At least six people were killed and about 10 injured Monday in a car bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a police officer on the scene told AFP. The car exploded next to an Italian cafe on a key thoroughfare Read more
Mr Gabriel Odu-Oji, the Commissioner for Water Resources in Cross River, kidnapped on April 9, has regained freedom, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. ASP Irene Ugbo, the Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, confirmed his release Read more
Eze Israel Kanu, the traditional ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia, has appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw all the charges against his son and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, who made the Read more
Troops of 133 Special Forces Battalion of 707 Brigade, Makurdi, said they had rescued a retired police officer and 3 women allegedly abducted by bandits and cattle rustlers in Niger. In a statement issued on Monday in Makurdi, its Assistant Read more
Violent clashes erupted in a remote north western farming community in South Africa on Monday after two white farmers accused of murdering a 16-year-old black boy were granted bail. Residents of Coligny took to the streets after the court decision, Read more
Barack Obama warned his soon to be successor Donald Trump against hiring Michael Flynn as his national security advisor, a former administration official told AFP Monday. As President Trump sought to blame the Obama administration for missing Flynn’s links with Read more
Mr Ekpo Nta, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has decried the low quality of life of Nigerians due to corruption. A statement on Monday by the spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, said Read more
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s power stations generated 3, 687 Megawatts of electricity in first quarter of 2017. The NBS stated this in “Daily Energy Generated and Sent Out for 1st quarter 2017’’ report posted on its Read more
Integrated Logistics Services Nigeria Limited’s (Intels) dominance of the nation’s oil and gas logistics business at the ports has ended with President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of a policy review, which guarantees the right of importers to choose terminals or ports Read more
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his election as the next President of France. In a congratulatory letter to the President-elect, Prof. Osinbajo said he received the news of the election of the 39-year old Macron Read more