The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is planning its first visit to the sun and has invited people around the world to join the new Parker Solar Probe mission by submitting their names. According to a NASA online statement released on Friday, a microchip that stores all the names collected before April 27 […]
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The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that some miscreants on Tuesday hauled stones on the Abuja-Kaduna train. The corporation denied however, the story that the train was attacked by robbers. Mr Yakub Mahmood, the Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, said there was no gunmen attack on the train, “but an act of stoning […]
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Ace Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide, “Baddo”, has proposed to Adebukunmi Aisha Suleiman, his longstanding girlfriend and mother of his son. The lovebirds have been together since 2011 and have a son Maximiliano Adedeji, born in 2015. NAN reports that he announced the proposal on Snapchat @baddosneh, some hours after wishing her a ‘happy […]
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The U.S. State Department is offering a five-million-dollar reward for information leading to Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah. The U.S. also announced a three-million-dollar reward each for two other senior leaders of militias linked to the Pakistani Taliban. The move is seen as another attempt by Washington to defuse tensions with the Pakistani government. The […]
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Britain will build a new 112-bed wing at Kirikiri Prison in Lagos so that it can transfer Nigerian prisoners there, foreign secretary, Boris Johnson announced in London today. In a written statement to parliament, Johnson said tenders had been placed and a supplier identified to conduct the building work at Kirikiri. He did not name […]
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Mo Abudu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EbonyLife TV, and Nollywood star Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde a.k.a, have been named among 50 women making an impact in showbiz by Variety magazine. According to Variety, a weekly American entertainment trade magazine, the 50 women on the list are “doing extraordinary things on the worldwide stage” with special focus […]
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The United States has announced 533 million dollar in humanitarian assistance for African nations facing life-threatening food insecurity and malnutrition. The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson announced the grant on Wednesday The grant would support safe drinking water programs, emergency healthcare and hygiene programs to treat and prevent the spread of disease, and reunification […]
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, on Thursday adjourned the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki indefinitely. Saraki is being tried on three of the 18 counts of false assets declaration filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Senate President was accompanied to the court by not less than 20 […]
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The UN Women has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution in the defence of women’s rights in Nigeria. “Incensed by their social standing under colonial rule, the Igbo women send palm leaves, similar to today’s Facebook invite , to their fellow sisters across Southeastern Nigeria. […]
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A Russian transport plane crashed on landing at Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Syria, killing all 32 on board, the defence ministry said in a statement carried by RIA Novosti. There were 26 passengers and 6 crew, the ministry said. “The reason for the crash according to preliminary information could have been a technical fault,” the […]
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