Nigeria Draw Host Tanzania In U-17 AFCON
Rivals Nigeria and Cameroon found themselves at the opposite ends following the draw for the final tournament of the Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Tanzania 2019. This was on…
Verdict looms for Briton accused of huge cocaine traffic
A Briton accused of heading a key European drug trafficking network will learn his fate Friday, after a two-week trial over allegations he imported 1.3 tonnes of cocaine into Paris.…
Farmers Support PMB With N1.7bn For Re-Election
By Lukman Amusa The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria and the Fertilisers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria have donated N1.7bn towards the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The…
Malnutrition kills 132 children in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Nutrition Officer, Hajiya Hauwa Usman, said on Thursday that no fewer than 132 children have died of severe acute malnutrition out of the 12,858 hospitalised between January…
African Students Must Lead Fight Against Drug Abuse – Abonyi
Dr. Godwin Abonyi, the immediate Past President of Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has urged African Students Union Parliament (ASUP) to lead in the fight against drug abuse. Abonyi gave…
Organised Labour Issues Dec. 31 Deadline
By Lukman Amusa The organised labour has given the Federal Government up to Dec. 31 to send the tripartite committee report on N30,000 minimum wage to the National Assembly. The…
Your report is outdated Amnesty International -FG
By Lukman Amusa The Federal Government has said that Amnesty International was wrong to have concluded in its report that the government had done nothing to stem killings in the…
Our lives are in danger, luxury bus drivers cry out
Luxury bus drivers have said their lives are in danger during this Christmas season following incessant attacks on their members by hoodlums on the highways. The Chairman of National Association…
Bauchi Govt. presents N196.72bn budget for 2019
Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State on Thursday presented N196.72 billion budget for the 2019 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly. Abubakar, while presenting the appropriation bill tagged…
Man storms hospital with petrol and lighter, protests baby’s medical treatment
A 32-year-old man, Felix Iloakarochukwu, who Police accused of threatening to burn down a maternity ward, on Thursday appeared in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court. Iloakarochukwu, whose address was not…
