US Pentagon Nominates First Female Combatant Commander

U.S. Air Force General Lori Robinson. © U.S. Air Force / Senior Airman Katrina M. Brisbin / Reuters

The Pentagon has nominated its first ever female combatant commander. If approved by the Senate, US Air Force General Lori Robinson will be the new Northcom chief, responsible for any missile threats against the homeland.

RIVERS RERUN: Governor Wike Cast His Vote; Violence Forces INEC Staff To Boycott Rivers Poll; INEC Suspends Poll In 6 Rivers LGAs

Rivers Rerun: Governor Wike cast his vote at his PU In Ward 9, Unit 7 at Obio-Akpor LGA

Paris Attacks Suspect Charged In Belgium, Fights Extradition

Footage showed Abdeslam (pictured, in a white hoodie) being dragged away from the scene by armed police officers

Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in November's Paris attacks, answered questions from Belgian investigators on Saturday, but will fight extradition to France, his lawyer said.

2-IN-1 STORY: All 62 Aboard Dubai Airliner Killed In Crash In South Russia; Russian Air Disasters Of Past Decade

Flydubai Flight FZ981 Crash: Plane Carrying 55 Passengers Crashes While Landing In Southern Russia

A Dubai airliner with 62 people on board crashed and caught fire early Saturday while landing in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all aboard, officials said.

Two Cases Of Yellow Fever In Kenya From People Who Were In Angola

The Aedes Aegypti mosquito is responsible for the spread of yellow fever AFP

Kenya has confirmed two cases of yellow fever for the first time in about two decades. 

JAMB Bows To Protesting Candidates, Says Those Who Missed UTME Will Retake It

Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said that the board would reschedule examination for candidates who missed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination because of relocation of centres by the board.

DPR Challenges Marketers To Present Evidence Of Overpayment

NNPC Towers, Abuja

The fuel crisis that enveloped the country have refused to disappear, according to the Independent Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN) Friday, because depot owners sell  the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) above the official pump price of ₦77 per litre.

Sagay: New Anti-Corruption Battle Plan Coming Soon

Prof. Itse Sagay

The Federal Government is soon to unveil an anti-corruption plan to improve inter-agency cooperation to promote ethical re-orientation, Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption Prof. Itse Sagay has said.

Angola's Yellow Fever Death Toll Rises To 158 — WHO; Yellow Fever Concerns At Angola Children's Hospital

Aedes aegypti mosquitos carry yellow fever and are found throughout tropical Africa and parts of South America. (SPL)

A yellow fever outbreak in Angola that began late last year has killed 158 people, up from 50 a month ago, as deaths from the disease transmitted by mosquitoes accelerate, a World Health Organization official said on Friday.

France Wants Term ‘Femicide’ Adopted In International Law Alongside ‘Genocide’

French Junior minister for Family matters Laurence Rossignol. © Charles Platiau / Reuters

Speaking on the fate of Yazidi women, who are taken as sex slaves, raped and slaughtered in thousands by jihadists in the Middle East, French minister Laurence Rossignol urged the UN to adopt the term “femicide” into international law to describe such horrific crimes.

EBOLA OUTBREAK: Two New Ebola Cases In Guinea

AFP

Two people have tested positive for Ebola in Guinea, three months after the outbreak was declared over in the country.

We Operate Patients With Lamps, Torchlight — UITH Doctors

Epileptic Power Supply At University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital

The immediate past president of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital branch, Dr. Oyinlola Oluwagbemiga and his successor, Dr. Ade Faponle, on Wednesday said that due to epileptic power supply in the hospital, doctors have had to use lamps, torchlight and phone lights to treat patients.

Buhari’s Economic Retreat Starts On Monday

From left: President Muhammadu Buhari; Executive Secretary World Muslim League Saudi Arabia, Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdul Moshin Al-Turki; and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa''ad Abubakar, at the International Islamic Conference on Peace and Stability in Abuja yesterday.

An economic retreat convened by the present administration to offer solutions to the current economic challenges facing Nigeria will hold on Monday and Tuesday next week.

EBOLA OUTBREAK: Guinea Govt Says Two People Have Died From Ebola

The cases are the first in Guinea since the country was declared Ebola free at the end of last year ©Cellou Binani (AFP)

Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, as the WHO declared a flare-up of the virus in neighbouring Sierra Leone over.

2-IN-1 STORY: National Assembly Fails To Pass 2016 Budget As Promised; NASS Committee Detects Fresh Flaws In 2016 Budget

National Assembly, Abuja

The National Assembly has dashed the expectation the 2016 budget would be passed this week.

Hanan al-Hroub — 'World's Best Teacher' Returns Home To Palestinian Pride

Hanan al-Hroub attends a public reception upon her arrival in the West Bank city of Jericho from Jordan on March 16, 2016 ©Abbas Momani (AFP)

The Palestinian woman who this week won a US$1 million "World's Best Teacher" award returned home Wednesday and pledged to use part of her winnings to help students and educators.

FIFA Condemns South Africa Over 2010 World Cup

AFP

The new leadership of world football governing body FIFA has for the first time said that South Africa paid a bribe to host the 2010 World Cup.

Suicide Bombers Attack Mosque In Maiduguri

Boko Haram have often targeted Maiduguri in their seven-year insurgency

Two female suicide bombers have attacked a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 22 worshippers, emergency officials say.

16 Nigerian Communities ‘Raided By Gendarmes’ Threaten To Join Cameroon

Cameroon has annexed 16 mangrove island villages of Effiat clan in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State

Leaders of 16 mangrove island communities in Akwa Ibom State have threatened to join Cameroon if the Nigerian government fails to stop Cameroonian gendarmes from constantly molesting them.

Central Bank Of Nigeria Secretly Hired 909

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recruited 909 staff in two years without advertising the vacancies.

Buhari: I'll Expose How Elite Conspire To Ruin Nigeria, Vows To Deal With Sponsors Of Rivers Violence

President Muhammadu Buhari answers a question during his meeting with the Nigerian Community in Equatorial Guinea yesterday. With him are Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello (right), Nigerian Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea Mr Adadu Echi (2nd right), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Ibrahim (2nd left) and Minister of Defence retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan Ali.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerians would soon see how some of the elite conspired to ruin the country.

Dreams Of Football Stardom Dashed For Young Africans

Nigerian Sunday Akoh, 20, sits on a rail waiting for the lunch at the AD Nogueirense sporting association at Nogueira do Cravo ©Patricia De Melo Moreira (AFP)

They dream of being the next Cristiano Ronaldo, but for many budding young stars who arrive in Portugal from Africa and Latin America, Europe's football riches remain an illusion.

FOR THE RECORD: Buhari Receives Equatorial Guinea’s Highest Honour

President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo decorating President Muhammadu Buhari with the medal of the national honour, the Grand Collar of the Order of the Independence in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

President Muhammadu Buhari late Monday in Malabo received Equatorial Guinea’s highest national honour, the Grand Collar of the Order of the Independence, and dedicated it to the people of Nigeria, who, he said, have worked tirelessly for peace in the country and Africa.

UN Agency Stops Work With Ambassador Maria Sharapova

Sharapova faces being banned by tennis authorities after testing positive for meldonium

A United Nations agency says it has stopped working with Maria Sharapova pending the tennis star's doping case.

World Leaders Chase Goal Of Gender Equality By 2030

U.N. Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

The head of UN Women said Monday that world leaders attending an annual meeting on the status of women have a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to better the lives of women and girls by implementing U.N. goals approved by world leaders last year.

FOR THE RECORD: NDLEA Busts Mexican-Nigerian Drug Cartel

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered a methamphetamine laboratory run by Mexicans and dislodged a major drug trafficking organization in the country.

UK Maths Teacher Up For Million-Dollar Nobel-Style Award

Colin Hegarty is in the running for the second annual Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize

A UK maths teacher who has created more than a thousand videos explaining the subject to children will find out if he has won a million-dollar Nobel-style award.

FOR THE RECORD: Appeal Court Affirms Nollywood Actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima’s 5-Year Jail Term

Nollywood actress Ibinabo Fiberesima

The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday, dismissed an appeal by Nollywood actress Ibinabo Fiberesima challenging a jail term slammed on her by a Lagos High Court.

Nigerian President Accused Of Overstating Military Success Against Boko Haram

In this Wednesday April 8, 2015 photo, Nigerian soldiers’ man a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria, a town newly liberated from Boko Haram. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

Nigeria's president has exaggerated the military's success against Boko Haram, say officials in northern Nigeria in response to an American commander's testimony that the Islamic extremist group still holds territory.

FOR THE RECORD: AU Approves Nigeria’s Centre For Disease Control As Regional Hub

Ambassador Maiyegun (2nd left) surrounded by other officials of AU and WHO at a Press Briefing at the end of their Visit in Abuja

The African Union said on Saturday that Nigeria will host one of Africa’s Centre for Disease Control, CDC.

Electricity Blackout: Nigerians Reject Buhari’s Apology

•A fuel attendant dispenses fuel into a generator (1), another line of generators at a filling station (2) in Lagos... on Thursday. Image credits: 36ng.com

Nigerians have rejected the Federal Government’s apology for the deplorable supply of electricity and fuel across the country.

Man Cycling Round The World Loses Bike

Somen Debnath cycling round the world lost his famous bicycle in Guinea Bissau

Somen Debnath, an Indian cycling round the world on a bicycle, has lost his famous bicycle, months before his journey is to end.