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UK regrets U.S. withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council
The United Kingdom has expressed regret over the decision of the U.S. to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council.
NEMA employees protest poor conditions of service
Employees of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday staged a protest at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja over…
Oba of Benin performs sacred traditional rite today
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II would perform a Benin sacred traditional rite at Emotan shrine on Wednesday in…
World Refugee Day: UN chief calls for compassion
With more than 68 million people worldwide displaced due to conflict or persecution, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for…
Migrant children at U.S. border have rights – UNICEF, IOM
Migrant children at the U.S. border have right to protection and be with their families, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
68.5m people displaced globally – UNHCR
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, said the number of people forced to flee their homes in…
Buhari salutes Prof. Okonjo at 90
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with renowned Mathematician and Economist, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, the Obi of Ogwashi Ukwu, who turns…
Ekiti 2018: Osinbajo, Tinubu, Oyegun lead party chieftains for Fayemi election
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, led creme de la creme in the All Progressives Congress, (APC) to Ekiti…
Sad! Boy drowns in a pond while bathing
A 13-year-old boy, Usman Faisal, has drowned while taking his bath in a pond at Gadam Village of Ungogo Local…
73-year-old man quizzed over alleged rape in Delta
A 73-year-old man identified simply as Joseph Umuluku is currently cooling his heels in the custody of the Nigeria Police…
Onu tasks staff on commitment to duty
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology has advised the staff in the Ministry to be more committed…
Deploy SARS to curb terror attack, Group tells FG
A pressure group, “Every Nigerian Do Something Positive Development Initiative” has urged Federal Government to redeploy the Police to curb…
Rivers residents pay cheapest bus fare in May – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said residents of Rivers paid the lowest bus fare within the city in May.…
NSE: Transactions reopen after Eid-el-Fitr
Activities reopened on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday after the long holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations on…
Sallah: Civil servants resume work
Civil servants turned out in large number as they resumed their official duties in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on…
N250m libel suit: Edo judge’s death stalls trial
The death of Justice Timothy Oboh of the Auchi Criminal Division, Edo, on Tuesday, stalled trial in the N250 million…
Rivers LG poll results showcase Wike’s performance — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its victory in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers manifested the appreciation of…
DRC to hold polls on Dec. 23, FM assures Angola
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is committed to holding general elections on Dec. 23, Foreign Minister Leonard Okitundu…
Windstorm/fire disasters: Buhari condoles govt., people of Bauchi
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Bauchi State, following one of the country’s worst windstorms…
Researchers discover ‘master gene’ to boost women’s fertility
Chinese researchers have discovered that a gene called MTOR plays a key role in the ability of women to release…
Thailand executes 1st prisoner by lethal injection since 2009
Thailand has executed its first prisoner since 2009, the Department of Corrections said on Tuesday, a move the human rights…
Libya’s coast guards recover 5 bodies
Libyan coastguards have recovered the bodies of five migrants and picked 191 survivors off the coast west of the capital…
Saudi Arabia’s women drivers get ready to steer their lives
Some Saudi Arabia women drivers on Tuesday said they are getting ready to steer their lives on June 24.
U.S. mourns victims of Damboa attacks in Borno
The U.S. has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the attacks on Saturday night in Damboa, Borno in North Eastern…
WHO tags video game ‘mental disorder’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has, for the first time, tagged compulsive video gaming as a mental health condition in…
Russia 2018: Merrybet launches Artistic Storytelling Contest
Aside providing a platform for football fans to cash in on the on-going world football cup in Russia through betting,…
2019: U.S.-based woman declares for presidency under PDP
A U.S.-based woman, Princess Oyenike Oyedele Roberts, has declared for the presidency of Nigeria on the platform of the opposition…
Anambra begins revalidation of land title
Anambra Government says it will soon carry out revalidation of title documents in some of the Government Layouts in the…
Rice smuggling: Nigerian govt to shut land border
The Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country in a few…
Drug counterfeiters: NAFDAC calls for stiffer penalty
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has proposed stiffer penalty for drug counterfeiters in the country…