Trump agrees to make “timely” decisions on license requests for Huawei sales
President Donald Trump agreed at a meeting with the heads of top technology companies like Google on Monday to make “timely” decisions on requests by U.S. companies to sell to…
UNFPA restates call for national census to end speculative population figures
The Assistant Representative, UN Population Fund (UNFPA), Osaretin Adonri, has restated the call for a census in the country, which he said was paramount for population accuracy and for…
Kenya’s finance minister pleads not guilty to graft charges
Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges over the award of two dam tenders, a day after his detention in an unprecedented move against…
Shiite, Police clash: Channels TV condole with Owolabi family over son’s death
Late Precious Owolabi The management and staff of Channels Television are greatly saddened by the untimely and unfortunate death of such a promising journalist, this is according to a statement…
Lagos assembly tasks NNPC, Sanwo-Olu on pipeline protection to curb vandalism
Lagos State gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a resolution, urging Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) and Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to protect pipelines to…
Conflict: Response in Cameroon remains one of the most “critically underfunded humanitarian responses globally”- UN
Nearly 40,000 more people have been forced to flee to Nigeria by worsening humanitarian situation in north-west and south-west regions of Cameroon, according to the United Nations. Briefing UN correspondents…
EU countries agree to new proposed “solidarity mechanism” to allocate migrants
French President Emmanuel Macron Fourteen member countries of the European Union have agreed to a new “solidarity mechanism” proposed by Germany and France to allocate migrants across the bloc,…
I agreed to retract graft allegations because I was bribed- Witness tells court in Eni case
A witness in the corruption case involving Italian oil firm Eni told court on Monday that a senior official from the company had bribed him to withdraw his allegations of…
Insecurity: Revitalisation of the Lake Chad Basin is of great concern to our govt – Osinbajo
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari is greatly concerned about ensuring the recharging and revitalisation of the Lake Chad Basin so as to effectively tackle the issues of security,…
Panic in Aso Rock as Shiite protest claims 12 lives; Buhari holds emergency security meeting
Abuja was up in flames for much of Monday as a fatal confrontation between security agents and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites left…