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Teacher flogs student to death in Zamfara

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A teacher at Government Day Secondary School Sankalawa in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara has allegedly flogged a student…

Zambia’s central bank cuts lending rate

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Zambia’s Central Bank has cut its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 9.75 per cent on Wednesday, citing…

Electricity theft: Jos Disco promises handsome reward for whistle blowers

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Worried by incessant by-pass of its meters and massive illegal connections, the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), has promised handsome…

Kwara First Lady promises to assist 173 juvenile children

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Kwara Governor, has pledged to offer necessary spiritual and physical assistance to 173 children of…

Compensation: Abuja youths protest, block airport road

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Indigenous youths of Abuja on Wednesday took to the streets to protest government refusal to compensate their parents over the…

Sri Lanka bus explosion injures 19, including 12 military personnel

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Army say 19 people including 12 military personnel were injured on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus in…

Japan orders Chinese ships not to approach disputed islands

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Japanese officials ordered three Chinese coast guard vessels to leave what Japan considers its territorial waters near a group of…

Army seizes pump action rifle displayed for sale in Taraba

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Troops of 93 Battalion, 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, on exercise Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) on Tuesday seized a pump action…

10 die as truck crashes into house in central India – Police

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Police said 10 people have been killed and several others injured after a speeding truck crashed into a house and…

U.S. sanctions Burkina Faso-based Ansarul Islam over terrorism threat

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Burkina Faso-based Ansar-ul-Islam lil-Ichad wal Jihad (IRSAD), calling the militant group a terrorism threat…

Agric scheme: CBN revises guidelines to accommodate Non- Interest Institutions

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has revised the guidelines for Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS), to include…

Nigeria’s foreign policy must reflect achievements in entertainment, sports – Osinbajo

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Vice President Osinbajo has said that Nigeria’s foreign policy must reflect the enviable feat that the country has attained in…

Mass grave of Islamic State hostages discovered in Eastern Afghanistan

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Officials on Wednesday discovered bodies of at least 10 people, who are supposed to have been hostages of the Islamic…

Philippines ‘concerned’ as U.S. intelligence tags Duterte a threat to democracy

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines is not an autocrat and is taking seriously a report by the U.S. intelligence community…

UN chief Antonio Guterres mourns Malawian Ambassador

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday paid tribute to the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Malawi to the UN, Necton…

Zambia seeks more money to contain cholera outbreak

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Zambian Government said that it needs more money to contain a cholera outbreak which started in October 2017.

CPC directs Dana Airline to provide responsive action for passengers

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has directed Dana Airline to provide necessary logistics support to affected passengers on its Airlines…

President Buhari congratulates Femi Okunnu at 85

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated elder statesman and Nigeria’s former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, Alhaji Femi Okunnu, on…

Okonjo-Iweala appointed into Commonwealth high-level group

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed into a High Level Group on Governance of the…

Congo’s Kabila replaces interior minister amid declining security

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appointed the leader his political party as interior minister on…

Ambode demands optimal performance from Civil Servants

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says he is demanding from civil servants in the state optimal performance for improved productivity.

Michael Okpara University sealed over tax default

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia, was on Tuesday sealed, following an order of an Umuahia High Court…

N650bn debt: DAPPMA gives Federal Govt 14-day ultimatum

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) on Tuesday gave the the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum…

13 cross-border, cyber criminals in Lagos police net

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The police in Lagos said they have arrested 13 suspected cross-border and cyber criminals, including four Beninois who specialised in…

Lagos Chief Judge Frees Inmate Infected With Tuberculosis

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke on Tuesday pardoned one Lucky Nelson, an inmate of Kirikiri prisons…

Desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse or face sanction, Lagos warns

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Lagos State Government has warned residents to stop indiscriminate dumping of refuse in unauthorized places, saying that perpetrators risk…

Lassa fever: Kogi state successfully treats and discharges 2 patients

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Kogi Government says it has successfully treated and discharged two patients confirmed of Lassa fever in January.

Imo state Govt. committed to child health care management – Okorocha

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Imo Governor, Mr Rochas Okorocha, says the state government is committed to health care and welfare of women, expectant mothers…

Abia Govt. seeks presidential approval for Industrial City Project

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Project Consultant, Enyimba Industrial City, Chief Darl Uzu, has said that arrangements are in top gear to get the…

CBN currency scam: Court overrules defendant on admissibility of evidence

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Federal High Court in Ibadan on Tuesday overruled a defendant, Kolawole Babalola, on the admissibility of the evidence tendered…

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