Tag: officials
Trump clears army officers in war crimes cases
Washington - U.S. President Donald Trump cleared three army officers who had been accused of war crimes in high-profile cases, pardoning two and...
Twelve migrant labourers die in Italian road crash
ROME - Twelve migrant labourers died on Monday in southern Italy when the van they were travelling in smashed into a lorry, local officials...
Edo LG poll: Voters wait for election materials, officials
By Nefishetu Yakubu
Benin - Election materials, including sensitive and non-sensitive, were yet to arrive in polling units for the local government election in...
Flood: officials, IDPs decry poor facilities at camp
By Emmanuel Antswen
Makurdi - Mr James Iorhuna, manager of the camp hosting persons displaced by the Makurdi flood, has decried the poor state...
Soldiers Among Those Arrested Over Côte d’Ivoire Attacks – Officials
Abidjan - Authorities in Côte d’Ivoire have arrested five people, including three soldiers, over an attack and arms theft at the base of an...
Officials Say Suicide Bomber Kills 25 in Pakistani City of Lahore
Lahore (Pakistan) - Officials said a suicide bomber killed 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on...
No Member of NUPENG Was Shot by Police in Apapa–Officials
By Raji Rasak
Lagos - The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says none of its members in Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD)...
Farmers/Herdsmen Clash Claims 15 Lives In Taraba -Officials
Farmers/Herdsmen Clash Claims 15 Lives In Taraba -Officials
International Investigators find end-piece of missile used to shoot down MH17
Amsterdam - The International investigators examining the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, discovered the end-piece...
Okorocha blames poor governance on bureaucracy, due process
Owerri - The Imo Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has attributed bad governance in Nigeria to adherence to bureaucracy and due process in public...
Youths recover, return riffle of drowned soldier at oilfield in Bayelsa
Yenagoa - Youths from Kalaba Community, Bayelsa, have recovered the remains and arms of a soldier drowned while on escort duty at Taylor...
Italy rescues nearly 1,800 migrants in Mediterranean
Rome - Italian navy said the country’s vessel helped to rescue nearly 1,800 migrants from boats trying to reach Italy from North Africa in...
We will work with area councils’ elected leaders – FCT Minister
Abuja - The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, said the FCT Administration would work with the newly elected FCT area councils’ chairmen and...
Intervention fund: World Bank to support big mining operators
Abuja - Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, says the World Bank has begun efforts to support the big mining...
Bees attack players, spectators at ATB Stadium in Bauchi
Bauchi - Players and officials of hosts Wikki Tourists Football Club of Bauchi and visiting Warri Wolves FC, as well as match officials, were...
Kano State Grand Khadi warns court officials against corrupt practices
Kano - The Grand Khadi of Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Waiya, has warned court officials in the state against corrupt practices.
Waiya gave the warning...
Ben Bruce tackles Buhari over proposed ban on forex for education
By Alex Chiejina
LAGOS - Mixed reactions have trailed the recent pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari over plans to not to allocate foreign exchange to...
NNPC, Oil Marketers Join Forces to End Emerging Fuel Queues
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has stepped up collaboration with the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and...
NUJ condemns assault on journalists in Imo
Owerri -- The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Imo Council, has condemned the weekend brutal attack on some journalists in Owerri by officials of...
Top New York law officials call Apple’s encryption stance irresponsible
Two of New York City's top law enforcement officials accused Apple Inc of being irresponsible by refusing to help the U.S. Federal Bureau of...