TACKLE POVERTY USING FINANCIAL INTERVENTIONS, EU URGES FG
The European Union has called on the Federal and State Governments to increase financing for social protection interventions, “as it is critical to reducing poverty...
MAN ELECTROCUTED WHILE STEALING TRANSFORMER CABLES IN ENUGU
In an attempt to steal a transformer cable which belong to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, a yet-to-be-identified suspected electricity vandal has been electrocuted. According...
PHOTOS: ONE DIES IN THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE ACCIDENT, LASTMA RESCUES THREE OTHERS
On Saturday morning, a fatal accident that occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos claimed one life. The accident involved a Mini Truck (MUS...
AT LEAST 30 KILLED IN KENYA ANTI-GOVT PROTESTS – HRW
At least 30 people died in protests in Kenya this week sparked by a government drive to substantially raise taxes in the East African country,...
COURT SENTENCES IMMIGRATION OFFICER TO ONE-YEAR IMPRISONMENT OVER N800,000 JOB SCAM
Gombe State High Court has sentenced an Immigration officer, Dabiet Onyemi Gilbert, to one year in prison for defrauding a job seeker of N800,000. Gilbert...
BIDEN VOWS TO DEFEAT TRUMP
President Joe Biden said on Friday he intended to defeat Republican rival, Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign he would consider...
LAGOS GOVT ASSURES COMPLETION OF OPEBI-OJOTA LINK BRIDGE BEFORE YEAR END
The Lagos State Government has assured that the Opebi-Mende-Ojota Link Bridge will be completed before the end of this year. In order to solve major...
UN DISCOVERS ISIS BOMBS IN IRAQ MOSQUE
The United Nations said they discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul’s iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by the Islamic State group, during...
FG RECEIVES 103 NIGERIANS DEPORTED FROM TURKEY
The Federal Government has received no fewer than 103 Nigerians deported from Turkey over migration-related issues such as expired visas and irregular migration, among others....
FRSC TO WITHDRAW LICENCES OF UNRULY DRIVERS
The Federal Road Safety Corps has said it would henceforth revoke the driver’s licences of recalcitrant drivers. Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, made this known on...