North Korea warns US of ‘greatest pain’ over fresh sanctions
North Korea warned on Monday it would inflict “the greatest pain and suffering” on the United States if Washington persists in pushing for harsher UN sanctions following Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear...
View ArticleFani-Kayode to Alhassan: Stop blowing hot and cold
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has told the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan to take a stand for the truth instead of blowing hot and cold. Fani-Kayode’s recommendation...
View ArticleICYMI: My sister met killer ‘husband’ for the first time in June –Brother
Simon Utebor The family of Onyinye Eze, an employee of Globacom Nigeria Limited, allegedly murdered by her Australia returnee ‘husband’, Mr. Stephen Akpata, have described the suspect as a liar and...
View ArticleHajj: 963 Ogun pilgrims return home
Samson Folarin The Ogun State Government says 963 pilgrims from the state have returned home from the holy pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. A statement on Sunday by the Executive Secretary, Ogun State...
View ArticleLASG moves against illegal parks in Ikeja, Ojuelegba
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government on Sunday said operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit would from Monday (today) move against all...
View ArticleOoni seeks support for local inventions
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said government at all levels must support efforts to improve local invention, especially the production of textiles. Ogunwusi made the...
View ArticleI’ll fight corruption better than Buhari, says Atiku
John Alechenu, Abuja Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has vowed to fight corruption like never before if given the chance to preside over Nigeria’s affairs. Atiku also challenged those he described...
View ArticleIslam not against family planning, says Sultan
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Sultan of Sokoto and Spiritual Leader of Muslims in Nigeria, Muhammad Abubakar III, says Islam is not against family planning. He, however, said the message of the advocates...
View ArticleArmy/IPOB clash: Abia warns citizens against confronting soldiers
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Eniola Akinkuotu and Ogbonnaya Ikokwu The Abia State Government has urged the Nigerian Army to undertake its Operation Python Dance II with caution and urged the state residents to...
View ArticleBrexit bill passes first vote in British parliament
British MPs voted in favour of a bill Tuesday to end Britain’s EU membership, a key moment for the government’s Brexit strategy despite opposition accusations of an unprecedented power grab. Lawmakers...
View Article3.5 million refugee children don’t attend school – UN
More than half the world’s refugee children — some 3.5 million altogether — do not attend school, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, urging greater and steadier funding for their education. “Some 3.5...
View ArticleBoko Haram hoists flags near Lake Chad, holds meetings
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force said on Monday that it sighted two flags hoisted by the Boko Haram terrorists on some buildings in the Zanari area of Borno State, which borders the Lake...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia arrests four over alleged IS bomb plot
Saudi security forces foiled an alleged suicide bomb plot by the Islamic State group targeting the defence ministry and arrested four suspects, authorities said Tuesday. Two of the suspects are alleged...
View ArticleUN unanimously backs new sanctions on North Korea
The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea, slapping a ban on textile exports and restricting shipments of oil products to punish Pyongyang for its sixth and...
View ArticleParis Club refund: Pay pensioners, workers, Buhari urges govs
Eniola Akinkuotu with agency report President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, met with the members of the National Council of Traditional Rulers, decrying the way the Paris Club loan refund was spent by...
View ArticleAnambra poll: APC panel grills Nwoye over Andy Uba’s petition
John Alechenu, Abuja The fate of the acclaimed winner of the All Progressives Congress ticket for the November 18, 2017 Anambra governorship election, Mr Tony Nwoye, hangs in the balance. This follows...
View ArticleStrike: SSANU, NAAT, NASU may meet FG Thursday
The non-teaching members of staff of Nigerian universities on Monday said they would meet to decide on a date to meet with the Federal Government over the indefinite strike embarked upon by the unions....
View ArticleNo place for corruption in judiciary, says CJN, NJI
Ade Adesomoju and Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute, Justice Rosaline Bozimo, (retd), on Monday urged...
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Protest: Akwa Ibom youths dump coffin at Exxon Mobil gate
Youths from Eket, Esit-Eket, Onna and Ibeno Local Government Areas, the host communities of Exxon Mobil, on Monday embarked on a warning protest to demand the immediate relocation of the company’s...
View ArticleThree dead, six missing, as storm hits Philippines
At least three people died and six were missing after a major storm caused widespread flooding in and around the Philippine capital on Tuesday, forcing schools, government offices and businesses to...
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