Australia fires: State of emergency declared for Canberra region
Australia fires: State of emergency declared for Canberra region Authorities in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) have declared a state…
64 U.S. servicemen suffer brain trauma after Iranian attack – Pentagon
64 US servicemen suffer brain trauma after Iranian attack The number of US servicemen, who have been diagnosed with traumatic…
2019: Honeywell Flour Mills posts N58.4bn in 9 months
2019: Honeywell Flour Mills post N58.4bn in 9 months By Chinyere Joel- Nwokeoma Honeywell Flour Mills Plc has reported a…
Insecurity: AfDB advocates world bank, IMF’s support for Nigeria, others
AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina By Mustapha Sumaila The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appealed to International Monetary Fund (IMF) and…
Africa’s current debt now $500bn – AfDB
AfDB Building By Mustapha Sumaila The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the total debt stock of Africa, both external and…
Councillors suspend AMAC Chairman – News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
Secretariat of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) By Ruth Oketunde The Secretariat of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), located in…
WHO declares coronavirus global health emergency
World Health Organisation (WHO) By Cecilia Ologunagba World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency…
NGOs launch campaign against tuberculosis in Abuja
NGOs launch campaign against tuberculosis in Abuja By Aderogba George Three Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs), on Thursday, in Abuja, jointly launched a…
Senate confirms Obiora as CBN Deputy Governor
Dr Kingsley Obiora confirmed as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) By Kingsley Okoye The Senate on…
NCDMB, Rungas to establish LPG cylinder plant in Bayelsa
Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Mr Simbi Wabote By Edith Ike-Eboh The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, (NCDMB) says it is…
Auto Policy Review: FG tasks auto stakeholders on concrete input
Mr Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment By Emmamuella Anokam The Federal Government on Thursday tasked the automotive…
World Bank postpones decision on $500 million loan for Tanzania after pressure from activists over ban on pregnant schoolgirls
The bank’s executive board was meant to meet on Tuesday to consider the loan, but the meeting was postponed after…
Benue Deputy Gov. advises engineers on quality products
Mr Benson Abounu Benue State Deputy Governor By Lucy Ogalue The Benue Deputy Governor, Mr Benson Abounu, has urged Mechanical…
More than 30 civilians killed in attacks in eastern DR Congo
Issued on: 30/01/2020 – 17:16Modified: 30/01/2020 – 17:17 Thirty-six people have been killed in a suspected militia attack in the…
Nigerian words added to Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford University Press, which publishes the dictionary, said it had added 29 new Nigerian English words and expressions to its…
Father defiles 10-year-old daughter in Lagos
Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court By Moji Eniola A driver, Michael Ogbar, 51, repeatedly defiled his 10-year-old daughter…
Former President Jonathan visits Buhari in Aso Rock
Buhari and Jonathan By Ismaila Chafe Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday paid an unscheduled visit to the Presidential Villa,…
World Cancer Day: Nigeria among countries with poorest cancer care – Akeredolu
Person with skin cancer By Ojo Oluwafemi The Wife of Ondo Governor, Mrs Betty Akeredolu said research has rated Nigeria…
Liberia's George Weah: Too many broken promises?
Two years after Liberian President George Weah stormed to power on a promise to create jobs and battle corruption in…
South Africans in Wuhan lockdown call for evacuation
Several countries, including the US and Japan, have flown hundreds of their citizens out of the city. South African Pieter…