A gunman shot dead five members of a family injuring another inside a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Wednesday, Kabul police spokesman, Khalid Zadran confirmed. An armed man, carrying a pistol, opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing five people, all members of the same family, Zadran confirmed […]
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah, on Tuesday, launched a national programme for the treatment of cancer patients. The government is also establishing a new government agency, database and localising patients in the country. The new agency will be responsible for developing and implementing necessary policies, plans and programmes to treat cancer. The database is to […]
By Our Correspondent Gov. Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe has reiterated his commitment to sustain the leadership position in transparency, accountability and following due process in all transactions. Buni stated this while reacting to the “ overall top performer” award won by the state on fiscal transparency and accountability in Abuja. The governor’s spokesman, Alhaji Mamman […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has attracted over $3 billion in investment in the Oil and Gas Sector. Mr Femi Adesina quoted Buhari as stating this at the inauguration of the Kolmani Integrated Development Project in Bauchi. Such investment, he said, is coming at a time of near-zero appetite for investment in fossil energy. […]
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says the situation in Iran is critical” as authorities’ response to protests have caused over 300 deaths in two months. Volker Turk, the spokesperson for U.N. Human Rights Chief, made this known at a Geneva news briefing on Tuesday. He said that “the rising number of deaths from […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, confirmed 17 people dead and four others injured in an auto crash on Kwali-Abaji Road, before Awawa in Abuja. The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, in a statement, said the crash occurred at about 6.30 a.m. involved two vehicles. The vehicles are a […]
At least five persons have died in Malawi due to adverse weather, which included strong winds, stormy rains, lightning and hailstorms, in different parts of the country, an official said. A spokesman for the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), Chipiliro Khamula, said on Monday that preliminary reports indicated that 450 households in 11 districts […]
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the Indonesia’s West Java province, on Monday, has killed at least 162 people, officials said. The quake also caused heavy damage to many houses, buildings and infrastructure facilities. People strongly felt the tremors in the national capital Jakarta. About 13,784 people were forced to flee their homes and take shelter […]
Zoom Video Communications Inc, on Monday, lowered its annual revenue forecast, as the video-conferencing platform expects a hit from declining online business. Zoom Chief Financial Officer, Kelly Steckelberg, said during a post-earnings call that the company’s online business would decline nearly eight per cent during the year. After recording blistering growth during the pandemic, Zoom, […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, Monday, says enthroning the right leadership is the only way to solve 75 per cent of Nigeria’s problems. Obi who appeared at the Editors Forum, an initiative of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), on Monday in Lagos, said the nation’s numerous challenges […]