Turkey signs deal to buy Russian S-400 missile systems
Turkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence systems in its first major weapons purchase from Moscow, Turkish newspapers Tuesday quoted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying....
View ArticleNAF destroys more structures belonging to Boko Haram in Sambisa area
The Nigerian Air Force says it has destroyed more structures in Borno used by Boko Haram insurgents as meeting points. NAF announced this in a statement issued by Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, the...
View ArticleBrexit bill passes first vote in British parliament
British MPs voted in favour of a bill on Tuesday to end Britain’s EU membership, a key moment for the government’s Brexit strategy despite opposition accusations of an unprecedented power grab....
View ArticleUnions shut down Kaduna State University
The Kaduna State University chapters of Senior Staff Association, Non-Academic Staff union and National Association of Technologists have joined the nationwide indefinite strike declared by unions on...
View ArticleZamfara workers begin indefinite strike
Workers under the employment of Zamfara government on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike for the failure of the government to meet their several demands. The workers had earlier given the...
View ArticleDiscontinue military operation in South-East, Ohanaeze tells FG
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the Federal Government to direct the military to call off its military operation in the South-East immediately. It said that the presence of the...
View ArticleMacron visits hurricane-hit Caribbean
French President Emmanuel Macron travelled Tuesday to the hurricane-hit Caribbean, to join the Dutch king who has expressed shock over the devastation on the worst-hit territories. Macron’s visit to...
View ArticleNadal speaks out against Catalan independence
Spanish tennis world number one Rafael Nadal has criticised plans for an independence referendum called by Catalonia’s pro-separatist government for October 1. The referendum is deemed illegal by the...
View ArticlePolice investigate alleged explosion in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has commenced investigation into an alleged explosion that rocked a former New Artisan Market on the outskirts of Enugu. The command’s Spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu,...
View ArticleASCSN gives FG seven-day ultimatum, begins strike Sept 18
Friday Olokor, Jos The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has given the Federal Government seven days to settle all its debts to federal workers or risk a three-day nationwide warning...
View ArticleStay out of politics, FRSC boss warns personnel
The Federal Road Safety Corps marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has warned personnel of the Corps against partisan inclination. Oyeyemi gave the warning while addressing staff at the September edition of...
View ArticleVIDEO: 12 monkeys die of cardiac arrest after tiger scare
Veterinary experts have claimed a dozen monkeys that were found dead in India suffered a simultaneous heart attack after they were scared by a tiger. According to Mail Online, the dead monkeys were...
View Article60 % Nasarawa LG workers receive salaries for doing nothing – Commissioner
Nasarawa State Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Haruna Osegba, says more than 60 per cent of local government workers in the state are receiving salaries for doing...
View ArticleZimbabwe can feed itself again, says Mugabe
Zimbabwe produced enough food to feed its people for the first time since adopting a controversial policy to strip land from white farmers, President Robert Mugabe told parliament on Tuesday. From the...
View ArticleOsinbajo arrives Akure for National Council on Niger Delta meeting
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, arrived Akure at 10:54 a.m. for the 2nd National Council on Niger Delta meeting. Police, army, Civil Defence Corps and road marshals, among others, provided...
View ArticleWe have no hands in Melaye’s travails – Kogi govt
Gbenga Odogun,Lokoja The Kogi State Government has distanced itself from claims by Senator Dino Melaye that it was behind his recall process. The Director General on Media and Publicity to the...
View ArticleMonkey selfie copyright case settled after deal reached
A bizarre two-year court battle over who owns the copyright of a “monkey selfie” which went viral was finally settled on Monday — in favour of a British nature photographer. A black macaque with a...
View ArticleSoldiers surround Nnamdi Kanu’s home, invade NUJ office
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuo Tension has returned to Umuahia, the Abia State Capital, as a detachment of soldiers from the Nigerian Army has surrounded the Afaraukwu country home of the leader of the...
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PHOTOS: Buhari commissions $150m feed mill in Kaduna
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned a $150 million integrated feed mill, breeding farm, and hatchery in Kaduna State. In a series of tweets by the Presidency Nigeria, Buhari was joined...
View ArticleFive delegates to Niger Delta summit die in auto crash
Peter Dada, Akure No fewer than five delegates to the second national council meeting of the Niger Delta holding in Igbokoda, the headquarters of the Local Government Area of Ondo State, die in motor...
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