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Funeral for wife of ex-Pakistan PM Sharif draws huge crowds

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Tens of thousands of people defied scorching heat in Pakistan on Friday to attend funeral prayers for the wife of…

Evans’ kidnap victim narrates encounter

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos heard on Friday that kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, known popularly as Evans, was the…

Second Niger Bridge project reaches 50% completion

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Work on the second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta and Onitsha in Anambra, has reached 50 per cent completion,…

IPOB’s sit-at-home: Enugu CP applauds residents for defying order

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammed Danmallam, has applauded the residents for defying the order by the…

2019: Kwankwaso promises to tackle insecurity if elected president

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has promised to tackle insecurity…

Uganda dispatches teams to contain anthrax outbreak

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Uganda’s Ministry of Health and that of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries have dispatched teams of experts to contain anthrax…

Nigerian Govt advised not to allow politics to overheat economy

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A financial expert, Dr Samuel Nzekwe, has advised the Federal Government not to allow politics to overheat the economy.

Nigerian govt plans 5-year pre-retirement training for workers

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Federal Government says it will start a five-year training for intending retirees in the civil service on various businesses…

Bandit attacks: Zamfara Govt. commiserates with community

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Zamfara government on Friday sent a five-man delegation to Badarawa Community in the Shinkafi Local Government Area of the…

Police restore normalcy after suspected IPOB members burnt Dangote trucks

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Rivers Police Command says it has restored normalcy after suspected members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) allegedly burnt…

AFDB to tackle armyworm with technologies

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will deploy an integrated approach and proven technologies in tackling the menace of…

Power outage: Port Harcourt Disco appeals to consumers in Calabar

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) on Friday appealed to it consumers in Calabar to bear with it over…

NNPC commended for rehabilitating Ejigbo depot, storage tanks

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Friday said the ongoing rehabilitation of moribund storage tanks at Ejigbo…

Catholic Bishops advise Nigerians against vote-buying

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Catholic Bishops have urged all registered voters to ensure that they are equipped with voter’s card and reject the illegal…

3 women sentenced to 45 days imprisonment for fighting

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced three women to 45 days imprisonment for fighting and biting…

Gas explosion: Nasarawa to take victims to South Africa for further treatment

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nasarawa State Government on Friday said it had concluded arrangement to fly some victims of the Lafia gas explosion to…

Cholera outbreak: Zimbabwe’s opposition leader postpones mock inauguration

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has postponed plans for a mock inauguration on Saturday following a police ban on public gatherings…

Russia to review any UK request to interview poisoning suspects

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Kremlin said on Friday it would review any British request to interview the two men London suspects of trying…

21 migrant bodies wash up in Mediterranean

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The bodies of 21 people believed to be migrants trying to reach Spain have washed up on the shores of…

Lagos ports expect 28 ships with petrol, others

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 28 ships are expected to bring in petrol and other goods from Sept. 14…

FAO launches 5-year development plan for Kenya

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN (FAO) has launched its Country Programming Framework plan for Kenya in the…

Man, 45, remanded for abducting 14-year-old minor

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered the remand of 45-year-old Joseph Ave, who told the court…

Spanish PM Sanchez defends doctoral thesis against plagiarism reports

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez published the results of plagiarism tests on his doctoral thesis on Friday in response to…

U.S. concerned about currency swaps between Africa, China

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The U.S. is concerned that increased currency swap agreements between China and African nations will reduce visibility into financial transactions…

Agency mentions states that might experience flooding

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) says that nine states on the River Niger trough and three others on River…

Enugu residents defy IPOB’s Sit-At-Home order

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Residents of Enugu metropolis on Friday went about their normal activities smacking the Sit-At-Home order given by the proscribed Indigenous…

Turkey’s Erdogan blames U.S. for economic attack

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Friday again blamed the U. S. for what he called a “heinous economic attack”…

Air Force destroys Boko Haram vehicle, neutralises fighters

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Air Force says the the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a Boko Haram…

Erosion: Abia seeks Nigerian Govt urgent intervention

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the gully erosion that cut…

Immigration seizes 436 voter cards, 192 National ID slips from foreigners

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Thursday, said it seized 436 voter cards and 192…

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