The All Progressives Congress (APC) has prayed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) resolved its leadership crisis soon to enable it take up responsibility as a viable opposition. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in Abuja on Tuesday, the party said there was need for PDP to be vibrant to […]
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A pilot and four American passengers were killed just before 8am on Tuesday when a small plane crashed into the roof of a shopping mall after taking off from an airfield outside Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city. The twin-turboprop Beechcraft King Air plane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the mall near the end of […]
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German chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Algeria was postponed on Monday after Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a bout of “acute bronchitis”. The visit was postponed because of the “temporary unavailability” of Bouteflika, according to a statement. Merkel was due to arrive in Algeria later Monday for a two-day visit, part of an effort to […]
Continue ReadingThree UN agencies said on Monday declared famine in parts of South Sudan. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the UN children’s fund UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) said no fewer than 100,000 people are facing starvation in parts of violence-plagued South Sudan. “Famine is currently affecting parts of Unity […]
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The U.S. Government has expressed deep concern over a video footage showing armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) allegedly carrying out summary execution of civilians in the country. The U.S. Department of State, in a statement issued by the Spokesperson, Mr Mark Toner, said the incident could constitute gross violations of human […]
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The Nigerian Community in South Africa have confirmed attacks and looting of Nigerian-owned businesses in Pretoria West on Saturday. Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, President, Nigeria Union, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the attacks began at 4.00 a.m. He said that the union had reported the incident to […]
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It took 11 Indian policemen to subdue and arrest a Nigerian drug pusher near a garden at Mini Seashore in Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. According to a report by The Times of India, the accused, Nwafor Igwe Chima, was found in possession of 263 gm of methaqualone powder also called as ‘MD rock’, worth […]
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The Office of the Press Secretary of United States’ White House has published readout of President Donald Trump’s call to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. In the readout published on the website of the White House, President Trump was reported to discuss the strong cooperation between the United States and Nigeria in the areas […]
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Nokia will re-launch its popular 3310 mobile phone, perhaps the best-loved and most resilient phone in history. It will be revealed at Mobile World Congress later this month, according to leaker Evan Blass who first revealed the details. The phone was originally released in 2000 and in many ways beginning the modern age of mobiles. […]
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No fewer than 32 United Nations officials were killed in 2016, with most of them killed in deliberate attacks, the UN has said. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General, said that at a press briefing on Tuesday that most of the victims were UN peacekeepers. “The Standing Committee for the Security and Independence of […]
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