Why Clark’s group can’t speak for N’Delta – PNDPC
Ovie Okpare, Warri The factional dialogue group, Pan Niger Delta Peoples Congress on Thursday said the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum had lost the mandate to speak for the people of the...
View ArticleAnambra poll: Politicians buy voter cards for N5,000
Tony Okafor, Awka Ahead of the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State, voter cards have become a precious commodity in the state. Investigations by our correspondent showed that politicians...
View ArticleLaw permits police to collect money for private engagements – Okiro
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Chairman, Police Service Commission, Dr. Mike Okiro, has said that the law permitted the Nigeria Police Force to collect money from corporate organisations and private...
View ArticleStop sending corrupt ex-govs to Senate, Christian elders tell PDP
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has been asked to stop sending former governors, who have mismanaged the resources of their states, to the Senate. The National Christian Elders...
View ArticleBREAKING: Hurricane Irma damage on French islands estimated at €200m
Damage caused by Hurricane Irma on French islands in the Caribbean is estimated to be “much higher” than 200 million euros ($2.4 million), a state insurance group said on Friday. Bertrand Labilloy,...
View ArticleTwo dead as magnitude 8.4 quake rocks Mexico
A rare and powerful 8.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico late Thursday, killing at least two people as seismologists warned of a tsunami of more than three meters (10 feet). The quake hit...
View ArticleTwo ex-ministers arrested in Odebrecht bribe probe
Two ex-ministers have been arrested and were being detained Thursday in Panama as part of a probe into bribes paid by Brazilian construction group Odebrecht in exchange for public work contracts,...
View ArticleHurricane Irma downgraded to Category 4
Irma has been downgraded to a Category Four hurricane but is still extremely dangerous, the National Hurricane Center said on Friday. The storm raging in the Caribbean which is en route to Florida is...
View ArticleNetanyahu’s wife faces graft trial
The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been formally told that she faces a possible trial over alleged misuse of public funds, the justice ministry said Friday. “The attorney...
View ArticleMajor earthquakes of the past 30 years
An 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico late Thursday and was felt as far away as Mexico City, the US Geological Survey said. It hit offshore 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the town...
View ArticleRussia claims killing of IS ‘minister of war’ in Syria
Russia, on Friday, claimed to have killed several top commanders of the Islamic State group in an air strike in Syria, including the US-trained “minister of war” who has a $3 million bounty on his...
View ArticleNSCDC dispels rumours of recruitment, replacement exercises
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has dispelled rumours that the Corps was “recruiting underground” and carrying out replacement exercise. The Corps Public Relations Officer, Mr Emmanuel...
View ArticleICYMI: Govs, ministers want Buhari to seek re-election – El-Rufa’i
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has said that governors and ministers under the governing All Progressives Congress have resolved to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019...
View ArticleThree vehicles torched in South African taxi war
One Uber vehicle and two other taxis were torched in South Africa’s main business district night in a feud over fares, but no one was injured, Uber and police said on Friday. The vehicles were set...
View ArticleKadpoly ASUP begins indefinite strike
Kaduna Polytechnic branch of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, on Friday commenced an indefinite strike over welfare issues and decayed infrastructure. Publicity Secretary of the chapter, Abbas...
View ArticleGroup trains OPC, IPOB, Arewa youths on peace, unity
A group, Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria, on Friday opened training for 45 youths drawn from different ethnic organisations on how to foster peace and unity in the country. The participants in...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills eight farmers in Nigeria
Boko Haram jihadists killed eight people in a series of raids on farming communities in northeast Nigeria, civilian militia members and local residents told AFP on Friday. The attacks were carried out...
View ArticleUPDATED: Death toll in Mexican quake rises to 32
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Mexico has risen to 32, the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said Friday. Alejandro Murat told local television that 17 of the deaths were...
View ArticleShell withholding 100,000 documents critical to Ogoni Nine case – Amnesty...
Oil giant Shell is refusing to hand over more than 100,000 internal documents on the arrest, detention, and execution of nine Ogoni men in the 1990s, Amnesty International has said. The execution of...
View ArticleHurricane Katia strengthens to Category Two off Mexico
Hurricane Katia strengthened on Friday to Category Two storm on a scale of five as it raged towards the eastern coast of Mexico, authorities said. Mexico’s National Water Commission meteorological...
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