Luxury goods makers have long valued Chinese consumers not just because of their huge appetite for Gucci bags and Cartier watches, but also for their willingness to pay more than their Western counterparts. So it […]
Morocco said on Friday it had arrested two Islamic State jihadists who had been planning to leave for IS training camps in Syria and Iraq to prepare attacks at home. The two, whose identities were […]
EDGARTOWN, Mass. — A top national security adviser to President Obama vowed Friday that the United States would “do what is necessary” in Syria to protect American interests and said that direct military action was […]
Theresa James, seven-year-old girl died in a Friday morning flood, following a heavy downpour on the Anguwar Yelwa Community in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The flood also destroyed parts of the […]
By Joe Decapua, A Cornell University professor says when responding to the West Africa Ebola epidemic, officials must consider both the physical and social dimensions of healing. Stacey Langwick said the outbreak has dramatically changed […]
Police in Menlo Park, California, are investigating a July theft of computers from venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which backed technology giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Zynga Inc. Six laptops, two monitors […]
Dr Kent Brantly’s, the American medical staff who survived the dreaded Ebola virus, has dedicated his recovery to God. In his first public statement since contracting Ebola in Liberia nearly a month ago, Brantly relegated […]
A multi-million-pound emergency funding package for research that could help to contain the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and future outbreaks of infectious disease was announced on August 20 by the Wellcome Trust Wellcome Trust […]
LAFIA – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nasarawa State said on Friday that it would train 50 women on how to use local fabrics to make fashionable shoes and bags. The organisation said […]
BY AGENCY REPORTER A healer in Sierra Leone claiming to have special powers to cure the Ebola Virus Disease has been identified as the cause of the deadly outbreak that has left hundreds of people […]
ABUJA – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has welcomed the modified direct primaries introduced by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the conduct of the forthcoming Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election slated for October 11, as […]
powerful Israeli air strike levelled a house in Gaza City late Friday, wounding 40 Palestinians, local emergency services said. Witnesses said a drone fired two rockets at the two-storey property before an F16 warplane dropped […]
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak sweeping through west African countries has risen to 1,427 out of more than 2,600 cases, the World Health Organization said Friday. The latest tally, which counts the number […]
The Osun Commissioner for Environment, Prof. Bukola Oyawoye, said all roads leading to Osun Groove would be barricade on Friday to screen tourists for Ebola virus. Oyawoye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
KANO – The Kano State Government has approved N33.4 million for the renovation of Yar’Gaya Health Centre designated as an `Isolation Centre’ for the treatment of Ebola Virus Disease. The Commissioner for Information, Dr Danburan […]
The Principal of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Hajiya Asabe Kwambula has expressed sadness that 130 days after members of Boko the Haram sect invaded her school and abducted 276 schoolgirls, the whereabouts of the […]
AT last, the governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has decamped from the Labour Party (LP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Leaders of the LP and chieftains of both parties confirmed to newsmen […]
ABUJA – The police on Thursday arraigned an apprentice, Zubairu Kabir, 33, in a Senior Magistrates’ Court, Life Camp, Abuja, for allegedly stealing a sewing machine belonging his employer, Yahaya Hanafiu. The accused, who lives […]
MARARABA – The Police on Thursday arraigned a Woman, Mary Onwuku, in a Mararaba Senior Magistrates’ Court for fraudulently obtaining N700,000 on a piece of land. Onwuku, 27, of No 2, Aunty Alice road, Mararaba, […]
LAGOS – A 30-year-old sales representative, James Friday, who allegedly stole N1.88million from his employer, on Thursday appeared before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Friday, who resides at the Olodi-Apapa area of Apapa, Lagos […]
ABUJA – an Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court in Life Camp on Thursday granted bail to three accused persons for alleged criminal trespass into a production site belonging to Osajade Osemialegie. They were Mohammed Hassan, 20, […]
IBADAN – A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Centre for Justice, Mercy and Reconciliation, has called for the establishment of an institution to train ex-convicts. The President of the organisation, Mr Hezekiah Olujobi, made the call in […]
LAGOS – An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between Anirat and her husband, Samson Animashaun, over lack of care. The court President, Mr R.I. Adeyeri, in his judgment, said […]
OSOGBO – An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 22-year-old man, Aladegbolu Victor, in Ilesa prison for alleged impersonating as a detective of the Department of State Service (DSS) in Osun. The Magistrate, Mr […]
KAIAMA (Kwara) – A Kaiama Area Court, Kwara, State on Thursday sentenced a motorcycle snatcher, Abubakar Musa, to six years’ imprisonment. Musa was convicted after he had pleaded guilty to the charges of criminal trespass […]
IKORODU (Lagos) An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a housekeeper, Mr Ikechukwu Ogbonna, to 24 hours community service after he pleaded guilty to stealing charge. The 32-year-old convict, who resides at Laifaji […]
KAIMA (Kwara) – Two brothers, Danladi and Danlami Makoso, on Thursday appeared before an Area Court in Kaiama, Kwara, for allegedly threatening to deal with one Abdulwahab Mahmud. Mahmud had filed a direct complaint before […]
IBADAN – The Producer of a debut movie “A silent Cry” (Ekun Asunsinu), Ms Taiwo Adebayo, has described it as a unique and crafted story set capture the attention of Nigerians.Adebayo, who said this on […]
ABUJA – American rap star Ja Rule, and R&B singer Ashanti, would thrilled their Nigerian fans as part of an event to mark this year’s Independence celebration.The show, tagged: ‘Warri Again: The Flagship’, is scheduled […]
The Owelle of Onitsha and first son of Nigeria’s First President, Chief Chukwuma Azikiwe, has called for a memorial to be established in honour of Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, the heroine of the Ebola Virus […]
The Federal Government has stated that it is further stepping up its surveillance at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to prevent another cross-border transmission of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease to Nigeria.Director of Port Health […]
ABUJA – The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Michael Adikwu, on Friday pledged to restore normalcy to the institution.He made the pledge while receiving an award of excellence from the delegation of the Joint Campus […]
IBADAN – Alade Abimbade, a professor of Educational Technology at the University of Ibadan, has urged examination bodies in the country to encourage the use of calculators in schools.Abimbade made the call in an inaugural […]
KANO – Some communities in Gama-Tudu, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State, on Thursday alerted the state government on the illegal erection of shops in Gama-Tudu Primary School.This is contained in a petition signed […]
SOKOTO – The authorities of Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDU), Sokoto on Wednesday said the institution would soon begin a degree course in Agricultural Extension Services.The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, said this in Sokoto during […]
ABUJA – The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Friday confirmed two new cases of Ebola Virus Disease, bringing the total number of cases recorded in the country to 14.Chukwu said at news briefing […]
LAGOS – A pathologist, Dr Dayo Faduyile, said on Thursday in Lagos that consultancy titles should be restricted to medical doctors working in government-owned hospitals.Faduyile, who is the immediate past Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), […]
OSOGBO – The Elerinmo of Erinmo-Ijesha in Osun, Oba Michael Ajayi, on Friday urged Nigerians not to reduce the renewed campaign on hand washing to mere media hype.Experts have called for sustained hand washing with […]
ABUJA – A Neuron-Surgeon, Dr Faruk Mustapha, on Thursday called for an extensive research into the brain and spinal cord disease known as “Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)”.Mustapha, a consultant with Supreme Hospital in Kaduna, told […]
ABUJA – The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Thursday advised its members against over loading passengers to reduce the spread of Ebola virus disease (EVD).Mr Kefas Dogonyaro, the Public Relations Officer of […]
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