President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to carry everyone along on his last lap as Nigeria’s democratically elected President. President Buhari made the promise when he received at State House, Abuja, some of the Ministers who served with him as military head of state between January 1984 and August 1985. Buhari, who thanked the former Ministers…
Read moreRwandan security forces have killed 19 “terrorists” blamed for an attack that resulted in the deaths of 14 people. Police said the initial attack on Friday was reportedly carried out by ethnic Hutu rebels in the north of the country. Officials suspect that the rebels carried out the killings while searching for food. The retaliatory…
Read moreThe 41-year-old Academic Staff Union of Universities has split with the formation of a new union, the Congress of University Academics. Lecturers from five universities in the country announced the formation of CONUA in Ile-Ife on Saturday. The lecturers, who unveiled the new union, were from the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State; Kwara State University,…
Read moreAir Component of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) has killed no fewer than 10 bandits in forests near Birnin Gwari and Janko Hill in Kaduna State. Spokesman of the Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who confirmed the operation, explained that an armed helicopter while flying over the Birnin Gwari general area on Saturday, spotted the bandits…
Read moreAbout 200,000 out of the 1.8 million 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates have been admitted so far into universities. This was disclosed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday. The board said the tertiary institutions and other stakeholders were still “working round the clock” and would comply with the deadline agreed at…
Read moreReports says the death toll in anti-government protests that have swept Iraq the past four days has soared to at least 60, security and medical. The figure has more than doubled in the past 24 hours, as clashes between protesters and police intensified. The military said unidentified snipers had killed four people in Baghdad, including…
Read moreThere may be shortage of maize grains in Jigawa this year as a result of flood in the state. And this was said to have led to growing concern in Jigawa State over the fear that the state may run short of maize produce this year. It would be recalled that flood had destroyed 90…
Read morePolice in Taraba state have arrested two undergraduates of Modibbo Adama University Yola and Adamawa state university Mubi for alleged kidnapping of a 10 year- old girl. One of the suspects, a 200 level Geology student of Modibbo Adama University Yola, AbdulBasit Umar who is 22 years old happens to be the biological brother of…
Read moreThe death toll of people in the Yellow Fever outbreak in Bauchi State has increased to 17 with another 19 suspected cases. The Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency Dr Rilwanu Muhammed, gave the update in an interview with Daily Trust Saturday in Bauchi. Rilwanu stated that 333 suspected cases…
Read moreA knife-wielding employee has killed four fellow members of staff at police headquarters in the centre of the French capital, Paris. The attacker, who has not been named, was later shot dead by police. Witnesses described scenes of panic, with many people fleeing the building in tears. The area in the île de la Cité…
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