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Flood: Lagos Assembly urges Ambode to rejuvenate Drainage Service

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday called on Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to rejuvenate the Office of Drainage Service…

Lagos Govt to empower graduates to fill skills-deficit gap

The Lagos State Government says it is set to empower 50 graduates with cutting-edge technology skills that will give them…

Cooperative cluster loses 70 hectres of rice farms to Anambra flood

A cluster of five farmers’ cooperative societies in Umuuzu, Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra, has lamented the loss of…

Vietnam cyber law to check fake news, terrorism

The new Vietnamese cyber security law was enacted to protect the country from the increasing cyber threats, the security ministry…

China opposes official contacts, military ties between U.S., Taiwan

The Chinese mainland resolutely opposes official contacts or military ties in any form between the U.S. and Taiwan, a spokesperson…
Human trafficking

Human Trafficking: Netherlands pledges more collaboration with NAPTIP

The Government of Netherlands has pledged more collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)…

Buhari has done much to secure Nigerian lives – APC Chieftain

Mr Anthony Nwafor, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nkanu East/West constituency candidate for House of Representatives, says President Muhammadu Buhari…

Tanzanian governor launches anti-gay crackdown

The governor of Tanzania’s economic hub, Dar es Salaam, has drawn up a list of 200 people accused of homosexuality…

Gov. Ortom promises to pay any amount adopted as minimum wage

Benue governor Samuel Ortom has promised to pay any amount agreed upon by the negotiating committee on minimum wage.

Chibok girls: Only 6, not 57 sighted in Sambisa Forest, Parents cry out

Parents of the abducted Chibok school girls on Tuesday said only six girls were sighted in Sambisa Forest as against…
European Union (EU)

European Union to renew sanctions on Congolese officials

The European Union is set to renew sanctions in December on senior officials in Democratic Republic of Congo, including presidential…
North Korea fires short-range missile, slams "hostile" U.S. policy

North Korea prepares nuclear, missile sites for international inspectors

South Korea’s spy agency has observed preparations by North Korea for international inspections at several of its nuclear and missile…

Suicide bomber kills self, 6 others

A suicide bomber blew himself up near the gate of Afghanistan’s largest prison on Wednesday, killing at least six people,…

Niger Govt recruits over 500 healthcare workers in 3 years

The Government of Niger on Tuesday says it has recruited over 500 secondary level healthcare workers in the state in…

Trump plans to end birthright citizenship

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorised immigrants born in…

PDP urges National Assembly to investigate growing extra-judicial killings

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the National Assembly and other relevant bodies to immediately open a system-wide…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Jigawa Govt to construct 23 more basic health clinics

The Jigawa Government says it will construct and equip 23 more health clinics across the 27 local government areas of…

Trump to honour Synagogue shooting victims

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Tuesday traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to honour the 11 people…

141 Nigerians, including 11 pregnant women return from Libya

No fewer than 141 Nigerians including 11 pregnant women have voluntarily returned from Libya to Nigeria with the assistance of…

Buhari’s group expels members for associating with Atiku

Grassroots Mobilizers for Buhari (GMB), a political association promoting President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential ambition, has expelled six of its…
NLC says its members arrested and detained during protests will now be paid allowance for the period of time their freedom are curtailed.

Minimum wage: Nigerian workers least paid in Africa – NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nigerian workers are the least paid in Africa, citing an analysis of the wages…

Boko Haram: FAO distributes 11,000 fuel-efficient stoves to displaced families

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it has distributed 11, 000 fuel-efficient stoves to families displaced by the Boko…

Khashoggi: France refuses to rule out sanction against Saudi Arabia

France doesn’t rule out any sanction against Saudi Arabia if its authorities are found to have been involved in the…

Nigeria supports Guinea Bissau with electoral kits, vehicles, $500,000

Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama says that Federal Government has approved 500,000 dollars, 350 electoral kits and seven vehicles to…

Migration: UN launches radio series to sensitise vulnerable Nigerians

The UN migration agency has launched a radio series in Nigeria to sensitise vulnerable people seeking to pursue economic opportunities…

Austria backs out of UN global migration pact

Austria on Wednesday backed out of a UN pact on migration over concerns that it will blur the line between…

Buhari’s group challenges PDP to disprove Osibanjo’s clarification on debt profile

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disprove Vice President Yemi Osibanjo’s clarification of…

Pakistan frees Christian woman facing death in blasphemy case

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam and…

Flood kills 20-year-old in Anambra

Ifejika Umuiza, a 20-year-old boy from Ogbetiti village in Odekpe community, Ogbaru, Anambra has been reported killed by flood.
EFCC deploys operatives across the 36 states and FCT to combat vote buying in next Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections.

6 men remanded in EFCC custody over N148m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday charged six men and a company before a Federal High Court…