The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need for peaceful co-existence between Christian and Muslim faithful in order to engender peace and unity in the country. The Minister made the remarks in Oro, Kwara State,…
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STANBIC IBTC BANK RANKED BEST IN NIGERIA
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has received a four-star rating in the maiden Lafferty Banking 500 Global Benchmarking Study. The rating, published by the Lafferty Group which provides research and intelligence to the banking…
Read MoreAPC CRISIS: TINUBU MUST HAVE BEEN ‘ILL-INFORMED’ – OKOROCHA
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has dismissed rumours that he is mulling defecting from the All Progressives Congress(APC) over the fallout of the party’s governorship primaries in the state. Okorocha spoke with State House correspondents after a closed door…
Read More96-YEAR OLD INDIAN WOMAN BREAKS LITERACY EXAM RECORD
A 96-year-old Indian woman has set a record by scoring 98 marks out of 100 in the literacy exam in southern state of Kerala, officials said. The Kerala State literacy mission conducts equivalency examination in different grades for people…
Read MoreTRUMP THREATENS TO SHOOT ‘MIGRANT INVADERS’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that soldiers deployed to the Mexican border could shoot Central American migrants who throw stones at them while attempting to cross illegally. Trump told journalists at the White House that a group of…
Read MoreTRUMP THREATENS TO SHOOT ‘MIGRANT INVADERS’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that soldiers deployed to the Mexican border could shoot Central American migrants who throw stones at them while attempting to cross illegally. Trump told journalists at the White House that a group…
Read MoreU.S. GRANTS EIGHT COUNTRIES IRAN SANCTIONS WAIVERS
The U.S. government has agreed to let eight countries, including close allies South Korea and Japan, as well as India, keep buying Iranian oil after it reimposes sanctions on Tehran from next week, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing a U.S….
Read MoreNIGERIAN GOVT REASSURES SAFE RELEASE OF LEAH SHARIBU
The Federal Government on Thursday reassured Nigerians that it was doing its best to ensure safe release of Leah Sharibu, the only one of the kidnapped Dapchi school girls who remained in captivity. The Minister of Information and Culture,…
Read MoreHIT AND RUN DRIVER KILLS NDLEA OFFICER IN JIGAWA
A hit-and-run driver has killed one Mr Ogbennewo Oluwanifemi, an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of Jigawa command. Mr. Ankeli Adah, Public Relations Officer of the Command announced this in a statement on Thursday in…
Read More1,100 JOURNALISTS MURDERED OVER A DECADE – UN
No fewer than 1,100 journalists were murdered over a decade in the , the UN has said. In 2018 alone, at least 88 journalists have been killed, according to the UN. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a video message…
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