Sack and we’ll embark on strike, teachers warn El-Rufai
The Kaduna State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers on Thursday said they would shut down all public schools if any of its members is sacked by Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i. The teachers’ union was...
View ArticleRussian helicopter crashes at sea in Arctic
A Russian helicopter with eight people on board crashed at sea in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic on Thursday, Norwegian rescue services said. The fate of those on the helicopter was not...
View ArticleGraft cases monitoring: CJN awaits Justice Salami’s rejection letter
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, said on Thursday that he had yet to receive a formal letter by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami...
View ArticleNumber of billionaires worldwide rises 10%
The number of billionaires worldwide rose above 1,500 last year, a 10 percent jump from 2015, due largely to a surge in Asia, Swiss banking giant UBS and auditors PwC said Thursday. In an annual...
View ArticleThree dead, 30 wounded in Kenya poll clashes
At least three people were shot dead Thursday and more than 30 wounded as opposition protesters clashed with police during Kenya’s presidential re-run, police and hospital sources said. On the eve of...
View ArticleNigeria, Pakistan trade volume less than $1bn – envoy
Pakistan’s current volume of trade with Nigeria is below $1bn, representing about 46 percent decrease from 2016. The Head of Chancery in the Pakistan High Commission, Mr Asim Khan, on Thursday in Abuja...
View ArticleUPDATED: I didn’t collect vehicles from IGP, Aisha Buhari says
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said there was no truth in the claim that he received some vehicles from the Inspector-General of Police, Mr....
View ArticleProposed MKO Abiola airport to cost N69bn
The proposed M. K. O Abiola International Airport in Ido-Osun, Osun, will cost N69bn under a concession arrangement with an indigenous company, AWOL International. The Director of Public Building in...
View ArticleUPDATED: Three UN peacekeepers killed, two injured in Mali landmine
Three UN peacekeepers in northern Mali were killed Thursday and another two injured when their vehicle struck a “mine or an improvised explosive device,” the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)...
View ArticleWrongly accused terror suspects get Can$31.5m as compensation
Canada settled a lawsuit with three citizens who were wrongly accused of terror links and tortured in Syria and Egypt for Can$31.5 million (US$24.6 million), local media said Thursday. Abdullah...
View ArticleRussia conducts ballistic missile tests
Russia conducted several ballistic missile tests on Thursday from “land, air and sea” as part of its strategic nuclear programme, the Defence ministry announced. A “Topol” intercontinental ballistic...
View ArticleNAF returns four Super Mushshak aircraft to Pakistan
Nigerian Air Force says it has returned four Super Mushshak aircraft loaned to it by Pakistan Government. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo...
View ArticleMan poses as lunatic to kidnap three-year-old baby
A 25-year-old man, Tokunbor Nnanna, who allegedly posed as a lunatic to kidnap a three-year-old baby was on Thursday remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos....
View ArticleSecurity screening: Drama as Saraki, Dogara, others turn back from Aso Rock
Senate President Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and some principal officers of the National Assembly on Thursday night angrily turned back from Aso Rock. They...
View ArticleCatalan business minister resigns amid independence standoff
Catalonia’s moderate business minister resigned Thursday after the Spanish region’s separatist president Carles Puigdemont ruled out elections and left the door open to a declaration of independence...
View ArticleFajemirokun becomes Baba Oba of Ifewara today
Doyen of insurance and industrialist, Chief Oladele Fajemirokun, will be installed as the Baba Oba of Ifewara, Osun State on Friday (today). Oba of Ifewara, Hezekiah Owolola, said Fajemirokun was...
View ArticleLASTMA moves against traffic offenders
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Thursday said residents and travellers on Airport Road should brace for prosecution because it would henceforth arrest anyone driving...
View ArticleLG election: Judge’s absence stalls Nasarawa speaker’s contempt case
Umar Muhammed, Lafia Hearing in the contempt charges brought against the Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Abdullahi, was stalled on Thursday as the presiding judge, Justice S.A....
View ArticleDeclare state of emergency on roads, Reps tell FG
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to declare state of emergency on Nigerian roads, particularly the federal highways. In a resolution lawmakers passed in...
View ArticleN95bn lost to herdsmen, farmers’ clashes in 4 years, says Ortom
John Alechenu, Abuja The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has revealed that clashes between farmers and herdsmen led to the loss of farm produce and property worth over N95bn within four years....
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