Thousands evacuated after dozens die on Indonesia island
Some 10,000 people have been evacuated on the Indonesian island of Lombok after a powerful 6.9 magnitude quake on Sunday left nearly…
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Police find 11 starving children in compound
Police in the US state of New Mexico have rescued 11 malnourished children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a…
Foreign Affairs Ministry denies estacode scam
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reports of alleged fraud in the payment of estacode allowances of officers who travelled to…
Cholera outbreak kills 11 in Kano
A cholera outbreak has claimed, not less than 11 lives, while 47 others are currently hospitalised at Hanya Madaki, Halin Sarki, and…
Kaduna APC defies Oshiomhole, says Shehu Sani’s suspension stands
The Kaduna State Executive of the All Progressives Congress has said it is not backing down on the indefinite suspension it imposed…
116 Nigerians in Libyan slave camps to be repatriated – Dabiri-Erewa
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says that 116 of the Nigerian migrants…
Defections: APC, PDP shift supremacy battle to Senate chamber
Senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress and their counterparts in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have vowed to resume hostilities over…
Commissioner, four others jostle for Kano deputy governor’s office
Following the resignation of the erstwhile Deputy Governor of Kano state, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar on Sunday, many contestants have expressed their interest…
Housewife stabs husband to death over telephone call
A 23-year-old housewife, Damilola Ayeni, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly stabbing her husband, Olumide, to death at…
I am not leaving APC – Niger State Gov. Bello
Party supporters troop to the streets in Minna on Sunday to hold solidarity rally for President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All…
R-APC, PDP allege plot to bribe lawmakers, impeach Saraki
There is a plot to forcibly reconvene the Senate and impeach its president, Bukola Saraki, the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) alleged…
Nine corps members die during swimming picnic in Taraba State
Nine members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who are currently serving in Taraba State on Saturday drowned in River Mayo-Selbe…
Compel Rohr to live, work in Nigeria – Etim Esin tells NFF
Former Nigeria international, Etim Esin has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to compel Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr to work and…
APC snatches Akwa Ibom deputy governor Moses Ekpo from PDP
Pa Moses Ekpo, deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State has reportedly resigned, according to a tweet by @APCNewspaper and ibom.com.ng BREAKING: @MrUdomEmmanuel…
Nigeria deep in $30tr global loss to inequality
An economist and former Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, once said: “Income inequality is troubling because, among other…
Kenya tops medals table as Asaba 2018 African Senior Athletics Championship ends
True to their pre-championship boasts, Kenya have won the 21st African Senior Athletics Championships, Asaba 2018, which ended yesterday. The East Africans,…