Trump lashes out at media in Arizona rally
President Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense Tuesday of his response to a deadly far right march in Virginia, using a rally speech to condemn “dishonest” media coverage of his widely...
View ArticleBuhari cancels FEC meeting, to receive SGF’s probe report
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The meeting of the Federal Executive Council that holds every Wednesday will not hold today. Today would have afforded President Muhammadu Buhari who returned to the country on...
View ArticleBayelsa constituents threaten to recall Murray-Bruce
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Constituents of Bayelsa East Senatorial District of Bayelsa State have threatened to begin a process of recalling Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, representing the constituency in the...
View Article2019: Osoba group tackles Amosun over APC congress results
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja There were strong indications that the Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and a former governor of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba, have begun supremacy battle ahead of the...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s first woman PM released from jail
South Korea’s first female prime minister was released from prison Wednesday after completing a two-year sentence for accepting illicit political funds. Han Myeong-Sook, now 73, was prime minister for...
View ArticleEl-Rufai leads Buhari rally in Kaduna
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, and his deputy, Mr. Barnabas Yusus-Bala, on Tuesday led a rally to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari after his medical vacation in...
View ArticleWe won’t borrow to pay workers, says Akeredolu
Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Government has denied the report that it had promised to pay the remaining 20 per cent of the outstanding salary of September 2016 by the end of August. It said it...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills six villagers in Borno
Boko Haram jihadists killed six men in a village in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday in what appeared to be a targeted reprisal attack, a militia fighting the group told AFP. Nine Boko Haram fighters are...
View ArticleMan seeks court order to access wife’s retirement savings
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has fixed Aug. 31 for hearing of the suit instituted by one Ekeocha Enyeribe, against the Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, seeking to be appointed his retired wife’s...
View ArticleBenue Police arraign two for alleged armed robbery
The police command in Benue on Tuesday arraigned a technician, John Okodo, 21, and a businessman, Michael Orji, 32, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court II for alleged armed robbery. The two men are...
View ArticleMarriage scam: Couple pretends to be siblings, dupes man
A Magistrates’ court on Wednesday sentenced a Zimbabwean couple to 30 months in prison for duping a man of a bride price of $3,000. Brian Mathe, 30 and wife Stephanie, 20, who played brother and sister...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills four in northern Cameroon
A child bomber killed four members of a local self-defence group late Tuesday in northern Cameroon, an area often targeted by Boko Haram jihadists in their long-running insurgency. The attack in the...
View ArticleQatar limits hours, ensures pay for domestic workers
Qatar has approved a law limiting domestic staff to a maximum of 10 hours’ work a day, the first such protection for thousands of household maids, nannies and cooks in the emirate. The “Domestic...
View ArticlePolice arrest factory worker for allegedly killing colleagues in jealous rage
The police on Wednesday arrested a factory worker in Central Russia for allegedly fatally stabbing three people and wounding two others in a jealous rage. The man brandished a knife at the factory on...
View ArticleOdu’a, ABUAD to invest N12bn in moribund textile mill
The Odu’a Group of Companies and the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti have agreed to commit N12bn for the conversion of the moribund textile industry in Ado Ekiti to an industrial park. The...
View ArticleBuhari backs W’Sahara secessionist agitation but rejects Biafra —IPOB
Simon Utebor and Tony Okafor, Awka The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s support for Western Sahara agitation to break away from Morocco and the...
View ArticleEgypt criticises US decision to cut aid as Kushner visits
Egypt on Wednesday protested a US decision to withhold some military aid as a US delegation including presidential adviser Jared Kushner was in Cairo for meetings on the Middle East peace process. The...
View ArticleNo cold war between Russia, US – Russian deputy FM
Russia and the U.S. are not in a state of cold war despite Washington’s attempts to impose its will on Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said. “I do not think that we are engaged...
View ArticleBREAKING: Sultan declares Sept. 1, as Sallah day
The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Sept. 1, 2017, as Eid-el-Kabir day. This is contained in a statement signed by Prof....
View Article20 South Africa inmates escape during police truck ambush
An armed gang freed 20 prisoners in South Africa by ambushing a police truck transporting them from court back to their cells, authorities said Wednesday. During the incident, which occurred south of...
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