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Pakistan: 8 suspects arrested after an 8-year-old girl was allegedly raped, burnt alive

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Police in central Pakistan on Wednesday arrested eight suspects after an eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped and burnt alive, sparking…

NNPC urged to restore operations in Ore, Ilorin depots

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to expedite the rehabilitation…

Monkeypox: Liberia issues alert on possible outbreak

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Liberian health authorities issued an alert on the possible outbreak of monkeypox, an infectious disease which is found mostly in…

Cholera: FCT residents advised to keep surroundings clean

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, has advised residents of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to keep their surroundings clean…

Malaysia declares polling day national holiday

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Malaysia on Wednesday declared May 9 as an additional public holiday, after the election commission designated the day, which falls…

Woman arraigned for allegedly stealing 7-month-old baby

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 27-year-old woman, Bridget Haruna in a Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly…

Russia vows to shoot down any U.S. missiles fired at Syria

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Russia has warned that any U.S. missiles fired at Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel enclave…

Missing $15bn diamonds: Zimbabwe parliament to summon Robert Mugabe

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Zimbabwean Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy said it will summon former president Robert Mugabe to explain how…

Edo partners EU to provide potable water in 46 communities

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Edo Government says it is partnering with the European Union (EU) to provide potable water to 46 rural communities…

Mozambique to hold general election in October 2019

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mozambique will hold presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on Oct. 15, 2019, the presidency said on Wednesday, setting the date…

Algeria military plane crash kills 100

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

No fewer than 100 people were killed in a military plane crash in Algeria on Wednesday, local media said.

Home-made alcohol: Indonesian police vow crackdown

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Indonesian police on Wednesday vowed to crack down on the sale of illegal alcohol after home-made liquor killed no fewer…

Nigerian Govt urged to make workers wear locally made fabrics thrice a week

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN) has urged the Federal Government to formulate policies that would encourage workers in…

Israel fails to bar Dublin mayor’s entry amid name spelling mess

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Dublin Lord Mayor Micheal Mac Donncha was meant to be barred from entering Israel because authorities spelled his name wrong…

8 suspected human traffickers arrested in Benin

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested eight suspected human…

Guinness Nigeria partners with Wecyclers on waste management

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

To reduce environmental impact across its operations and throughout its supply chain, Guinness Nigeria Plc., has partnered with Wecyclers, a…

Angry demonstrators in CAR lay corpses in front of UN mission

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Hundreds of angry demonstrators on Wednesday laid the corpses of at least nine people killed in recent clashes in Central…

Study reveals northern China ozone pollution getting worse

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Concentrations of hazardous ground-level ozone have worsened in northern China, despite country-wide efforts to tackle air pollution, according to a…

President Trump lifts visa restrictions on Chadians

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

President Donald Trump has removed Chad from the requirement of enhanced immigrant vetting because the country has demonstrated it no…

Tin-Can Customs generates N76.78 billion revenue in Q1 of 2018

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N76.78 billion revenue in the first quarter of…

West to sanction Moscow for the next 6 years – RIAC

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Western states said they would continue to pursue their sanction policy against Russia for no less than six years, the…

Herdsmen Attacks: Gov. Ortom urges support for security personnel

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called for massive support to the security personnel to enable them put an end…

Trade war: Australian Central Bank governor warns of economy “damage”

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Serious escalation of international trade tensions would “damage” the Australian economy, the country’s top central banker warned on Wednesday amid…

Xi remarks spark surge as Oil price rises more than 3% racing to $80

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Oil prices rose over 3 per cent, on Tuesday as investors grew more confident that a brewing trade dispute between…

Dispute leaves Afghan family of 6 dead

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Long family dispute has resulted in the death of six members of a family in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar,…

Home-made alcohol kills 82 in Indonesia – Police

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Police on Wednesday said 82 people died on Indonesia’s Java island after drinking home-made alcohol.

Southern African governors task AfDB on Africa’s economic development

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Southern African Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have called on the bank to lead the way to…

Non-Germans to start receiving assistance from food bank after public outcry

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

A German food bank started handing provisions to new foreign clients again on Wednesday, three months after stopping handouts to…

We are not fazed by Buhari’s declaration – Atiku Group

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A political group, Atiku Abubarkar Grassroots Ambassadors of Nigeria, has said there was nothing unusual about the decision of President…

Buhari commended for declaring to seek re-election

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Niger Delta Peoples Movement (NDPM) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for declaring interest to seek a second term in…

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