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NAF hosts safety management seminar in Lagos

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) as part of its continued programmes to ensure it was at par with its foreign…
President Filipe Nyusi

Mozambique: 10 dead, several injured during election rally stampede

At least 10 people were killed and 85 others injured in a stampede during an election rally held by President…

OPEC: Nigeria, Iraq pledge to cut output to meet targets

Iraq’s and Nigeria’s oil ministers pledged on Thursday to reduce oil output to comply with their OPEC output targets.

FG acquires portal for import duty exemption certificates

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government has acquired an automated customs gateway portal for the…

Trade Union in Sudan demand appointment of Chief justice, Attorney general

Sudanese protesters are holding rallies in the country’s capital of Khartoum and demanding the appointment of the head of the…
Robbery suspect nabbed for attempting to burgle NAN office

NAN pledges collaboration as Primus Hospital visits on medical outreach

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday, pledged to deepen collaboration with Primus International Specialty Hospital, in a bid…

Avoid reckless sex with Commonwealth delegates – Uganda MPs warned

Uganda speaker, Rebecca Kadaga has told her Members of Parliament (MPs) to observe etiquette, respect the official dress code and…

19-year-old girl sentenced to 80 strokes for smoking marijuana

A Shari’a Court l sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old girl, Zainab Abdullahi to 80 strokes…

Jailed Tunisian presidential candidate starts hunger strike

Tunisian media mogul, Nabil Karoui, a front-runner in Sunday’s presidential election, has started a hunger strike in prison, demanding to…

Nigerians express disappointment with FG’s VAT increase

Nigerians have expressed their disappointment with the proposed increase in the Valued Added Tax (VAT) rate by the Federal Government.

Tribunal judgement: Ogah felicitates with Buhari

Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah, Minister of State for Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, says the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal judgment…

FG approves $5.3bn for Ibadan-Kano standard rail project

Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi said the Federal Government has approved 5.3 billion dollars for the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge…

Encourage your wards to study science, Minister tells parents

Alhaji Mohammed Abudullahi, Minister of State for Science and Technology, has advised parents to encourage their wards to study science…

The effect of 7.2% VAT on Nigeria economy

Some financial experts on Thursday said that Value Added Tax (VAT) increment by the Federal Government would further dampen purchasing…
Reverend Samson Ayokunle, President of CAN

Consider women with integrity for strategic position – CAN

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised the government at all levels to consider women with integrity for strategic position…

Zulum swears in new commissioners who went for 2019 Hajj

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has sworn in three new commissioners approved by the State House of Assembly.

Video: Blackface condemns Tiwa’s lyrics, says artistes have lost sense of belonging

Nigerian dancehall singer and songwriter Blackface has urged Nigerian artistes to up their game when it comes to lyrics of…

Yahoo Japan bids $3.7bn for fashion e-tailer Zozo

Yahoo Japan Corp. says it will take over Japan’s biggest online fashion retailer Zozo Inc. for 400 billion yen or…

Namibia’s annual inflation slows down in August

Namibia’s annual inflation rate slowed to 3.7 percent in August 2019 from 4.4 percent registered during the same period last…

NASFAT to prison inmates: Don’t lose hope, seek forgiveness

The NasruLhai-l Fatih Society (NASFAT) has enjoined inmates of Ikoyi Correctional Centre, not to lose hope, but use their predicament…

Infidelity: Pastor seeks dissolution of 19 year-old marriage

An Abuja-based clergy, Joel Bamimore, on Thursday dragged his wife, Mary before a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, seeking dissolution…

FBI arrests Ninalowo for $1.5 million money laundering

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has arrested one 40-year-old Kenneth Ganiu Ninalowo and a Country Club Hills woman, 27-year-old…
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Spiritualist arraigned for swindling businessman of N5.6m

The police on Thursday arraigned a 41 -year-old spiritualist, Osunbukola Akinola, who allegedly swindled a businessman of N5.6 million, in…

I didn’t demand for Neymar’s transfer – Lionel Messi

Barcelona captain Lionel Messi, says he didn't demand Neymar's transfer but will be “thrilled” to see him returned to Camp…

Sanwo-Olu gives out 2million waste bags, 250,000 bins

A former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Mr. Olawale Edun, says Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration has distributed about two…
Ambode

Let’s rally round Buhari – Ambode urges Nigerians

Former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election…

FG’s plans for South Africa returnees – Dabiri

The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has disclosed some of Federal Government's plans to support Nigerians…

Tribunal Judgment justifies Buhari’s victory – Nwosu

The governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo State, Mr Uche Nwosu, says the judgment of the Presidential…
Russia reburies more than 1,800 German WWII soldiers from Stalingrad. Image source: Pinterest

Remains of 1,800 German WWII soldiers re-buried in Russia

Russia reburied on Thursday more than 1,800 German soldiers from the Battle of Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle of World War…
Cattle dealers in Bauchi lament negative consequences of the scarcity of the old and new naira notes in the country on their business.

The prospects of RUGA – Galadima

Alhaji Shehu Galadima, the Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Niger says the Federal Government’s Ruga policy will…