Author: Isa Isawade
AFCON 2019: Consider home based players, fans urge Rohr
Football fans in Ilorin have called on Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr to consider proven home based players in his…
Illicit fund flows: Fowler to attend global conference in New York
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says its Executive Chairman, Babatunde Fowler has been invited to participate in the global…
Sri Lanka vows to go tough on anti-Muslim rioters
The Sri Lankan Police has vowed to use maximum force against violent protesters who have continued to attack mosques and…
Trader shot dead during robbery in Lagos
A trader, Binaebilayefa Dawudu, was short dead by gunmen during a robbery operation on Saturday in Ojo Local Government Area…
How Yobe restored migratory birds’ routes, habitats – GEF SGP
The Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) says awareness creation and community empowerment have helped in restoring the…
New Zealand youth urged to take leadership in climate change
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Monday encouraged New Zealand’s younger generation to take bigger responsibility of global issues on climate…
Migraine increases risk of pregnancy complications – Study
A recent study conducted at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, has revealed that migraine is associated with an increased risk of…
2 friends remanded in Ilorin prison
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that two friends,Umar Farouq and Abdulfatai Sulieman, be remanded in prison for allegedly…
Fiji PM says $100bn needed annually to tackle climate change
Fijian Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, on Monday said at least 100 billion dollars would be needed yearly worldwide by 2020…
Sri Lanka suspends social media to defuse rising tensions
Government Officials on Monday said, some social media networks will be temporarily blocked in Sri Lanka, after messages shared online…
Lagos Speaker, Obasa mourns late Oba Hamzat
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa has mourned the demise of Oba Olatunji Hamzat,…
Indigenous group in Australia takes climate change concerns to UN
A group of Indigenous Australians that accuses the country’s government of breaching its human rights by failing to act on…
Pakistan secures $6bn IMF package
Pakistan has secured a six-billion-dollar bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the South Asian economy which…
UN condemns deadly attack on Burkina Faso church
Top UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, have condemned Sunday’s deadly attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso. At…
Switzerland coach sacked after doping confession
Switzerland coach Danilo Hondo has been sacked with immediate effect after the German said he was involved in blood doping,…
South-West prepares to hold maiden Western Nigeria HOS football fiesta
Arrangements have been concluded to hold the maiden edition of Western Nigeria Heads of Service (HOS) football festival towards developing…
Road crashes decline in Imo – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Imo says road accidents in the state have been on the decline in…
Troops rescue 29 women, 25 children in Borno
The Army has rescued 54 Boko Haram kidnapped persons in Borno, including 29 women and 25 children. In a statement…
Akwa Ibom to spend N100m to accredit polytechnic courses
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, says the state government has earmarked N100 million as grant for the state-owned polytechnic…
Minister commends Nigerians in Malawi for being good ambassadors
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama has urged Nigerians residing in Malawi to continue to be good ambassadors…
Catholic women task Federal Govt on child labour
The Catholic Women Organisation (CWO), Holy Cross Catholic Church Gwarinpa (11), Abuja, has urged the Federal Government to enforce laws…
Kidnapped doctor regains freedom in C/River
Dr Ogbonna Uchenna-Aju, a medical practitioner who was kidnapped on May 3 in Cross River by unknown gunmen has regained…
Saraki’s houses in Lagos seized by EFCC
Some houses belonging to the Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki, have been seized in Lagos by the country's anti-graft agency,…
Farmers commend Buhari for re-appointing Emefiele
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) says the reappointment of Mr Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
ECOWAS sad over political situation in Benin
Members of the ECOWAS Parliament have expressed displeasure in the political situation in Benin following the presentation of the Country…
Fake drugs: NAFDAC seals 20 medicine stores in Borno
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday, said it sealed 20 shops and confiscated drugs…
Ramadan: 500 armed personnel deployed to Borno worship centers
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno has deployed 500 armed personnel to various worship centres in…
We have always supported wrestler Adekuoroye – Ondo Sports Commissioner
Ondo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, on Saturday reacted to recent comments by wrestler Odunayo Adekuoroye…
Minister launches 6.55 km road in Cross River
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr Usani Usani, has inaugurated the completed 6.55 kilometers Atimbo – Akpabuyo road constructed…
Pakistan, China jointly investigate trafficking of young girls
Islamabad and Beijing are jointly investigating the trafficking of young Pakistani women to China by criminal gangs, the Foreign Ministry…