Cooking to live: Ending Africa’s unchecked indoor air pollution
Oct. 15, 2019 Countless number of women in Nigeria, Africa especially in rural communities suffer from the negative effect of over exposure to carbon emission from cooking stoves fuelled by…
We will continue to partner the public, private sector to protect children against cyber crime -DBI
DBI President, Prof. Mohammed Ajiya The President of the Digital Bridge Institute, (DBI) Abuja, Prof. Mohammed Ajiya, has promised continued partnership with local and international stakeholders in Information Communication and…
Fed. roads: Senate orders committees on Petroleum, FERMA to probe alleged non-remittance of funds by PPPRA
The Senate has ordered its committees on Petroleum and FERMA to investigate the alleged non-remittance of funds by PPPRA for the rehabilitation of roads in the country. This is coming…
Jacob Zuma to appeal court decision he must face graft charges
Former South African president Jacob Zuma will appeal a high court decision to deny him a permanent stay of prosecution on charges related to a $2 billion arms deal, his…
Senate asks FG to declare emergency on federal roads
The Senate has asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on federal roads across the country. Lawmakers in the Senate made the request during Tuesday’s plenary at…
Hundreds fled abusive purported ‘Islamic school’ before police raid – Police
Hundreds of captives who were beaten, abused and held in squalid conditions at a purported Islamic school in northern Nigeria escaped prior to a raid this week, police said on…
FIRST BANK GEORGIAN CUP HITS THE CENTENARY MARK, A POSSIBLE WORLD RECORD IN SPORTS SPONSORSHIP
District Head of Makera, Alhaji Shehu Tijani; Chief Executive Officer, First Bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan; President, Kaduna Polo Club, Alhaji Suleman Abubakar and Captain of El-Amin (winners of the 2018…
Uganda denies plans to impose death penalty for gay sex amid global concern
Uganda will not impose the death penalty for gay sex, a presidential spokesman said on Monday, after major aid donors said they were monitoring a plan by the African nation…
Troops rescue 4 more abducted students in Kaduna
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued the remaining four students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who were abducted on their…
No excuse is tenable for the failure of refineries to work in the country – NNPC
GMD NNPC, Mele Kyari The Federal Government has said that the failure of having refineries across the country owes fully to the inability of the Government to take care of them…