The Europa League is ready for the 2016/17 season, as the draw for the group games have been concluded in Monaco on Friday (Today). Manchester United was among the 12 top seeds in the competition and was the very first team selected in in the lunchtime’s draw. United is drawn to play Fenerbahce, Feyenoord and […]
Continue ReadingFour World Bank officials have drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria.Egbe Dam is the biggest of the six dams in the state. Folasade Akinrinmola, the chairman of the council and the state police command confirmed the incident to journalists on Thursday. Mr. Akinrinmola said the […]
Continue ReadingA 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit central Italy, leaving not less than six people dead and others trapped under rubble, Italian officials said. The quake hit at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 76 km (47 miles) southeast of the city of Perugia, at the very shallow depth of 10km (six miles), the USGS said. The mayor of […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, In a statement issued by Mr Samuel Olowokere, Deputy Director Press in the ministry, warned state governors against reducing workers’ salaries and hours of work.Ngige said the warning has become necessary to restore industrial harmony and forestall breakdown of law and order, as there have been […]
Continue ReadingThe Bangladesh Armed Forces have lauded the success of the Nigerian Military to overcome insurgency and expressed their willingness to adopt the Nigerian Armed Forces winning strategy to combat insurgency and criminalities in their country.This was contained in the remarks by the team leader of the members of the Bangladesh National Defence College on Geo-strategic […]
Continue ReadingUnited States (US) secretary of state, John Kerry, on his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday, assured Nigeria of his country’s support because they are aware Buhari “inherited a big problem”.During the meeting with Kerry, President Buhari pledged that the anti-corruption crusade in the country would be deepened and institutionalised to outlast the […]
Continue ReadingPrime Minister of Czech Republic, Bohuslav Sobotka, has warned that its government did not want a larger Muslim presence in the country. He, however, said on Tuesday in Prague that while the country shared Germany’s desire to stem the tide of refugees from the Middle East, yet the country had different views on how to […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is expected in Nigeria on Aug. 23 to discuss U.S. cooperation with Nigeria over Boko Haram, economy and human rights issues. A statement issued by the Information Office of the Embassy of the U.S. on Friday in Abuja, said Kerry would hold meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari and […]
Continue ReadingFollowing a recent order by the minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, to shut down the Apapa-Ijora bridge so as to carry out repairs on the structure, federal government has commenced repair works on the defective bridge. According to Hakeem Bello, media adviser to Babatunde Fashola, the minister disclosed that the ever-busy bridge had […]
Continue ReadingArmed robbers on Thursday invaded the Jos Zonal office of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), broke all the offices and carted away valuable items. The robbers, who scaled the office’s fence around 3.30 a.m., tied the security man on duty before carrying out their operations. Among the items stolen were NAN’s official camera, a […]
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