Author: Adekunle Dada
Benue Police arrest 4 herdsmen for attempted rape
The Police Command in Benue says it has arrested four suspected herdsmen for alleged attempt to rape two women –…
Muslim community tells President Buhari to fulfill campaign promises to Ndigbo
The Muslim community in Ebonyi, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfill his 2015 campaign promises to the South-East…
Somalia vows to intensify counter terrorism operations
Somalia on Tuesday vowed to intensify military operations against Islamist State (IS) and Al-Shabaab militants to stabilise the Horn of…
Kenya election: Security tight at court ahead of petitions hearing
Security was tight outside Kenyan Supreme Court on Tuesday as it prepared to review petitions challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory…
Rivers lawmaker calls for patience on Ogoni clean-up
An APC lawmaker representing Eleme Constituency in the Rivers Assembly, Hon. Josiah Olu has enjoined pressure groups agitating against the…
Minister supports Gov. Bello on fiscal discipline
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Prof. Stephen Ocheni, has expressed satisfaction with the performance of Gov. Yahaya…
A quarter of UN Natural Heritage sites under threat
Climate change has sharply increased the number of World Heritage ecosystems that have become under threat over the past three…
Iran declares day of mourning for quake victims
Iran has declared Tuesday a day of mourning for the more than 400 people, who died after a powerful earthquake…
Zuma insist on “radical economic transformation”
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa reiterated his call for radical reforms to shift the balance of “monopoly” economic power…
Nigerian policemen receive training on incidents management
Over 100 Nigerian police officers have been trained on incidents management by the United Kingdom (UK) Policing College across the…
Food security: Kwara govt. disburses N1bn to 540 farmers
The Kwara Government has disbursed over N1billion to 500 smallholder farmers and 40 commercial farmers to boost agriculture and food…
Nigerian Govt. needs N1trn annually to fulfil campaign promises in Education
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, says the ruling All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government needs one trillion naira annually,…
Nigerian Govt. recovers $64.6m electricity debt from international customers
The Federal Government on Monday announced that it had recovered 64.6 million dollars electricity debt from its international customers.
E-dividend payment: SEC decries low enrollment of investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday decried low investors enrollment to the e-dividend payment platform in the last…
N14bn Police Pension scam: Court adjourns trial-within-trial
An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Monday adjourned until Dec.13, for continuation of hearing in trial-within-trial of the fourth defendant…