At least 36 people are missing after the sinking of a boat on Sunday at Maluku commune, a district on the banks of the Congo River in Kinshasa’s suburbs, according to announces of the Congolese national police on the spot. According to police authorities, only 76 survivors have so far been
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Housemates in the ongoing BBNaija season four threw a fun-filled beach party on Saturday night. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this party garnered better response than Sept. 7 which fans has described as boring. Housemates were dressed in colourful beach outfits by Hype and Steam with Carribean vibes, shorts and float dresses dominating […]
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the state government is determined to implement the RUGA project, meant to resettle herdsmen and boost economic activities. Ganduje stated this on Saturday in Kano while receiving the report on the establishment of Ruga and Milk Market in Kano State. According to him, apart from tackling insecurity, the […]
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola shrugged off his team’s shock 3-2 defeat by newly-promoted Norwich City in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday with a direct message. He said his team simply could not be expected to win every week. Guardiola’s team beat Liverpool to the title by a solitary point last season after […]
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (retd.) has warned officers and men of the Service to desist from all forms of illegality or risk being arrested and jailed. Ali gave the warning on Saturday in Calabar while addressing a joint parade of officers and men of the service and those of […]
In Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, stately home to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, an 18- carat gold toilet has been stolen. The toilet that’s Valued at £1 million and installed as part of an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace, the 18-carat toilet was stolen in the early hours of Saturday, Thames Valley Police said […]
Foreign leaders, supporters and ordinary citizens were, on Saturday, attending the state funeral of Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe, after a week of disputes over his burial that threatened to embarrass his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mugabe led Zimbabwe for 37 years, from independence until he was ousted by the army in November 2017. He died […]
The Police Command in Niger has arrested one Tunde Taiyo, 30, of Maitumbi, Bosso Local Government Area of the State, for allegedly beheading a 24-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Abdullahi Sale, at Maitumbi area . The Commissioner of Police in the State, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) […]
A burial for Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, will be held at the National Heroes Acre sometime in October, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday. It was previously agreed that there would be a symbolic burial on Sunday in the hilltop shrine in Harare, reserved for the country’s ruling elite, but family spokesman, Leo Mugabe, […]
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has called on Nigerian to stop glorifying and giving undue publicity to criminals and terrorists through social media and propaganda. Col. Sagir Musa, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that Buratai made the plea at the Headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole […]
Ten PDP governorship aspirants, who lost the bid for the party’s ticket to contest the Nov. 16 Kogi governorship race, have declared their support for the winner, Mr Musa Wada. The 10 aspirants, under the aegis of Kogi PDP 2019 G-12, declared their support for Wada at a press briefing held at the party secretariat […]
The Police in Sokoto state have arrested no fewer than 26 persons including eight members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) for alleged public disturbance in the state. The state commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Kaoje, told newsmen on Friday in Sokoto that the suspects were apprehended at various locations in the state. Kaoje said […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the heavy schedule of the inaugural Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday held his attention for many hours, keeping him from following the court ruling that validated his victory at the poll. The president stated this when he received All Progressives Congress (APC) party leaders and members of the […]
The U.S. has sanctioned three North Korean state-backed groups the government says is behind cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure. One of the groups, known as the Lazarus Group, is alleged to be behind the WannaCry 2.0 ransomware attack as well as a hack of Sony. The U.S. Treasury Department also said the North Korean groups […]
A Federal High Court judge Sitting in Abuja, on Friday convicted six undergraduates for internet related offences. The vacation judge, Justice Nkeonye Maha, sentenced, Quarshie Nnamdi, Emmanuel Ogbole, Charles Iwu. Others are Nuhu Usman, Ademoyegu Samson, Adunmo Sesan. Maha convicted and sentenced them to varying terms ranging from three to six months imprisonment, with
Davido has officially proposed to his girlfriend, Chioma and she said a resounding ‘YES’. Showing off her huge engagement ring, Davido wrote, ‘she said, ‘yes’. Big Rock #Assurance2020, Davido has been dating Chioma for over five years and in 2018 they broke the internet when he bought her a brand new porsche SUV to celebrate […]
Former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has lost her father, Obi (Prof) Chukwuka Okonjo, Obi of Ogwashi Uku, Aniocha South L.G.A, Delta State. His Royal Majesty Obi (Prof) Chukuka Okonjo died at the age of 91 in the United States of America. The late monarch, who was a professor of mathematics, ascended the throne of […]
Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Shehu Dikko’s residence located at No. 1 River Benue, Maitama in Abuja has been reportedly sealed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC). This act was following an order of forfeiture of the property by a federal high court, on Friday. Dikko is also […]
Ahead of the seventeenth edition of the IAAF World Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held between 27 September and 6 October 2019 in Doha, Qatar the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has made a list of qualifying athletes. Nigeria has joined the growing list of countries that had named its contingent for the 2019 IAAF […]