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Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, has dispatched three envoys to seven African countries, including Nigeria, to deliver messages of pan-African unity. This is after he was booed in Zimbabwe on Saturday at Robert Mugabe’s funeral while addressing mourners. He, however, apologised to the crowd saying the attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa was against the principles […]

Clayson Monyela, spokesman of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in South Africa, says Nigeria overreacted to the recent xenophobic attack in the country. Businesses of Nigerians based in South Africa were targetted in the attacks which made the federal government summon Bobby Moroe, South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria. Nigeria also pulled out […]

The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will deliver uninterrupted power supply to Nigerians before the end of its tenure. Mamman said the completion of all major power projects in the country would bring about stable and quality electricity supply. He gave the assurance after the inspection of […]

At least 11 people, many of them elderly, were killed when a fire swept through a hospital in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro as staff and desperate visitors battled to rescue patients from smoke-filled wards. Hospital authorities said the blaze late on Thursday was thought to have been caused by a short circuit […]

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday that the ease with which Boko Haram terrorists raise funds and acquire sophisticated weapons to carry out attacks had become a matter of serious concern. He added that the continuous spread of the menace of terrorism in the region and the growing link between terrorism and organised crime were […]

Senator Dino Melaye has rejected his appointment as the Director-General of the Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan had, on Friday, told journalists that Melaye has been appointed the DG of Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council. But Melaye, via his Twitter handle @dino-melaye; and his Facebook wall declared his rejection of the […]

There were indications on Thursday that the Federal Government is set to block about nine million unregistered mobile telephone SIM cards in the country. Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Patanmi, disclosed in a tweet on Thursday that he has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission to immediately block the unregistered SIM cards. According to the minister, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja assured Nigerians that the federal government will not inflict additional hardship on citizens, rather it will keep seeking ways to ameliorate their sufferings and create a more enabling environment for everyone to thrive. “On fuel prices, I agree with you on the need to eliminate corruption and inefficiencies in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said placing women in strategic positions of his government, like the financial sector, is to ensure effective management of limited resources available, and promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness. President Buhari said he preferred women to oversee the economic and financial hub of the country, Ministry of Finance, as […]

Scientists announced another exciting discovery yesterday (September 11, 2019) regarding potentially habitable exoplanets. For the first time, they’ve detected water vapor in the atmosphere of a distant super-Earth – called K2-18b – orbiting its star in the habitable zone. It’s a first-ever detection of water vapor in a super-Earth’s atmosphere, orbiting in the habitable zone of its star, 110 […]

Senator Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past governor of Imo State, has lamented what he described as “the humiliating treatment” allegedly meted to him by his party, the All Progressives Congress, “in spite of [his] sacrifices and financial contributions to the party.” Okorocha, the senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday […]

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved an increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) payable in Nigeria. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, announced the approval while briefing journalists after the FEC meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mrs Ahmed said the VAT was increased from the current 5 per cent to 7.2 per cent. “We […]

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has released frightening statistics on suicide rate worldwide, saying that at least one person dies every 40 seconds from suicide. The number of countries with national suicide prevention strategies has increased in the five years since the publication of WHO’s first global report on suicide, said the World Health Organization. […]