Hurricane Jose strengthens to Category Two storm
Hurricane Jose strengthened to a Category Two storm Thursday, as it followed in the path of Hurricane Irma, US weather forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center said the storm, located east of...
View ArticleNiger Delta militants withdraw quit notice to Yoruba, northerners
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt THE Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators on Thursday made a U-turn and announced the withdrawal of quit notice to northerners and Yoruba living and doing business in the...
View Article6.1 quake hits off Japan’s Bonin Islands
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off Japan’s Bonin Islands on Friday but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said. The quake hit at a depth of 450 kilometres (280 miles) at 02:27 am (17:27 GMT) 770...
View ArticleCourt grants DSS permission to detain suspect for 45 days
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday granted permission to the Department of State Service to detain one Adamu Mohammed for 45 days pending the conclusion of investigations. Mohammed is being...
View ArticleAllegation of $1.2m London house untrue – Sen. Oduah
A National Assembly member, Sen. Stella Oduah, has debunked allegation that she bought a $1.2m house in England while she was Minister of Aviation, saying it is untrue. Oduah said at a Forum in Abuja...
View ArticleSenate hires cybercrime expert, probes banks, MMM
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Communication Technology and Cybercrime, Senator Foster Ogola, on Thursday said the upper chamber of the National Assembly...
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PHOTOS: Fayose, Ooni, Ike Nwachukwu, others at summit on restructuring
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and other prominent Nigerians attended a summit on restructuring tagged “The Yoruba Standpoint” at Lekan Salami Stadium,...
View ArticleBREAKING: Trump offers to mediate in Qatar crisis
US President Donald Trump offered on Thursday to mediate in the crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbors and said he believed the dispute could be solved “fairly easily.” “I would be willing to be...
View ArticleUS Senate approves Trump deal on hurricane aid, debt ceiling
The US Senate passed a $15.25 billion relief package Thursday for victims of Hurricane Harvey, in an effort to fully fund federal emergency operations as another potentially catastrophic storm bears...
View ArticleFemale traffic warden bags 10th award in Lagos
A police traffic warden attached to Sabo Police Division in Lagos, Insp. Josephine Ogene, was on Thursday honoured by the DAAR Communications for her outstanding performance in traffic management. The...
View ArticleBoko Haram, other extremists driven by poverty, bad governance – UN
Poverty, marginalisation and bad governance are more important factors in the radicalisation of young Africans than religion, according to a new study published on Thursday. The UN came to the...
View ArticleLagos, Abuja, anywhere Igbo reside and invest is part of Biafra -MASSOB
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Comrade Kingsley Madu, on Thursday, declared that Lagos, Nigeria’s capital territory, Abuja,...
View Article‘Buhari is APC’s only choice in 2019’
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Mr.Preye Aganaba, has said that the party has no choice than to present President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerians for re-election in 2019. Aganaba, who was a...
View ArticleBuhari vowed to serve just one term – Aisha Alhassan
A Nigerian minister has promised to quit if President Muhammadu Buhari decides to seek re-election, claiming the ailing leader had earlier vowed to serve only one term. Women’s affairs minister Aisha...
View ArticleAfrican extremism driven by poverty, bad governance – UN
Poverty, marginalisation and bad governance are more important factors in the radicalisation of young Africans than religion, according to a new study published on Thursday. The UN came to the...
View ArticleASUU Strike: No progress without quality education, NLC tells FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to embrace collective bargaining as there was no way progress would be made without quality...
View ArticleCholera: Death toll hits 28, N’East infection rises to 837
Friday Olokor, Jos No fewer than 28 persons have been by cholera in the North-East, while 837 are suspected to have been infected with the disease, including about 145 children under the age of five,...
View ArticleStrike: FG, ASUU agree on some contentious issues
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja There were indications late on Thursday that the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities had agreed on some demands of the union in the efforts to resolve...
View ArticleTravellers stranded, houses submerged as downpour hits Kogi
Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja Passengers along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja federal high way were stranded on Thursday as hundreds of vehicles were held up in a gridlock following a downpour which lasted for several...
View Article2019: Buhari’s minister in Villa, insists on backing Atiku
Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu, Fidelis Soriwei and Eniola Akinkuotu The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, on Thursday, said that there was no going back on her decision...
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