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Money Laundering: EFCC re-arraigns Dariye’s son on amended charge

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday in Abuja, re-arraigned Nanle Dariye, son of former Plateau governor, Sen.…

Decision on closure of BBC’s Cairo office postponed

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An Egyptian court on Tuesday postponed until April 24 its decision on the closure of the BBC office in Cairo…

Malaria kills 97 percent of children, pregnant women annually – Expert

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The World Health Organization says 97 percent of children under five years and pregnant women die annually of malaria.

44 suspected criminals arrested in Plateau

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Secur‎ity and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau Command, said on Tuesday that it had arrested 44 suspects for…

Road deaths: EU remains far from 2020 goal

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Around 25,300 people died on European roads in 2017 – almost as many as in the previous year – taking…

Nigerian Govt. owing Enugu Electric N4.4bn

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Management of has appealed to the to settle the N4.4 billion electricity bills of its Ministries, Departments and Agencies…

Somailand Parliament passes law criminalising rape

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Somailand Parliament passed a law recommending 20 years in jail for rapists, the first law against rape in a drive…

Stolen babies: Nigerian Govt. urged to provide adequate security in hospitals

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Network of Civil Society Organisations Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) has urged the Federal Government to provide…

Man sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for culpable homicide

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An FCT High Court in Apo, on Tuesday sentenced Cyril Umunnakwe, a civil servant, to seven years imprisonment for causing…

`New media’ activists tasked on reconstruction of North-East

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative (PCNI) on Tuesday said the “New Media” have a crucial role to play in…

6 Primary Health Care Centres in Sokoto receive N5.2m drugs

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) on Tuesday donated N5.2 million drugs and other hospital consumables to six Primary…

2019: APC UK promises to pay for Buhari’s nomination form

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The All Progressives Congress (APC) United Kingdom chapter, said it would pay for Expression of Interest and Nomination form for…

YouTube tutorials to blame for low clientele, remuneration – MUAs

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Some makeup artists have blamed the popularity of the YouTube tutorial videos as reasons for reduced clientele and remuneration. The…

World Bank cuts Zambia growth forecasts

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The World Bank said on Tuesday that Zambia’s economy would grow by 4.1 per cent in 2018 and 4.5 per…

1,000 youths to receive N5,000 monthly allowance in Kebbi

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Suru Local Government Council in Kebbi, says it will begin to pay 1000 youths in the area N5,000 monthly…

Boko Haram: Nigeria, Niger air forces launch coordinated air strikes

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in a combined operation with the Nigerien Air Force on April 8,…

Local Govt. targets 50,117 children for polio immunisation

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Zango Local Government Area in Katsina State says it has targeted 50, 117 children aged between 0 and 49 months…

Police launch manhunt for armed suspects

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The police in Sango police division of Ogun State southwest Nigeria have launched a manhunt for suspected gunmen who allegedly…

NNPC made trading profit of N250 billion in 2016

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Group Executive Director, Finance and Account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Isiaka Abdulrazak said the corporation…

Plateau Govt. threatens to sanction erring waste operators

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Plateau Government has threatened to sanction private waste operators who failed to honour the terms of agreement they had…

NAFDAC to intensify monitoring of use of potassium bromide in Niger

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Niger, says it will intensify monitoring of use…

Syrian armed forces on alert in anticipation of foreign strikes

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Syrian army is “on full alert in all its military airports, large military bases located in the capital Damascus…

Confusion in Benin as drivers protest accident that claim 4 lives

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

There was pandemonium at Siloko Road in Benin, capital of Edo State, Tuesday morning, when commuter bus drivers mounted a…

Trump to protect U.S farmers amid trade tensions

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

U. S. farmers will be protected by the Trump administration during rising trade tensions between the U. S. and China,…

Armed groups in Libya accused of killing, torturing detainees

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The UN on Tuesday accused armed groups in Libya of killing and torturing detainees in prisons, some nominally under government…

China accuses U.S. of violating World Trade Organisation rules

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The U.S. violated World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules and its own public commitment by launching a Section 301 investigation unilaterally…

Plateau governor assures tourists of adequate security

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

April 10, 2018, Gov. Solomon Lalong of Plateau has assured local and international tourists of adequate security of lives and…

112-year-old Japanese Masazo Nonaka certified as world’s oldest living man

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Guinness World Records on Tuesday recognised Masazo Nonaka, a 112-year-old Japanese national, as the world’s oldest living man.

China to force rainfall over an area 2X Nigeria

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

China is almost set to force rainfall and snow over 1.6 million sq km (620,000 sq miles), an area roughly…

China-made brain pacemaker brings hope to Parkinson’s patients

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nearly 10,000 Chinese patients have received deep brain stimulation surgery since the first China-made brain pacemaker was implanted in a…

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