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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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, says 1.7 million candidates are expected to sit for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede made the disclosure while fielding questions from journalists at the Information and Communication Technology Retreat organised for stakeholders on Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
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President Donald Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. Mr Flynn’s departure less than one month into the Trump administration marks an extraordinarily early shakeup in the US President’s senior team of advisers. […]
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The Deputy UN Secretary-General designate, Ms Amina Mohammed, has said her priority will be the development of Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Mohammed stated this on Monday in Abuja at a dinner organised in her honour by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on her appointment as Deputy UN Secretary-General Designate. New UN Secretary-General António […]
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According the Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on the phone on Monday afternoon. Mr. Buhari spoke to his American counterpart from his current residence in London, where he is on medical vacation. Mr. Adesina said the call between the two […]
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On a night that saw Beyoncé win just the Best Video award, Adele took most of the prestigious titles at stake at the 59th Grammys in Los Angeles. The British born singer, with the full name Adele Adkins scooped Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit song Hello, brushing aside Beyoncé’s Hold Up. Adele also […]
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Former German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has been elected on Sunday as the nation’s 12th president since World War II. The 61-year-old Steinmeier was backed in his bid for the largely ceremonial post of president by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition. Voting took place in a secret ballot among the 1,260-member Federal Convention, comprising lawmakers […]
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