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Nasarawa Gov Dissolves Governing Council

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Gov Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the dissolution of the governing council of the three state owned tertiary…

Police Clash With Protesters In Joburg

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Police on Friday fired rubber bullets and tear gas at some protesters in downtown Johannesburg, injuring a man and a…

9 Civilians Die In U.S. Attack On Syria

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Nine civilians including four children were killed in the U.S. missile attack on a Syrian airbase near the city of…

Ajimobi Inaugurates 55 LG Chairmen

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has sworn-in new caretaker chairmen for 28 local governments and 27 local council development…

Putin Condemns U.S. Attack On Syria

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned U.S. cruise missile strikes on Syria on Friday, warning the move would further damage already…

Corps Member Dies Of Heart Failure

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A Corps member, Anthony Ochai, from Benue State, has died of heart failure in Sokoto, the State NYSC Coordinator, Alhaji…

Barrow’s Party Wins Gambia Parliamentary Election

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Gambian President Adama Barrow’s United Democratic Party (UDP) has won Thursday’s parliamentary election, taking 31 seats in the 53-member parliament,…

U.S. Doctor Dies

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Cynthia Ray, 47, succumbed to her injuries Wednesday after she was hit on Sunday, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Xenophobia: Nigerian Man Killed, Four Others Injured

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Nigerian, Razak Ajao, yesterday was killed during a mob attack against foreigners in Polokwane, Limpopo Province of South Africa. Four…

Trump: Why I Launched a Missile Strike on Syria

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he ordered a targeted Tomahawk missile strikes on a Syrian airbase as he…

NPFL: Rivers United wins ABS FC 2-0

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Rivers United FC, Thursday defeated visiting ABS FC of Ilorin 2-0 in a Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match after…

SWAN formally decorates ex-Gov. Daniel as National Patron

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) on Thursday in Sagamu formally decorated a former Governor of Ogun, Otunba Gbenga…

State Assembly orders probe of magistrate over light sentence for rape

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Niger House of Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution urging the state government to investigate the magistrate who handed…

Ghana security minister calls for end to vigilante groups

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Ghana’s Minister for National Security Albert Kan-Dapaah on Thursday called on legislators to help stop the increasing activities of vigilante…

State to partner World Bank, ADB on 500km road projects

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Ogun government, in collaboration with the World Bank and the Africa Development Bank (ADB), has concluded arrangements to construct…

Minister calls for investments in waste management, Abuja rail

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in waste management in the territory.

UNHCR repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya nears 60,000

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The UN refugee agency says it has repatriated some 59,829 Somali refugees in Kenya since the return exercise began in…

VSF distributes learning materials to pupils affected by insurgency

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Thursday distributed learning materials to 2,000 pupils in Bukarti village of Yobe to support…

Fashina: Adequate funding, solution to falling education standard

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A former National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Dipo Fashina, says adequate funding remains the solution to…

Pensioners: N54bn pension liabilities release not enough

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has said that the N54 billion released by the Federal Government to clear pension…

FG to convince oil companies to patronise local barite producers – Minister

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Government says it will find ways of convincing oil companies in the country to patronise local producers of…

AEDC: Death of 5 children Mpape not caused by electricity

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has distanced itself from the unfortunate inferno in which five children died in Mpape…

Focus on science, technology, Gov. urges varsities

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called on Nigerian universities to focus more on science and technology development in the…

Over 1000 people affected by flood in Namibia

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Rising water levels and flooding in the northern parts of Namibia have affected about 1,500 people, Prime Minister (PM) Saara…

Proper waste management, a tool for National development – Expert

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Williams Osaze, the President, Society for the Promotion of People’s Rights, an NGO, on Thursday called for proper waste…

Housing allotees protest re-sell of their plots in Umuahia

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Federal Housing Estate allotees in Abia on Thursday, protested against an alleged re-sell of their plots of land at the…

No excuses for non-payment of pensions- Dogara

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday urged the executive to ensure that backlog of pensions were…

President Buhari mourns Islamic scholar Sheikh Adam

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari says the death of Sheikh Alhassan Saeed Adam of Jos in Plateau has robbed Muslim Ummah of…

Xenophobia: Nigerian auto mechanic killed in S/Africa, others injured

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Nigerian mission in South Africa said it had registered displeasure and protested to the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry over…

Oyo lawmakers reject 2 caretaker chairmen, clear 55

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday cleared 55 out of the 57 nominees for the caretaker committee chairmanship…

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