Agriculturalist urges farmers to embrace dry season farming
An Agriculture Extension Officer, Mr Joseph Aboyeji, has advised farmers in the country to embrace dry season farming as a way of improving production and increase their income. Aboyeji gave the advice...
View ArticleCape Town mayor quits to end row roiling S. Africa opposition
The mayor of Cape Town announced her resignation on Sunday over a bitter dispute that has rocked South Africa’s main opposition party ahead of elections next year. Patricia De Lille said she would step...
View ArticleAkpabio meets Buhari in London
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, on Sunday visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London. The meeting came at a time there are reports that the former Akwa Ibom...
View ArticleArmy arrest two over alleged enlistment scam, impersonation
The Nigerian Army on Sunday paraded two suspected recruitment racketeers, who had been posing as personnel, extorting potential recruits under the pretext to get them enlisted into the Depot Nigerian...
View ArticlePost-Mugabe euphoria fades with Zimbabwe’s election
When Robert Mugabe’s brutal rule finally came to an end, millions in Zimbabwe dreamed of a brighter future — but many fear his freshly elected former ally Emmerson Mnangagwa will simply offer more of...
View ArticleArmy arrest wanted Boko Haram terrorist
The Army says they have arrested a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Maje Lawan at Banki, Borno. According to a statement by Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu, the army spokesman, the suspect is believed to be number 96...
View ArticleZimbabwe prays for peace after poll violence
Clergymen led prayers for peace as Zimbabweans went to church for the first Sunday service since this week’s historic elections, marred by deadly violence and fraud claims. “Zimbabwe right now needs...
View ArticleShark kills tourist swimming in waters off Egypt
A Czech tourist was killed by a shark while swimming in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, authorities said Sunday. The man died 20 kilometres north of Marsa Alam city as “a result of an attack by a...
View ArticleReconvene immediately, Presidency begs National Assembly
The Presidency on Sunday appealed to the National Assembly to reconvene, as urgent matters pending before it may affect the running of Nigeria and matters affecting Nigerians. The appeal was made by...
View ArticleAPC will sweep polls in Kwara in 2019 –Oyedepo
Former Chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara, Akogun Oyedepo, has said that the All Progressives Congress would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 general elections in the state....
View ArticleYour wealth of knowledge is a benchmark for journalists, Buhari tells Ray...
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated a co-founder of Newswatch magazine, Mr. Ray Ekpu, who turns 70 on August 6, 2018, and clocks 45 years working as a journalist...
View ArticleOmotola Jalade-Ekeinde celebrates nomination as OSCARS member
Sultry actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has been nominated as a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The letter notifying Omosexy of her membership reads: “Having demonstrated...
View ArticleKano Deputy Gov preempts impeachment notice, resigns from office
Ted Odogwu, Kano Kano State Deputy Governor, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, on Sunday resigned from office, having been elected on the platform of the ruling, All Progressives Congress. Abubakar resigned his...
View ArticleAPC National Working Committee voids Shehu Sani’s suspension
…orders Kaduna state chapter to implement directive John Alechenu, Abuja The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has directed the Tudun Wada ward of the party in Kaduna State to...
View ArticleNine corpers drown during riverside picnic
Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo Nine members of the National Youth Service Corps who are currently serving in Taraba State on Saturday drowned in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local government Area. Taraba...
View ArticleSenate presidency seat belongs to Nigeria, Dino Melaye says, as Oshiomhole...
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has berated the National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, for claiming that the...
View ArticleMake Nigeria better if you’re elected president in 2019, Obasanjo tells Bafarawa
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, to pursue his dream of making Nigeria better if elected president in 2019....
View ArticleMourinho to buy Harry Maguire with proceeds from Man United star Marcos Rojo...
Jose Mourinho is ready to sell Marcos Rojo to finance Manchester United’s record-breaking move for Leicester City and England defender Harry Maguire, Metro UK has reported. Maguire, 25, has emerged as...
View ArticleTrump admits son met with Russian to get information on opponent
US President Donald Trump admitted Sunday that his son met with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower in 2016 “to get information on an opponent” but defended it as “totally legal.” Trump had tweeted: Fake...
View Article67-year-old man shoots dead his 89-year-old dad, attempts suicide afterwards
A 67-year-old man shot and killed his 89-year-old father on Saturday evening before turning the gun on himself in Montgomery County, USA, police say. The reports of a shooting on Georgia Avenue and...
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