CAN calls for caution, berates warmongers
The Kaduna State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Friday called on all Nigerians of goodwill to help promote peace, as the country passes through another critical period in its history.
Police declare ‘terrorist incident’ at London underground station
An explosion on a London Underground train that injured 18 people on Friday was caused by an “improvised explosive device”, police said.
North Korea fires another missile over Japan, deepens regional tensions
North Korea has fired a missile that flew over Japan’s northern Hokkaido into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, deepening tensions after Pyongyang’s recent test of its most powerful nuclear bomb.
Afrobasket 2017: D’Tigers battle Senegal for final spot
A match-up between Senegal and Nigeria could have been a Final, instead the two African heavyweights are set to meet in one of the two Friday’s FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Semi-Finals in Tunis.
In 2019, is “either you are with President Buhari or with the looters — Lecturer
A lecturer, Mr Bashir Yankuzu, says current grumblings over alleged marginalisation in government affairs by some top politicians, means that Nigeria is getting it right in governance.
Nigeria will continue to remain one nation with common goal… – Sultan
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has appealed to Nigerians to live in peace with one another and avoid actions that would threaten peaceful coexistence of peoples of various ethnic groups.
30 killed, 10 injured in Lagos-Ibadan highway auto crash
An auto accident on the Lagos-Ibadan highway has claimed 30 lives on Thursday night.
Group set up Igbo schools in US, South Africa
Mr. Chima Umealo, the Coordinator of Pillar Igbo Schools, says the institutions were set up to promote Igbo language and cultural values in the United States and South Africa.
Oil prices rise toward $56 as demand outlook brightens
Oil prices were lower on Friday but on course for weekly gains, the third in a row in the case of Brent as the clean-up after hurricane in the United States gathers pace and the outlook for demand rise.
Knife-wielding man attacks soldier on Operation Sentinelle
A knife-wielding man attacked a soldier on Friday, the latest assault to raise questions over whether France’s anti-terror patrols are a target for extremists.
ULC strike ultimatum: Don’t succumb to blackmail by illegal organisation, NLC, TUC tells FG
THE leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Friday advised the Federal Government not to succumb to the alleged blackmail by the United Labour Congress, ULC that has given a seven day ultimatum for strike.
