Turkey targets 42 University staff over failed coup
The Turkish Authorities on Friday issued detention warrants for 42 personnel with Marmara University in Istanbul in their continuing crackdown on a network accused of orchestrating 2016’s failed coup,...
View ArticleConvention: PDP extends sale of forms to Nov 29
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has extended the sale of its nomination forms for those planning to contest positions at its national convention slated for...
View ArticleAmbode warns civil servants
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday warned civil servants in the state against importing odd ideas and policies that could impede productivity in the civil service....
View ArticleQatar sets $200 as minimum wage
Qatar has set a temporary minimum wage for migrant workers worth around $200 a month, its labour minister said Thursday, a benchmark reform following widespread criticism of Doha’s preparations for...
View ArticleUPDATED: Mugabe makes first public appearance since army takeover
President Robert Mugabe attended a university graduation ceremony on Friday, making his first public appearance since military generals took control of Zimbabwe earlier this week. In a display of...
View ArticleIndian state uses drones to prevent open defecation
The Southern Indian state of Telanagana has embarked on a unique way to get rid of open defecation, using drones. As a pilot project, cops have deployed drones on the banks of a local reservoir in the...
View ArticleBauchi prison inmates awaiting amputation for 13 years – Controller
A total of 16 inmates on death row and those to be amputated are still awaiting their fate more than 10 years after their conviction in Bauchi State, the Controller of Prison in the state, Mr Sulaiman...
View ArticleCatalan ex-leader in Belgian court for extradition hearing
Sacked Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont appeared in court in Belgium on Friday for a hearing on whether to send him back to Spain to face charges of rebellion and sedition over his region’s...
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PHOTOS: Mugabe emerges from house arrest
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attended a university graduation ceremony today, making a defiant first public appearance since the military takeover that appeared to signal the end of his 37-year...
View ArticleAnambra election litmus test for INEC, APC says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to be neutral in the conduct of Anambra governorship election scheduled to hold on...
View ArticleWith a ratio of one staff to 50 projects, NDDC cancels N200bn contracts
Enmeshed in a soaring debt profile, the Niger Delta Development Commission has repudiated contracts worth N200bn in an ongoing reform being carried out by its new management. The organisation has also...
View ArticleAnambra poll: Awka remains calm, traffic-free
Commercial and social activities on Friday remained normal in Awka, capital of Anambra State, as the people prepare to cast their votes in the governorship election scheduled for Saturday, November 18,...
View ArticleHistoric change as Britain names first female ‘Black Rod’
Britain’s state opening of parliament will be managed by a woman for the first time in 650 years, after the appointment on Friday of Sarah Clarke as the first female “Black Rod”. Tasked with banging...
View ArticleAnambra election: NSCDC deploys 14,000 officials to beef up security
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it has deployed 14,000 personnel for Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, to boost the number of personnel provided by other security...
View ArticleI don’t think anyone should be president for that amount of time –Botswana...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe should end his attempts to remain in office after the military seized power, as he has no regional diplomatic support to stay in power, Botswana President Ian Khama...
View ArticleMigrant boy, 11, commits suicide in Austria
Austrian police said Friday that they were investigating the suicide of an 11-year-old Afghan migrant. He died in a hospital near Vienna on Monday after being admitted a day earlier, police said. It...
View ArticleNavy destroys 1,000 illegal refineries
The Nigerian Navy said it had destroyed over 1,000 illegal refineries and arrested several suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta between January and September. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Adm....
View ArticleI will kill you nothing will happen, Ogun policeman threatens youths
Shocking video clips showing a gun-wielding policeman threatening to shoot two people has emerged online. The video, which was posted on Thursday by Gallas Kolawole Oluwaseyi Boanerges on Facebook,...
View ArticleBuhari probes death of 26 Nigerian migrants, slavery allegations
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a cabinet committee to probe the circumstances that led to the recent death of 26 Nigerian migrants in the Mediterranean. The...
View ArticleBuhari’s govt lacks political will to fight corruption- Falana
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Human Rights Lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration lacked the political will needed to fight corruption. He said this on Friday...
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