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Chimamanda Adichie bags Humanitarian Award on hunger

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Chimamanda Adichie, Award winning Nigerian author, has been conferred with a humanitarian award at the 2018 Action Against Hunger Gala.

South Africa welcomes South Sudan’s decision to release retired army colonel

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The South African government on Thursday welcomed the decision by the South Sudanese government to release William Endley, an ex-colonel…

Terror attacks kill 273 Afghan civilians in October

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Up to 273 Afghan civilians were killed and 550 others injured in separate incidents and terrorist attacks in October, a…

35-year-old man allegedly rapes a minor

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

A 35-year-old man, Adekunle Aiyegunle, was on Thursday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun over alleged rape of…

Lecturer drags Osun Poly to court over alleged unlawful termination

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Justice Opeloye Ogunbowale of the National Industrial Court, Ibadan Division, on Thursday adjourned until Dec. 11, 2018 a suit filed…

Berlin launches pilot project to test recreational drugs

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

A pilot project to test the strength and purity of recreational drugs was launched in Berlin on Thursday, a spokeswoman…

Minimum Wage: Sen. Shehu Sani throws weight behind NLC strike

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Sen. Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central has thrown his weight behind the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) nationwide protest and planned…

Ethiopia gets first female supreme court president

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday swore in the country’s first female supreme court president, building on efforts by reformist Prime Minister…

Bribery Video: Kano Assembly Investigative committee summons Gov. Ganduje

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The investigative committee set up by the Kano State House of Assembly to investigate the authenticity of video clip showing…

Over 1.5m PVCs collected in Edo – INEC

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

A of total of 1,519,350 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) have been collected by registered voters in Edo ahead of the…

Cholera kills 5, hospitalises 16 in Gombe

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Gombe State Government on Thursday said fresh outbreak of cholera had killed five people, while 16 others were hospitalised at…

Australia to import grains as drought takes hold

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Australia’s Department of Agriculture says the department is preparing to import grains for the first time over a decade as…

Libyan parliament, state council agree to restructure presidential council

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives, or parliament, and the Tripoli-based Higher Council of State have reached an agreement on restructuring…

Aisha Buhari hosts president’s change agenda artistes

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Wife of the President Aisha Buhari on Wednesday hosted some artistes of President Muhammadu Buhari at the launching of a…

Britain’s Duchess sees letters of relatives killed in World War 1

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Kate, Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, was shown poignant letters and documents on Wednesday relating to three of her relatives who…

Kebbi Govt to procure N14m livestock vaccines

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Kebbi Government says it will procure vaccines worth N14 million to protect livestock against various animals diseases in the…

Minimum Wage: Governors’ N22,500 proposal ‘laughable’ – ASUU, SSANU

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities (SSANU), said on Wednesday that…

11 persons arrested over alleged oil bunkering

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Abia command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 11 persons for allegedly engaging in…

Google workers walk out to protest office harassment, inequality

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Hundreds of Google employees and contractors in Asia staged brief midday walkouts on Thursday, with thousands more expected to follow…

Indonesia meets Boeing, U.S. representatives over plane crash

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with representatives of the crashed plane producer, Boeing,…

Sexual abuse ‘part of ordinary life’ in North Korea – HRW

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Sexual abuse is so common in North Korea “it has come to be accepted as part of ordinary life,” Human…

WHO counters Zimbabwean preacher’s HIV cure claim

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reaffirmed that there is “no cure” for HIV, insisting that people living with HIV…

Nigerian Govt urged to review power contract agreements

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Some stakeholders in the power sector have urged the Federal Government to review the power contracts agreement with the owners…

China birth rate set to continue decline this year

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

China’s birth rate is set to decline further this year as well as over the next few years, in spite…

Army aborts Boko Haram attack on Dalori IDP camp

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Nigerian army said its men foiled an attempt by Boko Haram terrorists to attack the Dalori IDP camp and…

Bauchi governor launches drugs, consumables distribution scheme

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi state has launched the distribution of Saving one Million lives programme for Result (SOMLP for…

Babies born to dads above 35 years risk health problems

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Babies born to fathers above 35 years have been identified to face health challenges according to a Standord study published…

U.S. monitoring for possible foreign election interference

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The U.S. government is monitoring for possible foreign interference in the upcoming congressional elections and is prepared to sanction any…

DMO begins payment of arrears to oil marketers

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Debt Management Office (DMO), says it has commenced the accelerated implementation of settlement of government arrears through promissory notes…

White House joins calls for WADA reform

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

A White House summit on doping in sports on Wednesday called for the embattled World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to enact…

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