Unpaid salaries: Kogi director hangs self after birth of triplets
GBENGA ODOGUN The lifeless body of a senior civil servant in Kogi State, Edward Soje, was found dangling on a tree on Saturday, a week after he was declared missing. Residents of Lokoja, the state...
View ArticleOgbeh wrong, US didn’t reject Nigerian yams — Exporter
OKECHUKWU NNODIM and BAYO AKINLOYE A Nigerian yam exporter, Dr. Timothy Ijir, who is based in the United States, has said that the US authorities did not reject any yam exports from Nigeria. He stated...
View ArticleSouth-West govs absence from APC consultative meeting, a protest — Source
John Alechenu The growing rift among leading figures in the All Progressives Congress has been cited as the reason behind the absence of all governors of the South-West states from the party’s...
View ArticleCatalan leader blasts Spain move to sack separatists
Spain took drastic measures Saturday to stop Catalonia from breaking away, announcing plans to dismiss its separatist government and call fresh elections in a move the region’s leader compared to the...
View ArticlePakistan police find beheaded body of transgender person
The beheaded body of a transgender person has been found in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said Sunday, the latest attack on the community in the deeply conservative country....
View ArticleMy tweets won me the White House – Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump defended his regular use of social media, especially Twitter, saying that his tweets won him the White House. In an interview airing on Sunday on “Fox Business Network,”...
View Article37 job openings for young Nigerians in UN
There are 37 career openings for young Nigerians under the United Nations bureaucracy, according to UN deputy secretary-general, Amina Mohammed. Amina disclosed this at a Cultural Night organised by...
View Article‘Restructuring, not Nigeria’s problem’
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Grand Administrator and Director Supreme Board of Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis, also known as the Rosicrucian Order, Dr. Kenneth Idiodi, has said that restructuring...
View ArticleWoman dies after fall from riverboat in France
A British woman died Saturday night after falling from a boat which hit a beacon in the Rhone river in Avignon, southern France, emergency services said. The 27-year-old went overboard and was later...
View ArticleTillerson demands Iranian militias leave Iraq
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday demanded that Iranian “militias” leave Iraq at a press conference in Riyadh, where the US diplomat is holding talks with top Gulf officials. “Certainly...
View ArticleLASEMA recovers body of man who jumped into Lagos lagoon
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency says it has recovered the body of Mr Oluseye Adekunle, who allegedly jumped into a Lagos lagoon on Friday. The LASEMA General Manager, Mr Adesina Tiamiyu,...
View Article‘Good morning’ Facebook post leads to arrest of Palestinian
Israeli police have mistakenly arrested then released a Palestinian who posted “good morning” in Arabic on Facebook after software mistranslated it as “attack them,” police and a media report said...
View ArticleTurkey moves to end arms smuggling into Nigeria
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Turkish authorities have expressed their readiness to enter into an agreement with the Federal Government to stop further illegal importation of arms into Nigeria. A...
View Article3.4 million suffer malnutrition in North-East, says UN
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says about 3.4 million people need nutrition assistance due to food crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. This...
View ArticleLagos PDP mourns caretaker chairman
Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday described the death of the party ‘s Caretaker Chairman in Lagos State, Chief Babatunde Solanke, as shocking. The News Agency of Nigeria reports...
View ArticleSuicide: Late director was paid last in December, says Kogi govt
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Kogi State Government says Mr. Edward Soje, the late director who recently committed suicide after his wife gave birth to triplets, was last paid salary in December 2016....
View ArticleForces within tearing PDP apart – Dickson
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has said that some forces within the Peoples Demoratic Party, are tearing the party apart. He said those forces were against a...
View ArticleTerrorism charges: Court sentences 11 to death
An Egyptian court sentenced 11 people to death Sunday on accusations they joined a “terrorist organisation” and attempted to kill two police officers, a judicial official said. The court sentenced 14...
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Fayose mocks Buhari for reinstating pension boss accused of N2bn fraud
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday mocked the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for reabsorbing the wanted ex-Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task...
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