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Oil falls on rising U.S. inventories

Oil prices fell on Thursday after U.S. crude inventories swelled to their highest level since December adding to concerns about…

NGO unveils website to fund MSMEs

A non-profit making organisation, MSME Crowd Funding Foundation, Nigeria, on Thursday unveiled a website `Fundanenterprise.org.’ to raise funds and grants…

Army donate equipment to hospital in Akwa Ibom

As part of activities marking the end of Operation Crocodile Smile 111, the 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army has…
Minister of Works Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN. You can now report corruption in his ministries to SERAP for action

National Building Code: Experts push for implementation

Bothered by the delay in the implementation of the National Building Code (NBC), some operators in the built-up environment have…

Free my husband – says Hedges’ wife

The wife of a British academic who was jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati…

Euro bounces on trade deal hopes; dollar slides

The euro briefly rallied to the day’s highs on Thursday after Britain and the European Union agreed in principle to…

Namibian minister speaks up against women abuse

Namibian Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Doreen Sioka, on Thursday, castigated the growing cases of violence against women…

Yuletide: Lagos moves to address gridlock

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it had fashioned out workable solutions to ensure the free flow of traffic…

Russian military intelligence chief is dead

The Head of the Russian Military Intelligence Agency Col.-Gen. Igor Korobov, who Britain accused of poisoning a former double agent…

Tunisian public workers protest over poor pay

No fewer than 650,000 public sector workers went on strike and thousands protested across Tunisia on Thursday over the government’s…

Court sentences South Korea pastor to 15 years imprisonment

A South Korean Pastor was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for raping eight followers over 40 different…

Father slaughters daughter for sacrifice in Benue

The Chairman, Konshisha Local Government, Mrs Justina Ubebe, has confirmed the killing of an infant girl by her father, one…
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior

Osun unveils 10-year development plan

The Osun Government on Thursday in Osogbo unveiled a 10-year development plan aimed at improving the economy of the state…
APC

2 APC Reps defect from party

Two more members of the House of Representatives have officially announced their exit from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

6 dead after petrol lorry sets alight homes in Vietnam

No fewer than six people have died after a petrol lorry crashed into a block of homes in Southern Vietnam…
Cameroonian Procurement expert Eithel Mbunkur slams N350 million suit against BAT Nigeria Ltd over wrongful termination of his employment.

EFCC arraigns 22 INEC staff over criminal conspiracy

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned 22 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and a…

Israeli bags 10 years imprisonment for worldwide bomb threats

An Israeli court sentenced a teenager to 10 years in prison for making bomb threats targeting airports as well as…

Fake car dealer arraigned for allegedly defrauding customer of N1. 5m

A 34-year-old fake car dealer, Oke Oladipupo, who allegedly defrauded swindled a man of N1. 5 million, on Thursday appeared…
Fraud

Man docked for allegedly beating up ex-wife

The police on Thursday arraigned a 50- year-old public servant, Tijani Aliyu in a Kubwa Grade I Area Court for…

Trader jailed for stealing bag of sugar, groundnut oil

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday sentenced a 24-year- old trader, Mohammed Kazeem, to six months imprisonment for breaking…

Zero Hunger Initiative’ll help achieve food security 2030 – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday restated commitment of the Zero Hunger Strategic Initiative to end hunger and achieve food…

Stakeholders urge presidency to probe ICPC over moves to scuttle digital switch-over

Following the recent moves by some top officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to…
House of Representatives hits back at Senate, ignore bills for concurrence

Minimum wage bill: NASS will give accelerated passage – House Committee

The House of Representatives Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity, on Thursday, said the National Assembly would give the minimum…

Trump ‘apologises’ as oil prices crash ’causes’ traffic jams

U.S. President Donald Trump has ‘apologised’ to Americans for allegedly causing traffic jams in the country following the crash in…

Verification of ex-Nigeria Airways workers living abroad may begin 2019

Mr John Waitono, Deputy Director, Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), says verification exercise for former workers of the defunct…

Lagos gridlock is self inflicted suffering – Sen. Sani

Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly has described the Lagos gridlock as self inflicted suffering.

Oshiomhole inaugurates Reconciliation Committees to reconcile aggrieved APC members

Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has inaugurated a National Peace and Reconciliation Committee for each…
Police acting in concert with military operatives rescue 23 kidnapped victims from a gang of gunmen in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State.

Police arrest 22 suspected robbers, kidnappers in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested 22 suspects involved in armed robbery, kidnapping and other criminal…

Gunmen kidnap Italian woman in Kenya

An armed gang abducted an Italian woman from a village in southeast Kenya, shooting and wounding five residents in the…

FG allots N39.52bn in Nov. bonds, refuse higher rates from subscribers

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, allotted N39.52 billion worth of bonds in its November auction, refusing to accept higher rates…