South-East govs deny accusing FG of Killing IPOB members
The South-East Governors’ Forum has described a report that it accused the Federal Government of killing members of Indigenous People Of Biafra members as a ’’tissue of lie from the pit of hell’’. The...
View ArticleTogo shuts down internet to counter anti-government protests
Mobile internet services were off in Togo on Thursday, where new opposition protests were planned after huge anti-government demonstrations across the country. On social media such as Facebook and...
View ArticleSouth East govs deny accusing FG of killing IPOB members
The South-East Governors’ Forum has described a report that it accused the Federal Government of killing members of Indigenous People Of Biafra members as a “tissue of lie from the pit of hell.” The...
View ArticleBritain sends £12m, ship to assist Irma victims
Britain is sending a military vessel to assist victims of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean and is assigning £12 million ($15.7 million, 13 million euros) in aid, the government said Thursday. “We are...
View ArticleRwanda arrests leaders of two opposition parties
Several leaders from two Rwandan parties not recognised by the authorities have been arrested, police and opposition officials said Thursday. Since President Paul Kagame’s re-election on August 4 with...
View ArticleCourt jails man who kicked nurse wearing shorts
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced a man to almost four years in prison for attacking a young nurse on a bus for wearing shorts in a case that sparked public outrage, local media reported. The...
View Article[Updated] Spain to charge Catalan leaders over independence vote
A Spanish prosecutor said Thursday that regional leaders of Catalonia would be charged over their plans to hold an independence referendum next month and that all voting material would be seized....
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[PHOTOS] Makurdi flood: FRSC warns motorists on Lokoja/Abuja Road
The Federal Road Safety Corps has issued a warning to motorists plying the Lokoja/Abuja Road over the rising flood in Makurdi, Benue State. The FRSC’s Public Education Officer, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, issued...
View ArticleIndian court sentences two Mumbai 1993 blasts convicts to death
An Indian court on Thursday sentenced to death two men convicted of involvement in India’s most deadly bombings, a series of blasts in the city of Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993. Also two others...
View ArticleAtiku: I leave my critics to God, says Alhassan
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, says she will no longer comment on her support for former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, adding that she will leave her critics...
View ArticleOutspoken Tanzanian opposition figure shot, wounded
Prominent Tanzanian opposition politician Tundu Lissu, an outspoken government critic, was shot and wounded at his home in the capital on Thursday, his party said. “The attack took place at his Dodoma...
View ArticleRecession exit: Rejig cabinet to stimulate recovery, group urges Buhari
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Centre for Social Justice on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig his cabinet by getting technocrats that would effectively manage key sectors of the Nigerian...
View ArticleLeaked memo reveals failings in Kenya’s election body
The chairman of Kenya’s election commission has written to the panel’s CEO, questioning a host of failings in the conduct of last month’s presidential poll, annulled by the Supreme Court. In the...
View ArticleCaution Sagay, senate urges Buhari
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Thursday strongly condemned the Chairman of the Presidential Action Committee on Anti-Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, over his criticisms of the National Assembly....
View ArticleCholera outbreak: Death toll hits 28, 837 infected in North East
Friday Olokor, Jos An estimated 28 people have died from cholera in the North East, while 837 are suspected to have been infected with the disease, including at least 145 children under the age of...
View ArticleKogi recruits 3,000 caterers for school feeding programme
Kogi Government on Thursday began the recruitment of three thousand caterers to handle the Home Grown School Feeding Programme across the 21 local government areas of the state. Mrs Kadijat Karibo, the...
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Hurricane Irma damage in pictures
Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, has severely hit the Caribbeans, claiming at least nine lives and turning the tropical islands of Barbuda and St Martin into...
View ArticlePolice inaugurate mobile app to curb kidnapping, violent crimes
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Nigeria Police Force has inaugurated an innovative mobile app, iPolice-Hawk Eye Crime Reporting System to curb kidnapping and other violent crimes. The Hawk Eye Mobile App...
View ArticleKogi doctors defy strike actions,render services to patients
The National Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Medical Centre Lokoja, has continued to render normal services to patients in the state in spite the ongoing national strike by doctors. A News...
View ArticlePolice to recruit 31,000 personnel
Umar Muhammed, Lafia The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has said they would recruit 31 000 personnel annually to address the problem of shortage of manpower in the force. IGP revealed...
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