APC chieftains to Buhari: Sack suspended SGF, NHIS, NIA bosses now
Samuel Awoyinfa, Femi Makinde, Success Nwogu, Simon Utebor, Alexander Okere, Peter Dada, Hindi Livinus, Gibson Achonu, Clement Nnachi and Olaide Oyelude Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in...
View Article19 die in Nepal bus accident
At least 19 people were killed when an overcrowded bus swerved off the road and plunged into a river in central Nepal on Saturday, police said. The bus skidded off the road in Dhading district,...
View ArticleTroops destroy Boko Haram market in Borno
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it’s troops destroyed a Boko Haram grain market at Boboshe village in Borno. Director, Army Public Relations, Sani Kukasheka, who disclosed this in a statement in...
View ArticleBuhari’s govt rotten, covered with scandalous corruption –Fayose
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government as one that is rotten and covered with scandalous...
View ArticleSpain takes control of ‘independent’ Catalonia
Spain moved Saturday to seize direct control of Catalonia, sacking its police chief a day after the Catalan regional parliament’s independence declaration sent shock waves through Europe. The firing...
View ArticleYouths ask Aregbesola to wade into brewing Ife/Modakeke crisis
Femi Makinde, Osogbo Some youth groups in Modakeke have called on the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, and security agencies in the state to intervene in a fresh crisis brewing between...
View ArticleHelp find my missing twin daughters, mother begs Imo CP
Chidiebube Okeoma,Owerri A visibly devastated woman, Mrs. Vivian Ogechi Nwanebu, whose twin daughters, Treasure and Favour, got missing on October 20, has cried out to the Imo state commissioner of...
View ArticleForfeited assets: AMCON battles 3,000 court cases
Tunde Ajaja The Managing Director, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, Mr. Ahmed Kuru, says the corporation has over 3,000 court cases at the instance of debtors, who are trying to restrain the...
View ArticleMinister apologises for Weinstein ‘joke’ on live radio
A British minister apologised “unreservedly” on Saturday after making a joke about disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein on a live BBC radio show. Environment Secretary Michael Gove drew immediate...
View ArticleZimbabwe opposition leader flies out for medical care
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has flown to South Africa for medical care, a party official told AFP Saturday, as concerns grow over his health ahead of next year’s election....
View ArticleNAF intensifies aerial bombardments of insurgents’ locations
The Nigerian Air Force said it has intensified day and night aerial bombardments of insurgents’ locations within the North-East region. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF...
View ArticleWhy I’m not completely fulfilled at 81, says Balarabe Musa
An Octogenarian and former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Saturday said his wish and desire for Nigeria has yet to be fulfilled, 57 years after the nation’s independence. Musa, who...
View ArticleThree dead in Somalia car bombings
At least three people were killed in twin car bombings in the Somali capital on Saturday that were claimed by Shabaab Islamists, police and medics said. Following the blasts, witnesses reported...
View ArticleCrocodile Smile: Army arrest 399 suspects in Lagos, Ogun
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said no fewer than 399 suspects were arrested for various offences during the Exercise Crocodile Smile 2 in Lagos and Ogun States. The 35 Artillery Brigade Commander,...
View ArticleCholera: WHO to immunise 300,000 in Borno
The World Health Organisation says it will immunise 300,000 people against cholera in Borno. This is contained in the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA),...
View ArticleCrocodile Smile 2: Army arrest 399 suspects in Lagos, Ogun
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said no fewer than 399 suspects were arrested for various offences during the Exercise Crocodile Smile 2 in Lagos and Ogun States. The 35 Artillery Brigade Commander,...
View ArticleWHO to immunize 300,000 against cholera in Borno
The World Health Organisation says it will immunize 300,000 people against cholera in Borno. This is contained in the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Humanitarian...
View ArticleStay away from crime, ex-President Jonathan counsels students
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Former President Goodluck Jonathan has counseled Nigerian students to stay away from kidnapping, robbery and other social vices that portray the academic community in bad light....
View ArticleWhy I’m not completely fulfilled at 81, says Balarabe Musa
An Octogenarian and former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Saturday said his wish and desire for Nigeria has yet to be fulfilled, 57 years after the nation’s independence. Musa, who...
View ArticleDeath toll in Mogadishu bombings rises to 14
At least 14 people were killed in coordinated car bombings followed by an attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, a security official said. “About 14 people, most of them...
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