Author: Adekunle Dada
South Africa’s cabinet approves new mining charter
South African cabinet has approved the latest version of the long-delayed mining charter which lay outs requirements for black ownership…
Gov. Lalong not defecting to PDP – Commissioner
Mr Yakubu Dati, Plateau Commissioner for Information and Communication has said that Gov. Simon Lalong is not planning to defect…
Russia creates new powder vaccine against Ebola
The Russian health care ministry, has got a new dry powder vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus disease, Health Minister,…
FIFA Ranking: Nigeria now 48th, 4th in Africa
Nigeria moved one place from 49th position to 48th in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking as Belgium and France share the…
Amaju Pinnic re-elected NFF President
Amaju Pinnic has been re-elected as President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
6 NAPTIP officers sacked for corruption, official misconduct
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has sacked six of its officers for…
Trump-Juncker deal: U.S. becomes prime EU soybean importer
U.S. becomes prime EU soybean importer after U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed in July…
21-year-old man robs 3 people at cutlass-point
Amidu Oseni, a 21-year-old man, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly robbing three people of their…
U.S. drone strike kills 4 IS Militants in Afghanstan
At least four Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed by a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan’s Eastern Province of…
NYSC explores new strategy for credible mobilisation
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure says efforts were on towards evolving strategies…
Shiites Protest: NSCDC assures FCT residents of safety
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) FCT Command, has assured people in the Federal Capital Territory of their…
Kano Hisbah Board intercepts 12m bottles of beer
The Kano State Hisbah Board confiscated over 12 million bottles of beer from importers of the commodity in the state…
Marriage dissolved over husband’s extramarital affairs with maid
A Gudu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday dissolved the 2-year-old marriage between Doyinsola Adebiyi and Adebiyi Kayode, because…
Niger council spends N5m on drains construction
The Rafi Local Government Area in Niger has spent about N5 million on the construction of drains in Babban Gonna…
Osun Guber: Security beefed up at INEC, CBN in Osogbo
Ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in Osun, security has been beefed up around the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Boko Haram insurgents burn 3 villages, kill 7 people
Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday night burnt down three villages in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno, in an attack…
Gov. Ortom confirms receipt of N14.9 billion Paris Club refunds
Gov.Samuel Ortom of Benue has confirmed the receipt of N14.9 billion, being the last tranche of the Paris Club Refunds…
China launches new platform to hear from public
The Chinese General Office of the State Council on Thursday launched new services on Wechat and Alipay, two of China’s…
Power: Nigerian Govt urged to allow complete private sector participation
Some stakeholders on Thursday urged the Federal Government to allow private investors’ full operation of the power sector in order…
U.S-China trade war: Oil prices approximately $80
Asian stocks followed global indexes higher on Thursday as investors took a less bearish view on the impact of the…
Netherlands train collision kills 4 children
Four children were killed in the South-East Netherlands on Thursday when a train collided with a carrier bicycle, police said.
Flood: No cause for alarm over safety of corps members – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that there was no cause for alarm over the safety of corps…
Thailand drops royal insult charges for burning royal portraits
A Thai Appeals Court has dropped royal insult charges against six people jailed for setting fire to portraits of Thai…
Uganda tightens security ahead of Museveni Critic’s return
Security Forces sealed off roads and erected barricades around Uganda’s main international airport on Thursday ahead of the expected return…
U.S. intensifies strikes on Taliban
U.S. has intensified strikes on Taliban after its decision to partake in a settlement meeting in Moscow, Mr Delawar Aimaq,…
China dispatches 100 Peacekeepers to DR Congo
A team of 100 Chinese Engineering and Medical Troops left for a one-year peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of…
China to unveil World’s tallest Confucius statue
The World’s tallest statue of Confucius will be inaugurated in Eastern China’s Shandong Province during this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival on…
Nigeria Air: Stakeholders, citizens express divergent views on suspension
Stakeholders in the aviation industry and other Nigerians have expressed divergent views in reaction to the announced suspension of the…
Flooding: Anambra Govt. to partner Nigerian Army
Anambra Government said on Wednesday that it would collaborate with the Nigerian Army Emergency Response Team to tackle flood challenges…
Osun Guber: Nigerian Govt did not pay constables N50,000 – Police
The Nigeria Police Force has denied that the Federal Government paid N50,000 to police constables on election duty in Osun…