Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband to Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99. Buckingham Palace confirmed the death of the prince on Friday. “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip,...
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A civil engineer, Ahmed Yahaya, who became popular after using thousands of bottles to build a house has spoken more about what influenced his decision to go through with that kind of recycling. In a BBC News Pidgin interview, the man said he used pet bottles to design the...
All 64 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022™, to be held in Qatar, will be broadcast live on SuperSport after the World of Champions concluded a broadcast deal with FIFA. This continues SuperSport’s long-standing association with football’s governing body and reaffirms SuperSport as Africa’s home of world football....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced that more than 100 countries have received life-saving COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. It said the milestone comes 42 days after the first COVAX doses were shipped and delivered internationally, to Ghana on...
Federal Government has directed officers on Grade Level 12 and below to continue to work from home till the end of April and await further directive. This was contained in a statement signed by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan following advice from the...
Egyptian archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of a lost city that dates back more than 3,400 years to the time of the pharaohs. The findings has been called one of the most important since the unearthing of the tomb of Tutankhamun. The archaeologists were searching for a temple...
South Africa recorded 235 deaths on its roads during the Easter holiday, figures released by the Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday showed. “According to the preliminary figures, 189 crashes were recorded, resulting in 235 fatalities nationwide,” said the minister. Compared with 2019, “the number of crashes has been...
MTN has activated a number of new channel partnerships with fintech companies as the company continues meeting with the commercial banks on a new pricing structure agreement. MTN’s initial meeting for the reduction of the charges held on Tuesday with the banks ended in a deadlock and is expected...
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said it got orders from the Federal High Court, Abuja division, to freeze 194 bank accounts belonging to firms and Bureau De Change to enable it to conduct investigations into suspicious activities. It disclosed this on Thursday in three separate documents on...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the investing public on the proliferation of unregister ed online investment and trading platforms facilitating access to trading in securities listed in foreign markets. This was contained in a circular to capital market operators issued by the management of the commission...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigerian Army Headquarters on Thursday confirmed the killing of one officer and 10 soldiers who are on stabilisation operation in Benue State. In a statement in Abuja, The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said the troops were initially declared missing. According to...
•Global agreement saved oil market, says OPEC Pope Francis yesterday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to cut the debt burden of poor countries hit by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and give their governments a greater say in global-decision-making. In a letter...
At least eleven demonstrators have been killed in clashes with security forces in a town in northwest Myanmar. The deaths occurred on Thursday after truckloads of troops arrived to quell a protest against the ruling military junta, local media reported. The Myanmar Now and Errawaddy news outlets said protesters,...
A fake security agent, Basiru Ibrahim, who specializes in trafficking illicit drugs from the Benin Republic through Lagos to Sokoto state, has been arrested with 280 kilograms of skunk and Diazepam in the North-West State. The suspect according to a statement by the Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr....
A 50-year-old prophet in charge of Cherubim & Seraphim Church, Oke-igbala Ifo Ogun state, Tayo Shobowale, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 17 years old member of the church(name withheld). Confirming his arrest in a statement to...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday lamented that the current insecurity in the country poses a great danger to Nigeria’s unity. Alhaji Mohammed lamented that the issues of farmers, herders crisis, banditry, kidnapping among other insecurity challenges have led to increasing calls for secession in...
There is one recent event in Abuja that again brought to the fore that the global fight against trafficking in drug is far from being won. It is the statement on Sunday April 4 2021 by Femi Babafemi, Director of media and Advocacy, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),...
Five more students out of the 39 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have been released from captivity. Their release comes barely 72 hours after the first set of five students were freed by the bandits who abducted them from their school...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Thursday moved from Bama to Konduga to continue his humanitarian and social protection interventions to residents denied the means of livelihood by Boko Haram. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the Governor was in Bama since Tuesday and had...
The bodies of 12 people, possibly foreigners, were found beheaded in the Mozambican town of Palma that was attacked by militant Islamists last month, a local police commander has told state TV, Reuters news agency reports. Pedro da Silva showed journalists the spot where he said he had buried...