Artists decry continuous locking of Abuja Arts, Craft Village
Artists decry continuous locking of Abuja Arts, Craft Village By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The African Arts and Culture Heritage Association (AACHA)…
Korean blockbuster “Extreme Job” light-up Asian Film Festival in FCT
Korean blockbuster “Extreme Job” light-up Asian Film Festival in FCT Abuja residents and members of the diplomatic community were thrilled…
Review of Nigeria’s university curriculum in final stage – NUC
Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed,ddressing diplomats at a reception hosted by the President of…
Nine years after Egyptian revolution started, Tahrir Square icon languishes in jail
Issued on: 25/01/2020 – 14:09Modified: 25/01/2020 – 14:09 On January 25, 2011, demonstrations against police brutality to mark Egypt’s National…
NIS rescues 9 girls being trafficked to Lebanon, Dubai, others
NIS rescues 9 girls being trafficked to Lebanon, Dubai, others By Bukola Adetoye The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),…
How Nigerians spend over N300bn yearly on malaria treatment
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Prof. Olatunji Kolawole of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, says Nigerians…
Biosecurity Policy: Agency calls for stakeholder’s collaboration
Stakeholders at the National Biosafety Management Agency Consultative Meeting on Biosecurity in Abuja By Okeoghene Akubuike Dr Rufus Ebegba,Director- General,…
Billions of locusts swarm through East Africa after year of extreme weather
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 19:08Modified: 24/01/2020 – 19:08 Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme…
Gov. Ishaku signs Taraba’s N215bn 2020 budget into law
Right to left: Taraba state governor, Architect Darius Dickson Ishaku, Speaker Taraba state House of Assembly, Right Honourable Joseph Albasu…
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DR Congo: Crimes and no punishment
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 15:10Modified: 24/01/2020 – 15:10 This Friday, January 24, the Democratic Republic of Congo marks the first…
Australian Open: Serena Williams falls to Chinese battler Wang
Serena Williams in tears (Reuters/NAN) Serena Williams suffered her earliest exit from the Australian Open in 14 years on Friday,…
Lubuto Library Partners: Helping vulnerable children in Africa
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 11:54Modified: 24/01/2020 – 11:54 In Africa’s Bemba language, the word Lubuto means “knowledge, enlightenment and light”.…
Sokoto re-runs: Tambuwal sues for peaceful conducts
Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal Ahead of the January 25 re-run and supplementary elections scheduled to hold in Sokoto state, Gov.…
Abia Police arrest retirees for protesting pension non-payment
Abia Police arrest retirees for protesting pension non-payment By Leo Okachie Police in Abia on Thursday arrested two pensioners in…
Ivorian Voters Hope for Peaceful 2020 Election
With fewer than 10 months to go until Ivory Coast’s presidential election voters are hoping that, this time around, the…
U19 Cricket World Cup: Nigeria lose second game to West Indies
Nigeria’s Under-19 Cricket team By Ijeoma Okigbo Nigeria has lost her second group match by 246 runs to West Indies…
Libya’s neighbours meet in Algiers in bid to diffuse crisis
Issued on: 23/01/2020 – 18:05Modified: 23/01/2020 – 18:05 Libya’s neighbours came together Thursday in Algiers as part of international efforts…
Alleged $1.09bn Malabu scam: Adoke, 6 others plead not guilty
Former AGF Mohammed Adoke By Mustapha Yauri The former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, and six other co-defendants charged…
Malian army says six soldiers killed, several wounded in overnight attack
Issued on: 23/01/2020 – 13:32Modified: 23/01/2020 – 13:35 Six soldiers were killed and several were wounded in an overnight attack…
ACF condemns killing of CAN Chairman Rev. Andimi
Rev. Lawan Andimi By Hassana Yakubu The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Thursday expressed dismay over the gruesome murder of…