Sierra Leone may have gifted Ghana Black Stars six points in two African Nations Cup qualifiers scheduled for Kumasi on Thursday and Freetown next Monday. Sierra Leone are barred from the two matches after the country’s football association failed to get a FIFA suspension lifted. The country’s football authorities failed to meet a Tuesday deadline

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the National Campaign Against Fake News has received a boost from the Social Networking Platform, Facebook, which plans to partner with the Federal Government to check the menace. The Minister announced the planned cooperation in Abuja on Tuesday when he visited Daar Communications, owners of

The Yola Distribution Company whose operations have been in a hiatus due to the insurgency is set for a new lease of life. 12 companies have submitted bids for the Yola Disco. The Head of Public Communications of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Amina Othman Tukur, disclosed this in a statement shortly after the

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has conducted a one-day transitional justice programme for the about 30,000 internally displaced persons’ and returnees in camps and the host community in Bama to foster mutual forgiveness among them regarding crimes perpetrated against each other during the Boko Haram insurgency. According to Musa Zarami, the North-East Programme

On October 2, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) hosted a workshop on the Humanitarian Response Plan. The workshop which held at the Rockview Royal Hotel in Abuja was organized to deliberate on the key results of the state-level Humanitarian Needs Overview workshops carried out in August/September 2018 and use them

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has appealed to the government and organisers of the 2018 Agriculture Show to provide adequate security at the show to avoid cases of theft. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the show is sponsored by National Agricultural Foundation (NAFN), is scheduled to hold between Oct. 16

Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara on Monday claimed that all primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general elections have been concluded in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yari’s declaration came at a time when representatives of the party from the APC National Headquarters said

Indonesia is looking into the possibility of converting two of the country’s older crude oil refineries into plants, for the production of biofuels, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday. The government is conducting a study with Italian energy company ENI. ENI has successfully converted one of its refineries to the production of biofuels, Rini Soemarno,

Nigeria has assured the international community of its unalloyed commitment to the advancement of women’s rights and the eradication of violence and all forms of discriminations against women. The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to ECOWAS, Amb. Babatunde Nurudeen, stated this while making Nigeria’s presentation on ‘Advancement of Women’ to the UN General Assembly in New

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the election of Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as the Kwara State governorship candidate of the party. He will face his namesake Razak Atunwa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, picked a week ago. According to APC spokesman Yekini Nabena, Alhaji AbdulRazaq, an oil

Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah, NDLEA Chairman: says abuse of Tramadol, codeine based cough syrup still high among Nigerian youth By Prudence Arobani/New York The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has decried the continuous high-level of abuse of Tramadol and codeine based cough syrup among Nigerian youth and women. NDLEA Chairman, retired Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah,

An upswing in economic risks due to rising trade tensions and debt levels has prompted the International Monetary Fund(IMF) to cut its forecast for world growth for this year and next. With trade growth set to slow sharply amid a trade war between the United States and China, the IMF cut its outlook for global

Google: shuts down Google+ after data of 500,000 users breached Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500,000 users may have been exposed to external developers by a bug that was present for more than two years in its systems. The company said in

Africa’s leading businessman, Aliko Dangote has called for conscious efforts at deepening African regional market by African investors and governments to aid rapid growth and development of the continent’s economy. Dangote spoke in London during “One to One Conversation” at the on-going 5th annual Financial Times African Summit. The Nigerian entrepreneur said the key to

Egyptian security forces pressing a campaign against hardliner militants have killed 52 suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula in operations in which three soldiers also died, the army said on Monday. The military launched a sweeping operation in February focused on the Sinai in eastern Egypt aimed at wiping out militants, including from the Daesh

The Federal Government is set to announce the new minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee completes its assignment for onward submission to President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, made this known while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the committee used the two-day to reconvene and deliberate on a

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has commended its presidential aspirants for their exceptional display of patriotism and sportsmanship before, during and after the convention. The party gave the commendation in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Monday in Abuja. He said that the party appreciated the immediate collapsing of the

Wizkid honoured by Minnesota governor in U. S. Award winning Artist, Wizkid, has been honoured in the United States by the governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton. Dayton, declared Oct, 6 every year as Wizkid day. According to the proclamation on his tweeter handle @wizkid, the artiste becomes the first African artiste to sell out Skyway

Vice president Yemi Osinbajo By Chijioke Okoronkwo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government has spent N1.7 trillion in capital investment in two budget years. Osinbajo disclosed this while addressing participants at the 9th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum held at the State House Banquet Hall on Monday in Abuja. The focus of the forum

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 27 ships will bring into the country petroleum products, food and other goods from Oct. 8 to Oct. 27. According to the NPA, the ships are expected to berth at Apapa and TinCan Island ports in Lagos. Four of the 27 ships will sail in with petroleum products while