US President Donald Trump signed a crucial spending bill Friday, reopening the US government after a brief shutdown, the second in three weeks, and a night of high drama in Congress. Trump announced the signing on his Twitter account, hailing the bill’s passage in the early hours of Friday as a boost for the US military and “JOBS, […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in declared the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics open at a glittering ceremony marked by a sudden rapprochement between South and North Korea on Friday. Here are pictures of the opening ceremony. Unified Korea‘s athletes parade during the opening ceremony
Alhaji Yusuf Buratai, the father of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, was laid to rest in Maiduguri on Friday. The remains of Buratai were buried at the Gwange cemetery in Maiduguri. The 106-year-old war veteran died in the early hours of Friday at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital where he was […]
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The lawmaker representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Oduah, has inaugurated a non-governmental organisation, MaxLife Foundation, in honour of her late son, Omabuwa Maxwell Oduah. The foundation, which has been operational for over one year, was officially inaugurated in Abuja as part of activities commemorating the anniversary of the late Buwa, […]
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Four persons reportedly died while two others were injured in an auto crash which occurred on the Kara bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. Traffic report indicated that the accident involved a Sino truck carrying a container and a commercial bus. The truck with the number plate KMC 47 ZB, which was […]
The last batch of 200 Nigerian peacekeepers deployed in Liberia under the UN Mission in Liberia have withdrawn after five years following the conclusion of their mission in the country. The last military protection force in UNSMIL left Liberia on Thursday as part of the termination of the mission’s mandate, scheduled on March 30, the […]
A 24-year-old, Chinedu Eze, who allegedly attempted to kidnap a seven-year-old girl, was on Friday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court. The police are prosecuting the accused for a charge of attempted kidnap. Prosecutor Kehinde Omisakin told the court that the accused committed the offence on Jan. 26 at 3pm at No. 24, […]
Egyptian police foiled a terrorist attack on Friday, killing three of them and arresting 14 others, as part of a nationwide anti-terror operation, the Interior Ministry announced. “Explosive devices and automatic guns were seized with the arrested, for carrying out other attacks before the beginning of the presidential elections,” the ministry said in a statement. […]
Egyptian police foiled on Friday a terrorist attack, killing three terrorists and arresting 14 others, as part of a nationwide anti-terror operation, the Interior Ministry announced. “Explosive devices and automatic guns were seized from the arrested persons, for carrying out other attacks before the beginning of the presidential elections,” the ministry said in a statement. […]
A 24-year-old woman, Bimpe Adeite, who allegedly stole a generator valued N70,000 belonging to a male friend, risks three-year imprisonment if found guilty. The court heard that Adeite sold the generator and spent the proceeds on hair and skin creams. The accused was, on Friday, brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on […]
Justice Adedayo Akintoye of an Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Friday dismissed the no-case submission by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa. The judge also refused to award the N520m damages applied for by the defendant against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for “malicious prosecution.” The News Agency of Nigeria reports that […]
President Donald Trump signed a crucial funding bill Friday, ending the second US government shutdown in three weeks. “Just signed Bill,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Our Military will now be stronger than ever before … Also means JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!” AFP
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State has said that 371,444 Permanent Voter Cards are yet to be collected in the state. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Rufus Akeju, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Akure on Friday. Akeju, however, said that 44,410 voters were captured during the […]
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is living a dream at Arsenal after being reunited with close friend and “the best team-mate” he’s shared a dressing room with in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Mkhitaryan bagged three assists on his home debut — including the pass to tee up Aubameyang for his first Arsenal goal — as the Gunners thrashed Everton 5-1 […]
The number of single parents in Hong Kong has dropped to about 10 per cent in 2016 from 2011, making single mothers to continue to outnumber single fathers, official statistics showed on Friday. The number of single parents first rose and then dropped in the past 10 years, from 76,423 in 2006 to 81,705 in […]
A graduate who tried to sue Oxford University because he just missed out on earning a top degree has had his claim thrown out. Faiz Siddiqui wanted £1m in damages from the university over what he described as “negligently inadequate teaching” that affected his degree grade 20 years ago. Siddiqui, of Bayswater, west London, claimed […]
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Mr Innocent Chukwuma, alias Innoson, the Chairman of Innoson Motors Nigeria Ltd. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Mojisola Dada issued the bench warrant following the failure of the defendant to appear in court for the second time for […]
A housewife, Hadiza Ibrahim, has pleaded with a Sharia court in Minna, Niger State, to dissolve her marriage, saying she does not love or cherish her husband. Ibrahim told the court that she had warned her husband, Mai-Anguwa Aliyu, from the outset that their ‘arranged marriage’ was destined to fail as she was forced into […]
The two Koreas marched together and South Korea’s president shared a historic handshake with Kim Jong Un’s sister as the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony was held in a spirit of intense rapprochement on Friday. At a glittering but sub-zero ceremony, South and North Korea brought the crowd to its feet as they entered behind the […]
Friday Olokor, Jos Elders in the All Progressives Congress in Plateau State on Friday unanimously asked President Muhammadu Buhari to seek a second term in the 2019 general elections. They also endorsed Governor Simon Lalong, saying he has made them “proud.” The elders, under the aegis of APC Elders Advisory Council of Plateau State, noted […]
The publisher of Britain’s left-wing Daily Mirror newspaper struck a £126.7 million deal on Friday to buy a series of titles including the right-wing Daily Express in a bid to stem a decline in advertising revenues and sales. The papers were the biggest two in Britain after World War II but are both seeing big […]
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Economic Community of West African States has collaborated with civil society organizations to curb drug and substance abuse in six West African countries. They include Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Liberia, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and Togo. Speaking during a training workshop on drug prevention and treatment for the CSOs on Friday in Abuja, the Principal […]
Spain’s coastguards rescued 82 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean on Friday but found the bodies of three other people on board one boat. In a tweet, the coastguards said the migrants were on two separate boats and were rescued in the Alboran Sea, between Morocco and Spain’s Andalusian coast. “They are being transferred to […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says about 1.6 million registration documents for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination have so far been sold with two days to end the exercise. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in […]
The US Congress passed a crucial federal spending bill Friday after hours of delay, sending the measure for President Donald Trump’s signature to end the nation’s second government shutdown in three weeks. The House voted 240 to 186 in support of a bipartisan package that extends funding until March 23, and which will reopen government […]