A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna state, on Tuesday, ordered a man, Yusuf Perry, to be remanded in a correctional facility for stealing phones. Perry, a...
Some stakeholders in Abakaliki on Tuesday called on the Federal Government (FG) to review the security votes collected by various state governors. They made the call...
Save the Children International (SCI), an NGO, on Tuesday, commended the Kaduna State Government for allocating more than N1 billion for nutrition intervention in the 2020...
An environmental expert, Mr Taiwo Adewole has called for the provision of an enabling environment for recycling businesses to curb plastic pollution in the country. Adewole,...
A 20-year-old man, Micheal Sunday, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, over alleged conspiracy, unlawful damage and stealing. The defendant, whose...
An inquiry into the cuddly marsupials on Tuesday revealed that Koala populations in Australia’s worst bush fire-hit state of New South Wales (NSW), may be heading...
Dealers and buyers of used clothes, popularly known as “Okirika” on Tuesday attributed durability of the clothes, especially ladies’ underwear, for the increasing boom in the...
Former Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Tuesday took over from outgoing conservative Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic as President. Milanovic, 53, served a full term as Prime Minister...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit Zone A, has impounded contraband goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N40.1 million. The Acting Controller of...
Nigerian technology start-ups got over 50% of the tech start-up funds last year. This is according to a report that was released last year. The start-ups...
The Edo State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (EdoNEWMAP), says flood and erosion problems in the state are being tackled in phases as captured in...
The Plateau Sector Command of the Federal Road Safely Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday held a street rally to mark 32 years of the establishment of the...
A university survey released on Tuesday, reported that around three-quarters of people in Australia were affected by the country’s most recent bush fires, either directly or...
The police on Tuesday arraigned two applicants for allegedly buying 608 litres of stolen diesel worth N112,000 in a Grade I Area Court in Mpape, Abuja....
The newly sworn-in Chairman of Mubi North Local Government Council in Adamawa, Alhaji Suleiman Yahaya, has rejected the handing-over notes from his predecessor for lack of proper...
Last summer, Andie Yu arrived in Beijing for a yearlong programme at Peking University . The University of California, Irvine computer science student from Las...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says no fewer than nine new Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants will commence operation in Sokoto and Kebbi states soon....
An export expert, Mr Godwin Okoh, on Tuesday said the Nigerian produce export market had become unattractive to investors. Okoh, who is the Managing Director (MD)...
The Boy Scouts of America have filed for bankruptcy protection, the scouting organisation confirmed early Tuesday. In a statement, the scouting giant announced that its national...
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan. Kaduna on Tuesday ordered that a 37-year-old student, Ayuba Musa,who allegedly defiled two minors, be remanded in a correctional facility, pending...
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday sentenced a 20 -year-old man, Femi Walington, to six months imprisonment for stealing a phone, valued at N24,000...
Japan plans to test HIV medications to treat patients infected with coronavirus as its growing number of cases poses an increasing threat to the economy and...
NNN: Complex business models, combined with immense pressure to deliver great patient experiences and outcomes, has African healthcare providers turning to technology to improve their operational...
The largest study released so far on Tuesday on the outbreak of coronavirus originating in China suggests that most cases are mild and that sick and...
Traders at Oke Aarin Market, Ebute Ero, Lagos Island, have expressed displeasure with the media report of the February 16 fire at the market, saying it...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned untill March 2, hearing in an application filed by Chief Emeka Ihedioha, a former governor of Imo, seeking a review...
FlySafair will continue to provide the Springboks and SA Rugby (https://www.SARugby.co.za/) with safe and comfortable flights in and around South Africa after it was announced on...
China will highlight industry convergence in rural areas in 2020, laying a solid foundation for rural revitalisation, according to a plan issued on Monday. The plan...
Two men, were on Tuesday brought before a Yaba Chief magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly belonging to an unlawful society and causing breach of peace...
Fire razed Empire Night Club, beauty salon located at Barnawa High Cost in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna state in the early hours of...
Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in three months to May. The airline announced this on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic...
NNN: Big, small, flourishing or stumbling, tree nurseries in Africa come in all shapes and forms, and with varying quality. Some are owned by governments, others...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger says four had been burnt to ashes in a fresh accident in Kutigi town of Lavun Local Government...
A 60-year-old woman, Olushola Adebanjo, who allegedly used a hot pressing iron to burn her nine-year-old househelp, on Tuesday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court....
The Director of Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research at the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/), Dr Hanan Morsy, has been named one of Egypt’s 50 most influential...
The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), an NGO, has called on the Kaduna State Government to accelerate the process of the recruitment of health...
New French health minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday there was a “credible risk” China’s coronavirus outbreak could turn into a pandemic, spreading across the world....
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to establish more fully-equipped kidney dialysis centres to ease access to the services across the country....
NNN: Police in Ethiopia launched an attack on opposition party supporters in the Oromia Region on Saturday, killing one person and arresting and injuring scores more....
Singapore, on Tuesday announced its 2020 budget, pledging 5.6 billion Singapore dollars (or 4.02 billion U.S. dollars) to assist businesses and households affected financially by the...
The murder trial of the wife of Lesotho’s prime minister, accused of murdering his previous wife, is set to start in March, a court official said...
NNN: The third Conference of the Parties (COP 3) to the Bamako Convention today adopted a set of decisions reaffirming the Parties’ commitment to strengthen the...
China’s National Health Commission on Tuesday said daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei, the epicentre province of the outbreak, have dropped...
Mr Frank Ijege, the Executive Director (ED), Bridges and Hands Foundation, Kaduna, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to adopt technology-based solution to win the fight...
A hospital director in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak, died from the disease on Monday, state media reported on...
Mrs Elizabeth Okafor, a community leader in Aboatulu Enugwu-Ukwu, Anambra, has urged all tiers of government to priorities girl-child education in the country. The community leader...
ENGIE Africa (http://www.ENGIE-Africa.com) is pleased to announce that it has successfully accelerated the Access to Energy (A2E) strategy that it launched in 2018. ENGIE has achieved...
The Earl of Snowdon, the nephew of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, and his wife of 26 years are to divorce. The Earl, David Armstrong-Jones, is 21st in...
Three defendants, on Tuesday face life sentences for attempting to overthrow Turkey’s Government during environmental protests in Istanbul in 2013, as the clock ticks down on...
over the average of the CPI for the previous 12 months period was 11.46 per cent, showing 0.06 per cent point from 11.40 per cent recorded...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned untill March 2, to hear an application filed by Emeka Ihedioha, a former governor of Imo, seeking a review of...
NNN: Following the Rwanda National Police’s announcement that singer Kizito Mihigo, has been found dead in police custody, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa...
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, and Gov. Nasir...
The food supplies of some of the most vulnerable children and families in South Sudan are under threat as massive swarms of desert locusts head towards...
Canon Inc. (https://www.Canon-CNA.com/) today announces the development of the EOS R5, a full frame mirrorless camera built on the revolutionary EOS R System. Developed with customer...
Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, says that constitutional amendment is needed before Nigerians in diaspora can be allowed to vote. Gbajabiamila said...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), says it is collaborating with the Mike Omotosho’s Foundation (MOF), to draw Nigerians’ attention to the Hepatitis scourge. According to Mr...
The Federal Government on Monday said it would continue to support surgeons to boost their key role in quality healthcare delivery. President Muhammadu Buhari, who made...
We are deeply saddened to receive the news that many people lost their lives in a terrorist attack perpetrated on 16 February on a Protestant church...
The Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok team of 2019 added another fantastic award to their impressive list of recent accolades when they scooped the prestigious Laureus Team...
Britain’s first and only openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu, is to be posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum in Manchester...
UEFA says it has shaved 15 seconds off the average time it takes for the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system to correct a decision in its...
Headed goals from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire earned Manchester United a 2-0 win at Chelsea on Monday. The win put them back in the hunt...
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says his team are ready for one of football’s most difficult challenges as they visit Atletico Madrid in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League...
Paris St-Germain (PSG) forward Neymar is expected to play on Tuesday against Borussia Dortmund in their UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg tie after overcoming...
The Oyo State Government has warned that it would prosecute any individual or group of persons found culpable of running parallel and illegal motor parks in...
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi were declared joint winners of the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in Berlin...
Edo Government on Monday in Benin reiterated its commitment to fighting against human trafficking in the state. Edo Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, said this at...
As the first phase of the World Bank-funded African Centres of Excellence (ACE), project winds down, centres from 53 universities located in 12 West African countries...
In 2018, coverage of antiretroviral therapy among children living with HIV in western and central Africa was just 28%, far lower than the global average, which...
Mr Samuel Fadeyi, the new commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Akwa Ibom, resumed office on Monday with a call to...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger has confirmed the death of six persons in a road traffic crash that occurred on Monday on Kutigi...