By Our Correspondent A businesswoman, Sikira Deji, on Tuesday, dragged her husband, Okediji before a Customary Court in jikwoyi Abuja, for alleged abandonment. The petitioner, who resides in Mararaba, Nasarawa State in a divorce petition she filed against her husband, said he abandoned her and their two children for over four years. “He secretly travelled […]
Over two million tourists have visited the Philippines since February, raking in over $1.76 billion in revenue, Philippine Tourism Secretary, Christina Frasco, said on Tuesday. The Department of Tourism (DOT) said 2,025,421 visitors arrived in the Philippines as of Nov. 14. DOT data showed that 1,487,343 or 73.43 per cent of the total tourist arrivals […]
India registered 474 new daily COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the Federal Health Ministry said. The cases reported marked a decrease in comparison to the daily caseload of Monday’s 547. The ministry has issued conflicting reports about the number of active cases in the country. According to data released by the government, the active caseload stands […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 3,700 people lost their lives in road accidents in the country between January and October. The Acting Corps Marshal FRSC, Dauda Biu, announced the figures at the joint news briefing to commemorate the 2022 Africa Road Safety and World day of remembrance for Road Traffic […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has deregistered 17 political parties following their failure to comply with laws governing political parties in the country. The EC announced the decision in a statement on Monday, saying the certificates of the affected parties have been cancelled since Nov. 1. It explained that none of the 17 political […]
By Our Correspondent Linda Pereira, a cultural tourism packaging strategist, has advised practitioners in the global tourism industry to always create beautiful stories around cultural heritage sites to woo tourists. Pereira gave the advice during a three-day United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) explaining the choice of Nigeria to present African culture to the world […]
By Our Correspondent The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has cited Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage and comparative advantage in the creative industry as the reasons for choosing the country to present African culture to the world. The UNWTO Secretary General, Mr Zurab Pololikashvilli, announced this at the opening of an expert workshop of the […]
The perpetrator of Sunday’s deadly bomb attack which killed six people and injured 81 others here has been arrested by police, said Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu early Monday. “`The person who carried out the attack and left the bomb was detained by the teams of our Istanbul Police Department,” the state-run Anadolu agency quoted […]
By Our Correspondent Flood victims in Bayelsa State have commended Gov. Douye Diri for the help the state government rendered to them at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Yenagoa. They gave the commendation on Monday when the camp was being officially closed. Our Correspondent, who visited the camp, reports that many of the […]
Six coal miners were kidnapped by terrorists on Sunday night in the Bolan district of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, the Police said in a statement on Monday. According to the provincial police, unknown armed terrorists abducted the miners late in the night from the Mach coal mine area in the district and took them away […]