitting older…
Welder remanded for attempted kidnap
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna has ordered the remand in prison custody of a 28-year-old welder, Shamsudeen Nasiru, for attempted…
Migrants get new home in wildfires-hit Portuguese town
A group of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean in July by charity ship Aquarius have a new home in Fundao,…
Iran to Trump: Stop interfering in Middle East if you want cheap oil
U.S. President Donald Trump should stop interfering in the Middle East if he wants the price of oil to stop…
Nigerian Govt advised to sustain tax collection to reduce borrowing
A tax expert, Mr Mac-Antony Dike, on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to sustain its zeal of generating more revenue…
U.S. has most to lose from trade war – ECB
The United States would have most to lose if it started a trade war with other countries, while China would…
Migrants: French minister likens Italy’s Salvini to Pontius Pilate
French European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau on Wednesday said Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini was behaving “like Pontius Pilate”, over…
South Africa introduces measures to ease travel into country
South African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday announced measures to ease movement of people into the country to…
Corruption: Buhari advocates multilateral cooperation
President Muhammadu Buhari says the issue of corruption within countries and illicit flow of funds across national boundaries can only…