Police Fraud Unit Arrests 20 Visa Racketeers In Lagos

Nigerian Passport Image credit: Naij.com

The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) says it has arrested over 20 suspects who specialized in counterfeiting entry visas of some foreign countries.

China’s Birthrate Dropped Despite Allowing 2-Child Families

In this Dec. 23, 2017 photo, parents and children play together at an activity station during the grand opening of a Hamleys toy store in Beijing. The birthrate in China fell in 2017 despite the country easing family limits and allowing all couples to have two children. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The birthrate in China fell last year despite the country easing its family planning policies and allowing all couples to have two children.

In this June 1, 2017 photo, women walk with children wearing matching hats as they cross a bridge at a public park on International Children's Day in Beijing. The birthrate in China fell in 2017 despite the country easing family limits and allowing all couples to have two children. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Aubameyang Saga Overshadows Dortmund's Start To Year

In this Dec. 12, 2017 photo Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looks on during a German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund in Mainz, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Borussia Dortmund was hoping for a quiet start to the year after a turbulent 2017 but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has ensured the drama continues.

In this Nov. 21, 2017 photo, Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang misses to score during the soccer Champions’ League group H match between Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur in Dortmund, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Zimbabwe Elections ‘Within Five Months’

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said peaceful elections are critical to reposition Zimbabwe as a democratic country Image credit: AFP

Zimbabwe will hold elections in four to five months, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reported in the state-owned Herald as saying.

Eagles To Play Six Matches Ahead Of World Cup

Nigeria’s (top L-R) Leon Balogun, William Ekong, Anthony Nwakaeme, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Onyinye Ndidi, John Ogu, (bottom L-R) Abdullahi Shehu, Alexander Iwobi, Ola Aina, Oghenekaro Etebo, and Kelechi Iheanacho pose prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B qualifying football match between Algeria and Nigeria at the Chahid Hamlaou Stadium in Constantine on November 10, 2017. Ryad Kramdi / AFP

• NFF extends Rohr’s contract for two years

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday made public its 2018 FIFA World Cup program for the Super Eagles, revealing venues and dates for six pre-World Cup friendly matches.

Guinean Pregnancy 'Trickster' Arrested

Some of the women experienced pregnancy symptoms for 15 months Image credit: BBC

Police in Guinea are expected to charge a traditional healer with endangering the lives of people under false pretense after she allegedly gave sterile women a concoction to make them pregnant.

Ms N’Fanta Camara, accusing her of being a "trickster" defends herself from the allegations Image credit: BBC

Fake Medicines Flourish In Africa Despite Killing Thousands

Adjame, the biggest street market of fake medicines in West Africa which accounts for 30% of medicine sales in Côte d'Ivoire. Africa is easy prey for the "industry" of fake drugs, which would be the cause of the death of some 120,000 people annually. Image source: Africannews

There's nothing covert about Roxy -- a huge market in Abidjan selling counterfeit medicine, the scourge of Africa and the cause of around 100,000 deaths annually on the world's poorest continent.

Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewale, has given December 31, 2018 as deadline for relocation of Onitsha drug market to Coordinated Warehouse Centre (CWC) in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Image source: Daily Post

Oil Propels Nigerian Shares To 9-Year Peak

A surge in the oil price and a brighter economic outlook have boosted Nigeria's equity market

Nigerian stocks have jumped to a nine-year high as Africa's biggest economy emerges from its worst recession in 25 years, buoyed by the high price of oil at US$69 a barrel.

Liberia President Rejects Her Expulsion From Political Party

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has rejected her expulsion from the governing party as illegal, saying she will appeal the decision.

Embattled Israeli Drugmaker Teva Fined For Foreign Bribes

Pharmaceutical giant Teva has been fined US$22 million by Israel's justice ministry for bribing foreign officials

Israel's justice ministry said Monday it had fined pharmaceutical giant Teva US$22 million for bribing foreign officials in a settlement that spares the company a potential criminal trial.

DAILY TRUST INTERVIEW: Why INEC Can’t Stop Registration Of Political Parties — Prof. Yakubu

Professor Mahmood Yakubu is the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Abuja-Kaduna Rail Costs ₦1.7bn Per Kilometre — Daily Trust Investigations

It cost the federal government ₦1.7 billion (US$4.7 million) to construct each kilometre of the186km Abuja-Kaduna rail project, Daily Trust investigations have revealed.

Liberia Party Drops Sirleaf After Weah Poll Win

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state, is stepping down after a maximum of two terms but her party is expelling her for not backing its candidate, her vice-president Joseph Boakai

Liberia's ruling party said Sunday it had expelled outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for not backing her vice-president, Joseph Boakai, in a presidential election run-off lost to former footballer George Weah.

Sirleaf's vice-president Joseph Boakai (L) lost out to former football star George Weah in the December 26 poll

Five Ways To Stop Hackers When Banking Online — Bankrate

Image source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

Evading banking cyberthreats is more challenging than ever. This is simply because in Nigeria, like in overseas too, customers are increasingly embracing electronic banking.

Africans Outraged Over 'Racist' Trump Remarks

AU chief Moussa Faki's spokeswoman said Trump's reported comment was "clearly" racist

Africans have reacted angrily after US President Donald Trump reportedly referred to their nations as "shithole countries", with many accusing the US president of racism and ignorance.

Trump reportedly demanded to know why the United States should accept immigrants from "shithole countries", after lawmakers raised the issue of protections for immigrants from African nations, Haiti and El Salvador

Forget 2019, End Herdsmen Attacks, Kidnappings, Killings, Sani Tells Buhari

Senator Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central, APC)

Worried by the security and economic situations plaguing Nigerians, human rights activist and senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to forget his ambition of running for a second term next year and address the enormous challenges in the country today.

Sports Doping Film Proves Russia Meddled In US Elections — Producers

Director Bryan Fogel attended the 'Icarus' New York Screening

The makers of a critically acclaimed documentary exposing the level of state-sponsored doping in Russian athletics have said their film is proof of the country's meddling in the US elections.

Chinese Authorities Demolish Well-Known Evangelical Church

In this Dec. 6, 2009, file photo, the Golden Lampstand Church is seen in Linfen in northern China's Shanxi Province.

Authorities in northern China's coal country this week demolished a well-known Christian mega-church, underscoring long-standing tensions between religious groups and the officially atheistic Communist Party.

In this image taken from video shot Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, by China Aid and provided to the Associated Press, people watch the demolition of the Golden Lampstand Church in Linfen in northern China's Shanxi province. Witnesses and overseas activists say paramilitary troops known as the People's Armed Police used excavators and dynamite on Tuesday to destroy the Golden Lampstand Church, a Christian mega-church that clashed with the government. (China Aid via AP)

Rohr Excited As NFF Confirms England Friendly

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr

The Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday confirmed that the Super Eagles would face England in a friendly affair at Wembley Stadium in London on June 2.

Oxford Scientists Gave 1,400 South African Babies A New Tuberculosis Vaccine Even Though It Had Killed Five Monkeys During Tests

The vaccine did not harm the South African children - but it didn't protect them against tuberculosis either 

●Nearly 1,400 given jab despite five of six primates dying during medical trials ●Information given to parents of babies said vaccine was shown to be effective ●The babies were not harmed by jab but it did not protect against tuberculosis 

Oxford University academics gave South African babies a new TB vaccine linked to the deaths of monkeys in tests.