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EU countries still losing billions in VAT due to fraud

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

EU member states lost almost 150 billion euros (177 billion dollars) in Value Added Tax (VAT) revenues in 2016, with…

Police deploy personnel to prevent Shiites from embarking on protest

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The FCT Police Command has deployed its personnel at strategic locations in the territory to prevent members of the Islamic…

South Africa’s Ramaphosa outlines stimulus plan for ailing economy

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

South Africa’s president announced a multi-billion-dollar stimulus programme on Friday, earmarking funds for job creation and infrastructure development as he…

Nigeria’s foreign debt stands at $22.08bn, local N3.48trn

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the country’s foreign debt stands at 22.08billion dollars.

137 APC aspirants jostle for 25 Adamawa Assembly tickets

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

No fewer than 137 aspirants under the All Progressives Congress (APC) are jostling for the 25 House of Assembly tickets…

Ogun APC: Dapo Abiodun kicks against indirect primary

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta An Ogun state gubernatorial aspirant, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has kicked against the idea of the All Progressives Congress…

Malaysia cannot accept same-sex marriage – PM Mahathir

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Malaysia cannot accept same-sex marriage or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, said on Friday,…

Update: Tanzanian ferry death toll climbs to 100

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The death toll in a Tanzanian ferry, MV Nyerere, that capsized in Lake Victoria climbed to more than 100 on…

NBS to spend $3.5m on poverty statistics survey

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Tunde Adebisi, National Coordinator, Nigeria Living Standard Survey (NLSS), says the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will spend 3.5million…

Sexual abuse scandal: Pope accepts resignation of 2 more Chilean bishops

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of two more Chilean bishops, bringing to seven the number, who have stepped down…

South Africa bus crash kills 10, injures 34

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ten people were killed and 34 others injured when a bus overturned on a highway near the South African city…

Lagos Guber Race: Sanwo-Olu campaign organisation upbeat about success

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Lanre Babalola The Babajide Sanwo-Olu Campaign Organization (BOSCO) has expressed joy and excitement at the outpouring of love from Lagosians,…

Iran denies requesting for a meeting with Trump

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Iran has not requested a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday,.

Libya warns against closure of oilfield airport by blackmailing guards

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Libya’s state oil firm National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Thursday warned blocking entry to the airport of Al-Wafa oilfield might…

Indonesia places temporary prohibition on palm plantation permits

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Indonesia’s Government has issued a presidential instruction to place a moratorium on new permits for palm plantations for three years,…

Kaduna Govt to pay teachers outstanding salaries by month end

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Kaduna state government is to pay all outstanding salaries of the newly recruited primary school teachers in the state…

Africa’s absolute monarchy, eSwatini, to hold nominal elections

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

eSwatini, the small southern African kingdom formerly known as Swaziland, is set to hold elections on Friday, though political parties…

New security strategy: U.S. to conduct cyber attacks more freely

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The U.S. will be able to conduct and counter cyber attacks more freely under a new cyber security strategy signed…

Rwanda’s genocide: Mass graves discovered with 5,400 bodies

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Rwandan authorities have discovered the bodies of 5,400 victims of the 1994 genocide, the executive secretary of Genocide Survivors Organisation…

Court jails Syrian man for “act of terrorism”

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Hungarian tribunal in Szeged on Thursday gave a final five-year jail sentence to a Syrian man for “act of…

China calls for further dialogue between North Korea, U.S.

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

China firmly supports the Pyongyang summit between the leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic…

South Sudan to source electricity from neighbouring countries

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

South Sudan will harness electricity power connection from neighbouring countries and build additional hydro power dams to boost its development…

Tanzania suspends family planning advertisements

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Tanzania has suspended advertisements on family planning sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other organisations.

Amnesty accuses Venezuela of extrajudicial executions

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Venezuela’s security forces of thousands of extrajudicial executions targeting mainly poor young men.

Osun Guber: FRSC announces restriction of vehicular movement

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said it had deployed 1,500 personnel, including 60 vehicles to man strategic…

Osun Guber: NSCDC deploys personnel, surveillance vehicles, sniffer dogs

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has directed massive deployment of personnel, mobile surveillance vehicles and sniffer dogs…

29-year-old man commits suicide in Jos

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Paul Majie, a 29-year-old unemployed man, on Thursday committed suicide in his room at Dadin-Kowa in Jos South Local…

Film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s book “Ake” on Amazon

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s classic autobiographical novel, “Ake: The Years of Childhood”, is now available to viewers on…

Global waste could grow 70% as cities boom – World Bank

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Global waste could grow by 70 per cent by 2050 as urbanisation and populations rise, said the World Bank.

APC UK expresses readiness to assist flood victims

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The United Kingdom chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is ready to give some form of assistance…

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