How To Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell named children’s laureate | Ents & Arts News
How To Train Your Dragon author and illustrator Cressida Cowell has vowed to campaign for school libraries to be made statutory after being named the […]
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Netherlands buys 47% of Nigeria’s cocoa – Awolowo
Netherlands buys 47% of Nigeria’s cocoa – Awolowo By Chijioke Okoronkwo Mr Olusegun Awolowo, the Executive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), says the Netherlands […]
Brexit: Trump calls Theresa May ‘foolish’
Brexit: Trump calls Theresa May ‘foolish’ President Trump on Tuesday said Prime Minister Theresa May was “foolish” in her handling of Brexit, as he doubled […]
2,259 corps members get skills training in Kano
NYSC members By Abbas Bamalli Alhaji Ladan Baba, the Coordinator National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano says no fewer than 2,259 Batch B stream […]
Germany rejects US request to send ground troops to Syria
Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel Germany has rejected a US request to send ground troops to help combat Daesh militants in Syria. “When I say […]
Baru tasks new NNPC management team on transparency, efficiency
Former GMD of NNPC Dr Maikanti Baru By Edith ike-eboh The Former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr […]
Police rescue 13 kidnap victims in Imo forest
Nigerian policemen working to curb crime By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Force Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DCP Frank Mba, says, police have successfully rescued 13 kidnapped […]
Senator Abbo docked for allegedly assaulting nursing mother
Senator Elisha Abbo By Ugochi Ugochukwu The police on Monday arraigned a senator, Elisha Abbo in a Zuba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly assaulting […]
FEATURE: Hope Rises for New Revenue Sharing Formula with RMAFC’s Board Full Complement
President Muhammadu Buhari (M) flanked by Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Engr Elias Mbam, Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari and […]
Lecturer goes to jail for insulting President Museveni in poem
Ugandan feminist and lecturer Stella Nyanzi Ugandan feminist and lecturer Stella Nyanzi, has been jailed over a poem about ‘Vagina’ she wrote and shared on […]
UNFPA: 3.9m girls, women need reproductive health services in N/East
…Says 7.1m affected by insurgency UNFPA: 3.9m girls, women need reproductive health services in N/East By Mustapha Yauri UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says more than […]
Maseko, First black-African billed for space travel, dies
Mandla Maseko would-be First Black African Astronaut dies in Bike crash A South African, Mandla Maseko who won the chance to be the first black […]
Oil: OPEC seeks quick resolution of U.S., Iran, Venezuela conflicts
Oil: OPEC seeks quick resolution of U.S., Iran, Venezuela conflicts By Habiba Broger The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has stressed the need […]