Harvey to cost Texas $58 billion in losses
Economic losses in Texas from Hurricane Harvey, which is still pounding the water-logged US state with rain, will be some $58 billion (49 billion euros), disaster analysts in Germany said Thursday. If...
View ArticleTwo explosions reported at Texas chemical plant
Local emergency officials on Thursday reported two explosions at a flooded chemical plant in the Texas town of Crosby, its operators Arkema Inc said. “At approximately 2 am CDT (0700 GMT), we were...
View ArticleEconomy: Fayose attacks Buhari
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest comment that he was pleased with Nigeria’s economic situation as another...
View ArticleAkande unfolds development agenda for Oyo
Samson Folarin A governorship aspirant in the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Prof. Adeolu Akande, has identified agriculture, solid minerals and tourism as the three key sectors that can...
View ArticleSallah: 21 inmates freed as Sen. Wamakko pays N2.1m fine
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, on Thursday secured the freedom of 21 inmates of Sokoto Central Prison after paying their N2.1 million fine. Wamakko, who is the...
View ArticleNorth Korea threat: Britain, Japan agree on closer security ties
Britain and Japan on Thursday said they would cooperate in countering the threat posed by North Korea, two days after it fired a missile over northern Japan, and will pledge closer ties in defence,...
View Article50-year-old man rapes two minors, gets N300,000 bail
A 50-year-old, Okon Etim, who allegedly defiled two minors of ages eight and nine years, was on Thursday granted reprieve by a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. He was released on N300,000...
View ArticleI lure her into sex with N100, rape suspect tells child right agency
A 32-year-old rape suspect, Ayuba Salihu, on Thursday told the Niger State Child Right Protection Agency how he lured and raped an eight-year-old pupil with N100. Salihu, a tailor and resident of New...
View Article3,000 pensioners shortlisted for payment of pension/ gratuity in Ebonyi
Clement Nnachi, Abakaliki No fewer than 3,000 retirees of Ebonyi State work force have been shortlisted for the payment of pension and gratuity, having successfully been captured in the ongoing...
View ArticleSallah: Customs to prevent smuggling, sale of frozen products
The Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service Kaduna has placed its personnel on alert to prevent smuggling and sale of frozen products during Sallah, its Controller, Aminu Dahiru, has said. Dahiru said in...
View ArticleNAFDAC nabs two selling Analgin injection in Aba
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has arrested a man and a woman in Aba for selling banned Analgin injection to unsuspecting residents. Mr. Olisa Okeke, the Abia Coordinator...
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Assailants attack witnesses with toxic gas at regional convention
405 attendees of a Regional Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses were rendered unconscious on Friday morning, August 25, 2017, in Angola after assailants released toxic gas in the main auditorium and...
View ArticleCourt jails property agent for absconding with N1.6m
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced one Ibrahim Ahmed, a house agent, to 16 months imprisonment for absconding with a prospective tenant’s N1,650,000 . The judge, Mr Abubakar...
View ArticleMumbai building collapse kills 18
At least 18 people died Thursday when a building collapsed in India’s financial capital Mumbai following heavy rains that have wreaked havoc in many parts of South Asia. A dozen others were pulled...
View ArticleNew Akarigbo of Remo emerges
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta A new candidate for the stool of the Akarigbo of Remoland has emerged. He is Prince Adewale Ajayi. The newly elected Akarigbo is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court...
View ArticleThere are corrupt elements in EFCC, says Magu
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has admitted that there is corruption in the EFCC. Magu, who said this during a chat with...
View ArticleLagos donates N5m to widow of burnt kidnap victim
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has donated N5million to the widow and children of Osaze Omorogbe, a community leader killed and burnt by kidnappers for leading security agents to foil their...
View ArticleGroup condemns killing of four soldiers in Bayelsa
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa A human rights group, the Patriotic Citizens of Nigeria, has condemned in strong terms the reported killing of four military personnel in Bayelsa State. Four soldiers and a...
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PHOTOS: Osinbajo receives Boris Johnson in Abuja
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo received in Abuja on Thursday a delegation from the United Kingdom Government led by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. In the delegation were also Priti Patel, UK...
View ArticleSallah: Be patient, FRSC urges
As Nigerian Muslims join the rest of the world to observe Eid-el-Kabir celebration on Friday, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has urged members of the public to...
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