Qatar waives visa requirement for Moroccans
Morocco has been added to a list of countries whose citizens no longer need visas to enter Qatar, official Moroccan media has said. Qatar, hit by a land and air embargo imposed by a group of its most...
View ArticleOba Aromolaran visits Ooni, says he is revered monarch
The Owa–Obokun of Ijesaland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, has described the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, as an uncommonly revered...
View ArticleTwo killed as Hurricane Irma hits Caribbean islands
France said two people had been killed on St Barts and St Martin after the two eastern Caribbean islands were hit by Hurricane Irma, and announced it would set up an emergency fund to help them...
View ArticleVarsities non-academic staff to begin indefinite strike on Monday
Non-teaching staff of Nigerian Universities under the auspices of Joint Action Committee says it will embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, Sept. 11 over non-implementation of the 2009 agreement....
View ArticleCatalonia’s leader, a dyed-in-the-wool partisan of independence
Carles Puigdemont, the leader of Catalonia who is pushing for a referendum on independence from Spain, has been a convinced secessionist since his youth, long before the issue moved to the centre of...
View ArticleExxonMobil plans Cyprus gas exploration
US giant ExxonMobil said Wednesday it plans to start drilling at two sites in the second half of 2018 to explore for energy reserves off the south coast of Cyprus. Preparations to support the drilling...
View ArticleDoctors refuse to call off strike despite 13-hour meeting
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The National Association of Resident Doctors on Thursday refused to call off its strike despite holding a 13-hour meeting with representatives of the Federal Government. The...
View ArticlePregnant woman in labour commits suicide after family denied her C-section
A pregnant woman took her own life because her family would not let her have a caesarean section even when doctors recommended the procedure. According to South China Morning Post, the 26-year-old...
View ArticleI invite you to invest in Chad – President Idriss Deby
The president of Chad made a personal request of the international investment community to come and invest in Chad. This comes on the coat tail of the Chad National Development Plan 2017-2021 two-day...
View Article2019: Minister pledges to back Atiku against Buhari
Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu, Eniola Akinkuotu, Leke Baiyewu and Olaleye Aluko The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, has declared her readiness to support former...
View Article15 states sue Trump administration over ending DACA
A coalition of US states sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its decision to end an amnesty program for 800,000 people brought illegally to the United States as minors. The lawsuit was filed...
View ArticleMission protest killing of Nigerians in South Africa
The Nigerian mission in South Africa says it has protested the killing of Nigerians to the government of that country. Two Nigerians were recently killed by the South African police for allegedly being...
View ArticleBorno records 530 cholera cases, 23 deaths
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Thursday that cholera has claimed no fewer than 23 people out of the 530 suspected cases in Borno. The UN agency, in a statement, said...
View ArticleNigeria third contributor of research in ‘bogus’ journals – Study
Nigeria is among the top three countries globally to get low-quality research published in ‘predatory’ journals, a research has shown. A 12-month investigation by a team of researchers led by Dr. David...
View ArticleMalaria: Italy treating death of girl as manslaughter
Italian prosecutors have opened a manslaughter inquiry into the death of a four-year-old girl who was killed by malaria in northern Italy in a medical mystery that has gripped the country. The girl,...
View ArticleTwo Nigerian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
Two pilgrims from Kano State have died during the 2017 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, the State Pilgrims Welfare Board said on Thursday. The Board’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Nuhu Badamasi said that the...
View ArticleHurricane Irma’s death toll hits 10
At least 10 dead as Hurricane Irma rips through the Caribbean Hurricane Irma, the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, has so far killed at least 10 people and caused devastating damage...
View ArticleHurricane Irma hits Trump’s properties
Hurricane Irma swept over U.S. President Donald Trump’s 11-bedroom Caribbean mansion on Wednesday, the first of several luxury Trump properties threatened by the storm’s path. It was not immediately...
View ArticleMission protest killing of Nigerians in South Africa
The Nigerian mission in South Africa says it has protested the killing of Nigerians to the government of that country. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that two Nigerians were recently killed by the...
View ArticleUK’s Prince George starts school, pregnant mum Kate too ill to go
Britain’s Prince George, the great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth and third-in-line to the throne, started school on Thursday, but without his pregnant mother Kate to support him because she is suffering...
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