Mediterranean shipwreck: Pope offers prayers for migrants killed
Pope Francis on Sunday offered prayers for migrants who died in the Mediterranean Sea this week, in what the U.N. refugee agency called the worst shipwreck in the area this…
Nigerians in South Africa laud Gov. Okowa for including young technocrats his in cabinet
Nigerians in South Africa say Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State including competent youths in his administration is a departure from the medieval political compensational era which should be emulated…
Investigation is on-going to enable Siasia’s mother, other victims regain freedom -police
The Police Command in Bayelsa State has said that its personnel are working round the clock to ensure that the kidnapped mother of Samson Siasia, Nigeria’s former Super Eagles footballer…
Auto supplier, Bosch sees car production falling 5% in 2019
Auto supplier Robert Bosch has revised its forecast for automotive production on Saturday, expecting a 5% fall this year, bigger than an earlier estimate for a 3% decline, the company’s…
Africa has to have its own industrial capacity -AfDB
African nations will need to boost output of goods and services and integrate payment systems if they are to take advantage of a new $3.4 trillion economic initiative, according to…
The illegal proscription of the IMN should be withdrawn – Falana
Mr Femi Falana, lawyer to the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has condemned the action of the Federal Government to proscribe the Shiite group….
States where Fulanis are not indigenes not required to implement the RUGA settlement initiative – Ganduje
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, says states where Fulanis are not indigenes will not be required to implement the RUGA settlement initiative. Ganduje made the clarification shortly after…
55 bodies recovered from Libya shipwreck -Aid worker
Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an aid worker said on Saturday, after a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized on Thursday. Search operations…
Veteran Sports journalist, Akinloye Oyebanji, passes on at 62
Nigerian veteran sports journalist and retired Director Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Akinloye Oyebanj, has died at the age of 62. His family confirmed to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that…
AfDB proposes youth entrepreneurship investment Bank for start-ups funding in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed the establishment of a Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank, an initiative that will focus 100 per cent on providing funding for start-ups, small and…