End of the road for Vampire, kidnap kingpin
The police said today they had killed a dreaded and deadly kidnap-for-ransom kingpin, Henry Chibueze, notoriously known as `Vampire’, in Omu Awa forest, Ikwerre Local Read more
Month: March 2017
JAMB begins sale of UTME forms, reviews registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said, on Tuesday, that it would begin the sale of forms for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in March, Read more
Gambia scraps age limit for presidential candidates
The Gambian parliament on Tuesday scrapped the constitutional age limit on presidential election candidates after new President Adama Barrow faced questions over his deputy’s eligibility Read more
PDP to adopt political solution to leadership crisis
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum said it had resolved to adopt political, rather than legal approach, to seek a lasting solution to the party’s Read more
NIS arrests three Beninoise with pistol, charms
The Nigeria Immigration Service, Ogun State Command, has nabbed three Beninoise in Aiyetoro, in the Yewa North Local Government Area of the state. The suspects Read more
Xenophobia: Nigerians storm S’Africa Embassy, demand suspension of Ambassador
Nigerians, under the aegis of Advocates for Collective Transformation and Youth Empowerment Initiative, on Tuesday took the protest against attacks on Nigerians in South Africa Read more
Reps clash over Buhari’s health status, summon IG, CPs
Members of the House of Representatives exchanged words on Tuesday over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari. Lawmakers quarrelled over the use of the Read more
Buhari’s sick leave re-energizes Nigeria’s presidency
ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) – When protesters marched on Nigeria’s presidential villa earlier this month to complain about a biting recession, they were not repelled by baton-wielding Read more
S.African coal truck drivers plan march to Zuma’s office
JOHANNESBURG – Several coal transporting trucks blocked highways in South Africa’s capital on Monday to protest against the country’s renewable power programme after President Jacob Zuma Read more
China, Russia to step up opposition to South Korean anti-missile system
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Russia have agreed to intensify their coordinated opposition to the deployment of a U.S. missile-defence system in South Korea, the Read more
Austria’s foreign minister suggests halving number of EU commissioners
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has suggested efficiency measures for the European Union including cutting the number of commissioners to 14 and Read more
Iraqi army controls main roads out of Mosul, trapping Islamic State
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Iraqi army units on Wednesday took control of the last major road out of western Mosul that had been in Islamic Read more
Explosion heard in Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – An explosion hit the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, Reuters reporters heard. Police said they had received reports of the blast but Read more
Women charged with North Korean’s murder leave court in bullet-proof vests
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia on Wednesday charged two women – an Indonesian and a Vietnamese – with murdering the estranged half brother of North Read more
Trump softens immigration stance, takes measured tone in speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Congress on Tuesday he was open to immigration reform, shifting from his harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration in Read more
Osinbajo intervenes in boundary dispute
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday waded into the boundary demarcation dispute among Ebonyi, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. Although the outcome of the Read more
Oba of Benin seeks ties with Japan
The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has stressed the need to strengthen cultural and economic ties between Bini Kingdom and Japan for improved economic activities Read more
Reps probe Nigerian missions
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Foreign Relations and Public Procurement to investigate allegations of corruption in some Nigerian Missions. The investigation Read more
Doping: Swimming hero Michael Phelps confesses
America’s swimming hero Michael Phelps has recounted being drug tested 13 times in the leadup to the Rio Olympics. Phelps made the revelation before a Read more
Trump rekindles confidence in U.S. congress
President Trump championed new approaches to healthcare and immigration Tuesday in a disciplined address to a joint session of Congress that may have been his Read more
The Obamas get over $60m deal for memoirs
Penguin Random House has landed a deal to publish two forthcoming memoirs by former U.S. President Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, Read more
FG completes repairs on Abuja-Kaduna road
The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna road which was given an emergency facelift with the sum of N1.1 billion. Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Read more
Tinubu: I am not running for president
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vehemently denied reports that he was planning to run for the presidency of Nigeria. In Read more
Dangote turns Nigeria cement exporter
Dangote Cement Plc (www.Dangote.com) exported 0.4 million tons of cement to other countries in 2016, 54 per cent more than what it shipped in 2015. Read more
UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina sworn-in
Ms Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Environment, has been sworn-in as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the UN at the UN Headquarters in Read more
