FIRST BANK GEORGIAN CUP HITS THE CENTENARY MARK, A POSSIBLE WORLD RECORD IN SPORTS SPONSORSHIP
District Head of Makera, Alhaji Shehu Tijani; Chief Executive Officer, First Bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan; President, Kaduna Polo Club, Alhaji Suleman Abubakar and Captain of El-Amin (winners of the 2018…
Uganda denies plans to impose death penalty for gay sex amid global concern
Uganda will not impose the death penalty for gay sex, a presidential spokesman said on Monday, after major aid donors said they were monitoring a plan by the African nation…
Troops rescue 4 more abducted students in Kaduna
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued the remaining four students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who were abducted on their…
No excuse is tenable for the failure of refineries to work in the country – NNPC
GMD NNPC, Mele Kyari The Federal Government has said that the failure of having refineries across the country owes fully to the inability of the Government to take care of them…
Young Africans facing poor job prospects as education worsens – report
The quality of education and training provided by African countries has worsened since 2014, leaving many of the continent’s growing population of young people ill-prepared to enter the job market,…
Osinbajo receives ICC prosecutor, says Nigeria is a strong supporter of ICC
Nigeria is fully cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) preliminary examination into issues related to insurgency in the North East to ensure the process is forthrightly concluded, says Vice…
Border closure: All goods through land borders remain banned – NCS boss
Hameed Ali, Customs boss The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col Hameed Ali, says all goods through land borders remain banned with the recent partial border closure…
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic outlook uncertain as global growth teeters – Reuters poll
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy will accelerate going into next year but could be derailed as the world moves onto an uncertain path that could bring an end to the recent synchronized…
Police uncovers another Islamic centre with chained, maltreated children, orders immediate closure
The Police Command in Katsina State has ordered the immediate closure of Malam Bello-mai’almajirai local reformatory centre in Daura, Katsina State. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Sanusi Buba, who inspected…
Nigeria lost N39bn to trailer, tanker accidents in 2018 – Oyeyemi
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says Nigeria lost over N39 billion to tanker and trailer-related road crashes in 2018. Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, FRSC, made the disclosure…