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NBS to spend $3.5m on poverty statistics survey

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Tunde Adebisi, National Coordinator, Nigeria Living Standard Survey (NLSS), says the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will spend 3.5million…

Sexual abuse scandal: Pope accepts resignation of 2 more Chilean bishops

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of two more Chilean bishops, bringing to seven the number, who have stepped down…

South Africa bus crash kills 10, injures 34

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ten people were killed and 34 others injured when a bus overturned on a highway near the South African city…

Lagos Guber Race: Sanwo-Olu campaign organisation upbeat about success

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Lanre Babalola The Babajide Sanwo-Olu Campaign Organization (BOSCO) has expressed joy and excitement at the outpouring of love from Lagosians,…

Iran denies requesting for a meeting with Trump

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Iran has not requested a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday,.

Libya warns against closure of oilfield airport by blackmailing guards

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Libya’s state oil firm National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Thursday warned blocking entry to the airport of Al-Wafa oilfield might…

Indonesia places temporary prohibition on palm plantation permits

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Indonesia’s Government has issued a presidential instruction to place a moratorium on new permits for palm plantations for three years,…

Kaduna Govt to pay teachers outstanding salaries by month end

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Kaduna state government is to pay all outstanding salaries of the newly recruited primary school teachers in the state…

Africa’s absolute monarchy, eSwatini, to hold nominal elections

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

eSwatini, the small southern African kingdom formerly known as Swaziland, is set to hold elections on Friday, though political parties…

New security strategy: U.S. to conduct cyber attacks more freely

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The U.S. will be able to conduct and counter cyber attacks more freely under a new cyber security strategy signed…

Rwanda’s genocide: Mass graves discovered with 5,400 bodies

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Rwandan authorities have discovered the bodies of 5,400 victims of the 1994 genocide, the executive secretary of Genocide Survivors Organisation…

Court jails Syrian man for “act of terrorism”

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Hungarian tribunal in Szeged on Thursday gave a final five-year jail sentence to a Syrian man for “act of…

China calls for further dialogue between North Korea, U.S.

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

China firmly supports the Pyongyang summit between the leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic…

South Sudan to source electricity from neighbouring countries

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

South Sudan will harness electricity power connection from neighbouring countries and build additional hydro power dams to boost its development…

Tanzania suspends family planning advertisements

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Tanzania has suspended advertisements on family planning sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other organisations.

Amnesty accuses Venezuela of extrajudicial executions

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Venezuela’s security forces of thousands of extrajudicial executions targeting mainly poor young men.

Osun Guber: FRSC announces restriction of vehicular movement

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said it had deployed 1,500 personnel, including 60 vehicles to man strategic…

Osun Guber: NSCDC deploys personnel, surveillance vehicles, sniffer dogs

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has directed massive deployment of personnel, mobile surveillance vehicles and sniffer dogs…

29-year-old man commits suicide in Jos

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Paul Majie, a 29-year-old unemployed man, on Thursday committed suicide in his room at Dadin-Kowa in Jos South Local…

Film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s book “Ake” on Amazon

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s classic autobiographical novel, “Ake: The Years of Childhood”, is now available to viewers on…

Global waste could grow 70% as cities boom – World Bank

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Global waste could grow by 70 per cent by 2050 as urbanisation and populations rise, said the World Bank.

APC UK expresses readiness to assist flood victims

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The United Kingdom chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is ready to give some form of assistance…

Tanzania ferry disaster: Hundreds still missing, 44 confirmed dead

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

At least 44 people were confirmed dead and rescuers resumed searching at the crack of dawn on Friday for hundreds…

Primaries: APC inaugurates screening and appeals committee

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), has inaugurated a high-level legislative screening and appeals committee for the…

Air Force offers free medical services to IDPs, Niger communities

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is offering free medical services to more than 1,000 persons displaced by flood…

Enugu Govt denies stopping churches, hospitals from issuing birth certificates

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Enugu State Government says it did not direct hospitals and churches to stop the issuance of birth certificates.

Saraki’s speeches against Buhari crude, extremely derogatory – Presidency

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Presidency has condemned and described as crude and extremely derogatory speeches hitting the news credited to Sen. Bukola Saraki…

Nigerian Govt working on generating more energy via geothermal sources

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Government said on Thursday that it was working towards generating more energy through geothermal sources, to enhance Nigeria’s…

Presidential ticket: Atiku inaugurates committee to mobilise support

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated a committee charged with mobilising support for his emergence as…

US imposes sanctions on China for buying Russian weapons

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The US has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military over its purchasing of Russian military jets and surface-to-air missiles.

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