Tanzania MP arrested for ‘insulting’ president
A Tanzanian opposition MP has been arrested for insulting the president, his party said Wednesday, after revealing an aeroplane bought for the national carrier was being held in Canada over unpaid...
View ArticleMan, 53, allegedly rapes eight-year-old girl in Somolu
A 53-year-old man who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s eight-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. David Ajayi, who resides at 5, Moshalashi St.,...
View ArticleMuslims rally in Spain against terrorism after attacks
Two hundred Muslims rallied in the streets of Granada, southern Spain, on Wednesday in protest against a surge in anti-Islamic hate crimes following last week’s deadly attacks in the country. The...
View ArticleLAISEC appoints new resident commissioner
A new Resident Electoral Commissioner has been appointed to the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State. He is Mr. Sam Olumekun. Olumekun assumed duty on Wednesday at the state...
View ArticleBREAKING: Russia ambassador found dead in pool at Khartoum home
Russia’s ambassador to Sudan, Mirgayas Shirinsky, was found dead in the pool of his Khartoum residence on Wednesday, Sudanese officials said. “The Russian ambassador died this evening at his Khartoum...
View ArticleBus driver finds $10,000, returns it to owner
A Palestinian bus driver in Israel has returned $10,000 (8,500 euros) to a religious Jewish man who left it in his vehicle, police and the driver said Wednesday. “The Tel Aviv police received the...
View ArticleLagos businessman faces N6.7m fraud charge
A sexagenarian-businessman, David Olawale, who allegedly defrauded a man of N6.7 million, was on Wednesday charged before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Olawale, 62, who resides in Akute area of...
View ArticleTrump hit by fresh resignation
A US government science envoy on Wednesday became the latest official to resign over Donald Trump’s refusal to condemn neo-Nazis and the latest to send a coded message of defiance via his resignation...
View ArticleI stand by all I said about Buhari – Fayose
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said he stands by all he said about President Muhammadu Buhari on his ill health and has no apologies. The Chairman of the...
View ArticleSouth-East senators meet Kanu, call for caution
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The South East Caucus in the Senate has met with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, members of the secession group over what it termed as the rising tension...
View ArticleBuhari back in Nigeria but leadership doubts linger
Questions are being raised about the ability of Nigeria’s president to rule after his decision to cancel Wednesday’s cabinet meeting — the first since he returned from a long overseas medical absence....
View ArticleLASG gives life jackets to communities
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government has said it will donate life jackets to residents of some rural communities in the state. The announcement came a few days after 12 persons died in a boat...
View ArticleTeachers protest Oyo NUT chair tenure extension
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Members of the Democratic Teachers Alliance within the Oyo State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers on Wednesday held a rally to protest against what they described as a...
View ArticleOba of Benin emerges TROMPCOM chairman
Alexander Okere, Benin The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has emerged as Chairman of the committee of Traditional Rulers of Oil, Mineral Producing States. The committee comprising...
View ArticleAGF blames Magu for Nigeria’s suspension from Egmont group
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Wednesday alleged that “ignoble role” of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
View ArticleRiver police use tear gas on anti-ritual killing protesters
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt OVER 15 Hilux vans filled with policemen on Wednesday dispersed hundreds of sympathisers, who took to the streets to demand justice over the killing of an eight-year-old...
View ArticleSix feared dead, five cops injured in Borno suicide attack
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri At least six persons were killed in a suicide attack in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Wednesday. Confirming the death toll to our correspondent, a hospital source said...
View ArticleOlubadan can’t stop govt from enthroning 32 kings –Commissioner
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Oyo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Bimbo Kolade, has said that the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, lacks the power to stop...
View ArticleNigerian doctor facilitates reduction in infant mortality
Toluwani Eniola A Nigerian doctor, Nubwa Medugu, and a Professor at the Michigan State University, Shannon Manning, have taken steps towards reducing infant mortality in Nigeria. Their efforts,...
View ArticleS’East senators meet Kanu, call for caution
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The South-East Caucus in the Senate has met with leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and members of the secession group over what it termed as the rising tension...
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