The United States called
Saturday for the International Monetary Fund to speak out on crucial global
economic matters, such as exchange rates, even if this made it unpopular.
Saturday, October 08, 2016
3-IN-1 STORY: DSS Raid: NBA Declares A State Of Emergency On Judiciary
Nigeria’s Flamingoes Out Of World Cup
Nigeria’s Flamingoes on
Saturday crashed out of the ongoing fifth edition of the FIFA Under-17 Women’s
World Cup in Jordan, thus recording the country’s worst outing at the
competition.
Washington Voters To Decide On US's First Carbon Tax
Washington lawmakers have
tried and failed in recent years to make polluters pay for their carbon
emissions to fight climate change. Now, voters will get to decide.
DSS Stings Judges, Recovers Money
Buhari: Why I Won’t Stop Passing The Buck
President Muhammadu Buhari |
President Muhammadu
Buhari said he will continue passing the buck for Nigerians to know what went
wrong with the country in the past. According to him, it was absolutely
necessary to blame his predecessors for the nation’s woes in order to “remind
people who take things for granted.”
GOP Defections Begin As Party Grapples With Trump Comments
Republican leaders from
Utah to Alabama called on Donald Trump to quit the presidential race on
Saturday as a party in crisis grappled with the fallout from its White House
nominee's vulgar and sexually charged comments caught on tape.
Iwobi Shocked At PHCN Over Power Outage
Friday, October 07, 2016
Ghana Begins Fuel Exports To Nigeria, Other W'Africa Nations
The 'Big Five' Decisions At CITES Wildlife Trade Meeting
The world's largest
wildlife meeting wrapped up late Tuesday with conservationists hailing progress
in tightening rules on trafficking of endangered species including sharks, grey
parrots and pangolins.
Money Problems Delay Super Eagles' Journey To Zambia
JUST IN: Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, Wins 2016 Nobel Peace Prize
Indian Police Arrest 70 For Targeting Americans In Tax Scam
A police official, centre, escorts two men outside the court in Thane, outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) |
Indian police have
arrested 70 people and are questioning hundreds more after uncovering a massive
scam to cheat thousands of Americans out of millions of dollars by posing as
U.S. tax authorities and demanding unpaid taxes, a police officer said
Thursday.
A police official, right, escorts two men outside the court in Thane, outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) |
EBOLA OUTBREAK: Ebola Scare Nurse Pauline Cafferkey To Spend Second Day In Hospital
Vice Principal, Teacher, Four Pupils Kidnapped In Lagos
It all seemed like an
action movie.
A group of gunmen stormed a Lagos school, shot in the air to cause commotion
and abducted the vice principal, a teacher and four pupils.
Thursday, October 06, 2016
FOR THE RECORD: Blocking Nigeria From Coal-Fired Power Is Hypocrisy, Adeosun Tells Western Powers
Kemi Adeosun, minister of
finance, says it is hypocritical of the west and multilateral institutions to
tell Nigeria not to use coal-fired power, which drove western industrialization.
Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Africa Could Be Significant LNG Importer By 2025 — Total
Operators Want Telco-Led Mobile Money Initiative In Nigeria
Telecommunications service
providers have renewed clamour to lead mobile money initiative in Nigeria on
the basis that the current model has not been impactful on the economy.
Onyegbule Re-writes Records As Kogi Selects First-Ever Female Press Secretary
Rigobert Song Flown To Paris
FOR THE RECORD: How Shell Duped Nigeria Of US$406.75 Million — FG
Tax Fossil Fuels Or Risk Kids' Future: US Climate Scientist
Tanzanians Do Cervical Screening With Phone App
Health
workers use smart phones and a head torch to take a picture of the cervix. Photo:
BBC
|
Researchers in northern
Tanzania have built an app that nurses and doctors can use to screen women for
cervical cancer, which they say is the first of its kind in the
world.
The
app is called Servical Photo: BBC
|
FOR THE RECORD: Poor Welfare: Nigeria May Lose More Athletes To Other Countries
Francis
Obikwelu: AFN frustrated me to join Portugal
|
Nigeria
may continue to lose some of its talented athletes to countries like U.S.,
Norway, Britain, Qatar and recently, Bahrain because of what the athletes say
is poor welfare and training facilities.
The News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports that the likes of Francis Obikwelu, a Nigerian-born Portuguese
sprinter, specializing in 100m and 200m left for a greener pasture.
Buhari Okays Sale Of Two Aircraft In Presidential Fleet
• Fleet
costs ₦2.52b yearly • Govt to hand over aircraft to Air Force
President Muhammadu
Buhari has approved the sale of two of the 10 aircraft in the presidential air
fleet.
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Police Confirm Kidnap Of Former Minister, Husband In Kaduna
Minister
of Environment in the Jonathan Administration, Mrs Laurentia Laraba Mallam
|
The Kaduna State Police
Command has confirmed the kidnap of the immediate past Minister of Environment,
Mrs. Laurentia Laraba Mallam, and her husband, Mr. Pius, in Bwari/Jere axis
along the Kaduna-Abuja express way on Monday evening.
Ethiopian Protesters Attack Nigerian-Owned Factory
Niger President Issoufou Lauds Buhari For Curtailing Menace Of Boko Haram
Presidents
Patrice Talon of Benin, Idriss Deby Itno of Chad, Mahammadou Issoufou of Niger
Republic and their host, Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria
|
President Mahammadou
Issoufou of Niger Republic, has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
administration for fighting the Boko Haram insurgents to a standstill.
Court Of Arbitration For Sports Gives Sharapova Verdict On Doping Today
Jordan, Turkey Lead Top 10 Countries Hosting Half Of World’s Refugees
Ten countries accounting
for 2.5 percent of world GDP are hosting more than half the world's refugees,
Amnesty International said Tuesday as it slammed what it called the selfishness
of wealthy nations.
Refugees
try to catch a glimpse of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel who was visiting
a camp on the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep, in April 2016 ©- (AFP)
|
Stop Scaring Investors From Niger Delta — Dickson Tells Militants
The Governor of Bayelsa
State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has told militants and other criminal elements to
stop scaring investors and visitors in the Niger Delta region.
Oluwo Denies Labelling Adeboye, Oyedepo Fake Pastors
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba
Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has denied saying that the General Overseer of The
Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and the Presiding
Bishop of the Living Faith World Outreach, Bishop David Oyedepo, are not true
men of God.
Monday, October 03, 2016
Obama Says Olympic Host Decisions A Little 'Cooked'
A
commuter walks by a large television screen in downtown Chicago on Tuesday,
Sept. 29, 2009. Credit: AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
|
President Barack Obama
has suggested that decisions on who hosts the Olympics are corrupt, in a
wide-ranging interview that touched on Chicago's failed 2016 bid.
US
President Barack Obama speaks to his wife Michelle after presenting Chicago's
bid for the 2016 Olympics in Copenhagen on October 2, 2009 ©Charles Dharapak (AFP)
|
Ghana's Ex-President Rawlings Named Chairperson Of Sankara Tribute Fund
Namibia, Zimbabwe Lose Vote To Allow Ivory Trade: CITES
Targeted
for their tusks, Africa's elephants have been decimated by poaching, with a new
study showing the number has fallen by around 111,000 in the past decade
©Martin Bureau (AFP)
|
The global conference
that governs wildlife trade voted Monday against proposals by Namibia and
Zimbabwe to be allowed to sell their ivory internationally, in a move welcomed
by many conservationists.
How China's
ivory addiction explains the new world economy - The Washington Post
|
Products
from elephant ivory are displayed on the centre column of a shelf inside a
carving and jewellery factory in Hong Kong, China October 23, 2015.
REUTERS/Bobby Yip
|
2-IN-1 STORY: National Mourning Begins In Ethiopia; Ethiopians Killed In Stampede After Police Fire Warning Shots During Protest
Ethiopians are observing
three days of national mourning after at least 52 people died during a protest
at a religious festival in the Oromia region on Sunday.
'Plans Being Made' To Fly Song To France
Oil Price Hits US$50, Nigeria’s Exports To Rise
Ex-Footballer Rigobert Song In Hospital 'After Stroke'
Former Cameroonian
international Rigobert Song is in hospital after reportedly suffering a stroke,
the Press Association is reporting.
Mikel, Musa, Iheanacho To Arrive In Camp Today
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