The remains of Gen. Donaldson Oladipo Diya, a former Chief of General Staff and Military Governor of Ogun State, will be buried on July 29. Olawale Adekoya, the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to Diya, announced this on Wednesday in Lagos. The NewsZenith reports that the former CGS died on March 26 aged 78. […]
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, sentenced a 29-year-old man, Adegboro Wale, to one-year imprisonment for theft. The trial Magistrate, Mr Bankole Oluwasanmi, sentenced the convict following the establishment of his guilty plea. Wale’s guilty plea is based on the facts of the case and available evidence before the court. The prosecutor, Insp Akinwale […]
Staff at the British Passport Office in the United Kingdom began a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. More than 1,000 members of Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at eight sites walked out in the long-running row. The PCS General Secretary, Mark Serwotka, announced on […]
At least three people died, and several others sustained injuries in three shootings in southern France on Sunday night, news channel BFMTV reported citing police sources. The three shootings took place in the city of Marseille. Initial shooting happened in the Le Castellas neighbourhood, resulting in two deaths. The second shooting took place in the […]
The Rwandan ruling party, Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi) re-elected President Paul Kagame as its chairman for a five-year term on Sunday. Kagame won 2,099 out of 2,102 total votes, defeating Abdul Karim Harerimana, at the party’s 16th national congress. The party held the congress at it’s headquarters in Rusororo, on the outskirts of the capital Kigali. […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure …..To train 27 young Africans in Akure The International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) has approved a grant award for Dr Stephen Adeniyi Adefegha, an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA, to host 27 young aspiring neuroscientists. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations […]
Troops of One Division of the Nigerian Army, operating in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, said they killed five bandits and recovered four AK-7 rifles. Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations One Division Nigerian Army, announced this on Friday in Kaduna. Yahaya said the operation was in continuation of the […]
At least five children and a driver died while 15 others sustained injuries after a bus transporting passengers and students collided with a truck in Cameroon. The accident occurred in Cameroon’s Southwest region, on Friday, according to local authorities. The prefect of Fako division, Chaibou, said that the accident occurred at the Milowe locality of […]
Tunisian National Guard, said on Friday it intercepted 74 undocumented migrants of sub-Saharan African nationalities off its southeast coast. The National Guard spokesman, Houcemeddine Jbabli, said they apprehended the migrants while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. “As part of the fight against illegal immigration, we foiled two illegal immigration attempts late Thursday night […]
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance, on Thursday, honoured the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba with the award of “Grand Defender of Democracy”. This is in recognition of his many achievements the Nigeria Police has recorded since assuming leadership of the Force. “The Coalition comprises leaders of 37 Pro-Democracy and Civil Society […]