UPDATED: Over 100 migrants missing after shipwreck off Libya
More than 100 migrants are missing after a shipwreck off the coast of western Libya, the Libyan navy said on Thursday. Rescuers found at least seven survivors on Wednesday after they had remained for...
View ArticleGunmen attack Fulani community, kill three children
The Child Rights Protection Agency in Niger on Thursday vowed to uncover the killers of three children during an attack on Yakpa village, Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. The...
View ArticleSouth West military operation to tackle Badoo, others –Army
Chukwudi Akasike , Adelani Adepegba, Olaleye Aluko and Ovie Okpare The Nigerian Army on Wednesday identified the Badoo group and other cults as one of the security challenges that Operation Crocodile...
View ArticleIPOB receiving funding from France, says FG
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, alleged that apart from receiving money from looters in Nigeria, secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, was receiving a large chunk of its financing...
View ArticleGovt to ban wolf-whistling, asking women for phone number
Wolf- Whistling is set to be banned in France as the government declares war on men hassling women in public. According to Metro UK, President Emmanuel Macron, during his campaign pledged to put an end...
View ArticlePolice arrest sixth suspect linked to London underground attack
A sixth man was arrested in Britain early on Thursday as part of the probe into the bomb attack on a London Underground train last week, police said. The man, aged 17, was detained under...
View ArticlePuerto Rico prepares for flash flooding in Maria’s aftermath
Puerto Rico braced for potentially calamitous flash flooding on Thursday after being pummeled by Hurricane Maria which devastated the island and knocked out the entire electricity grid. The hurricane,...
View ArticleZuma’s ex-wife named MP ahead of key ANC leadership vote
An ex-wife of South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday that she was being re-appointed a lawmaker in parliament, in what is being seen as her latest step to secure the country’s presidency in...
View ArticleTogo braces for new nationwide protests
Togo on Thursday was bracing for another round of demonstrations in its seaside capital and other cities called by opposition groups intent on ending the rule of President Faure Gnassingbe, the scion...
View ArticleTurkey jails 14 lawyers representing imprisoned hunger strikers
A Turkish court on Thursday jailed on terror charges 14 lawyers representing two detained teachers who have been on hunger strike for six months after being sacked in a mass crackdown. The case of...
View ArticleAid shipment blocked as Rohingya humanitarian crisis deepens
An attack on an aid shipment in Myanmar’s violence-wracked Rakhine state and a deadly Red Cross truck crash in Bangladesh on Thursday hampered desperately needed relief efforts for Rohingya Muslims...
View ArticleStrike: FG reaches agreement with SSANU, NASU
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has reached an agreement with the Joint Action Committee of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities...
View ArticleOndo FMC doctors protest non-payment of salary shortfall
Peter Dada, Akure Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, on Wednesday staged a protest on the premises of the centre over non-payment of the 2016 shortfall of their salaries. The...
View ArticleIran’s Khamenei slams Trump’s ‘gangster and cowboy’ speech
Iran’s supreme leader on Thursday lashed out against US President Donald Trump describing the speech he delivered at the UN this week as full of “gangster and cowboy” rhetoric. “The reason behind the...
View ArticleBreast cancer not death sentence, Ambode tells women
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday counseled victims of breast cancer not to see the disease as death sentence but rather embrace early medical solution to overcome it. Governor...
View ArticleManufacturers reject monthly review of electricity tariff
The Kwara Branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has kicked against the monthly review of electricity tariff by distributing companies. The Executive Secretary of the association, Mr....
View ArticleLagos restricts movement on Ikorodu Road
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said that there would be partial restriction of movement on Ikorodu Road to enable it replace the dilapidated and disused steel pedestrian bridge at Fadeyi Bus...
View ArticleBaidu announces $1.5bn fund for autonomous driving
Chinese internet giant Baidu on Thursday announced a $1.5 billion investment in autonomous driving projects over the next three years, as it seeks to diversify its portfolio and compete with rivals...
View ArticleFour killed as fire razes building in Kano
Four members of a family of five, lost their lives on Thursday when a raging fire, engulfed some residential buildings in Tudun Murtala quarters in Nasarrawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The...
View ArticlePDP queries Kashamu, Ubah
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has queried Senator Buruji Kashamu and Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah for alleged anti-party activities. While Kashamu, who...
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