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Tight security in Jos ahead of Buhari’s visit

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Security has been tightened up in most parts of Jos, Plateau State, ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day working visit…

LG pays N6.7m compensation for new school in Buhari’s village

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Alhaji Sade Zango, the Acting Chairman of the Council, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of…

Libya launches first DNA lab to help identify bodies in mass graves

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Libya’s UN-backed unity government on Thursday launched its first DNA analysis laboratory to help identify bodies recovered from mass…

IWD 2018: Activist calls for celebration of female heroes

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Dr Lola Dare, a gender parity advocate and Global President of I Will, an NGO, has called for celebration of…

Private school owners vow to resist multiple taxes

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The President of National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), FCT Chapter, Hajiya Samira Jibir, says the association will…

UTME candidates call for transparency in admission process

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Some Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates in FCT are optimistic that the 2018 exercise would end in their…

Fuel shortage hits Lagos BRT depots, passengers stranded

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Hundreds of passengers were stranded at various bus terminus in Lagos on Thursday due to fuel shortage at Lagos BRT…

Women prone to kidney disease than men – Nephrologist

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Consultant Nephrologist, Dr Theophillus Umeizudike, on Thursday, said women are more at risk of developing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)…

IWD 2018: ‘Fight for equal rights for women continues’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, said that the “fight for equal rights for women continues’’ in spite the progress made so…

Aba Women Riot Receives UN Recognition

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The UN Women has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution…

Hundreds of activists slam Duterte’s sexist remarks

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Hundreds of activists wearing purple and pink shirts rallied in the Philippine capital on Thursday to protest women’s rights violations…

Gunmen shoot pregnant woman in Bayelsa

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Thursday attacked a Yenagoa-bound boat loaded with passengers and goods. A pregnant woman…

African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully -Tillerson

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully, while adding that…

IWD 2018: Kogi governor promises to promote, respect women’s rights

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Thursday said his administration would promote and respect women’s rights to social, economic and…

Mubi Federal Poly Rector describes security situation as stable

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The management of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa, on Thursday, described the security situation in the institution as stable.

Pentagon raises alert of possible nuclear weapon strike against U.S

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Pentagon has raised an alert of a compelling evidence of possible nuclear weapon strike against the U.S.

IWD 2018: United Nations recognises Aba women’s riot

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The UN Women has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution…

Anchor Borrowers Scheme: 1,500 Daura rice farmers benefit

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

No fewer than 1,500 rice farmers in Daura, Katsina State, have received various farming implements under the phase 11 of…

China calls on U.S., North Korea to engage in dialogue “sooner rather than later’’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

China supports the recent thaw in the Korean conflict and calls on the U.S. and North Korea to engage in…

NHP begins construction of cheaper brick houses to suit tropical climate

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Housing Programme (NHP) said it had designed and produced energy efficient brick houses to suit the tropical climate…

Dangote sugar company loses N2bn monthly to Apapa gridlock

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Management of Dangote Group says its sugar and salt company loses about N2 billion to the perennial traffic gridlocks…

Women still have less access, take low-quality jobs – ILO report

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

In spite of notable progress on closing gender gaps over the past 20 years, women have less access to jobs,…

Election: Sorting, counting of votes commence in Sierra Leone

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The sorting and counting of votes have commenced in various polling centres across Sierra Leone in Wednesday’s elections, the News…

Senate rejects bill proposing skirts for NYSC female members

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill proposing the option of wearing of skirts by female members of the National…

Amuwo Odofin LG trains health workers for measles vaccination

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State has concluded plans to train its health workers for the upcoming…

2018 UTME examination: NASU issues threat to jamb

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The striking Non-Teaching Staff of the Nigerian Universities has threatened to disrupt the 2018 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB)…

Former Nigerian President urges Sierra Leone NEC to follow guidelines in collating results

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Election Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) Mission to Sierra Leone, has advised the National Electoral Commission (NEC)…

Aviation unions delighted with Nigeria’s retention of CAT 1 status

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Aviation unions on Wednesday commended the efforts of the Civil Aviation Authorities for the country’s retention of its Category One…

U.S. lawmakers to provide confidential records on Obama-era gun-smuggling probe

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to provide congressional investigators confidential records on a failed gun-trafficking operation during the Obama…

1.9bn adults overweight, 650m obese globally – FAO

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said almost 1.9 billion people are overweight and some 650 million people are obese,…

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