A plane carrying 98 people crashed into a two-story building during takeoff in Kazakhstan, leaving at least 15 people dead, reports said. The Bek Air aircraft was heading from Almaty International Airport to the country’s capital of Nursultan when it lost height around 7:22 a.m. Friday local time, the BBC reported. ALSO READ: Netanyahu wins party […]

The Philippines has banned two U.S. lawmakers from visiting and will introduce tighter entry restrictions for U.S. citizens should Washington enforce sanctions over the detention of a top government critic, the president’s spokesman said on Friday. President Rodrigo Duterte will impose a requirement on U.S. nationals to get visas should any Philippine officials involved in […]

Indian authorities stepped up security in major cities on Friday and suspended mobile data services in some places in an effort to maintain order ahead of protests planned against a new citizenship law. At least 25 people have been killed in protests across the country since the law, seen as discriminatory toward Muslims, was adopted […]

The year 1960 was to be crucial for Africa: 17 sub-Saharan countries became independent from their European colonisers, 14 of them from France. Here is a timeline of events in Africa that year: – January – – 1: Cameroon, a former German protectorate split between Britain and France after World War I, becomes independent – […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily won a vote to keep the Likud party helm, the party said on Friday, in a boost ahead of what is likely to be a hard-fought general election in March. A Likud tally gave Netanyahu 72.5% of votes in Thursday’s party ballot, against 27.5% for challenger Gideon Saar, who […]

A Nigerian-born pastor in Britain, Gabriel Diya, 52; his daughter Comfort Diya, nine; and his son, Praise-Emmanuel Diya, 16, were on Thursday, December 26, named as the tourists who drowned inside the swimming pool at the Club La Costa World complex in Spain on Christmas Eve. Pastor Diya, who was a pastor at Open Heavens […]

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers believes it will be “very, very hard to stop” Liverpool winning the Premier League, while also singling out Trent Alexander-Arnold for praise. Liverpool moved 13 points clear at the top after thrashing Leicester 4-0 at King Power Stadium on Boxing Day. Rodgers said his former club, who have won 17 […]

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has confirmed Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr will be required to reside in the country. The German tactician was appointed in 2016 on a three-year contract – which runs out this month – and will be offered a new deal following his satisfactory performance with the […]

By Chinedu Adonu NON governmental organization, Team of Detecting Agency for Government Reform Initiative, TDAGRI, has advocated for registration of prostitution work as a business in Nigeria. The leader of the group, Hon, Nebeck Eziora made this proposal in a press release titled, “Nigeria in the Era of New Political Invention” stressing that prostitution should […]

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised the attitude of his side and insists the front three will always be “a handful” when they are given as much space as they were in their 4-1 thumping of Newcastle. Matty Longstaff stunned the home crowd early on as he scored for the second time against the […]

Residents of Edo State have applauded the state government for the serene and peaceful atmosphere in which they marked the Yuletide festivities. A cross-section of the residents, who spoke with journalists in Benin City, said the celebrations went on peacefully, owing to the proactive measures put in place by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, the […]

By Soni Daniel Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami said there was no pressure mounted on the Federal Government at home or abroad that compelled the release of Omoyele Sowore and Sambo Dasuki, The Minister who spoke to the BBC Hausa and the Hausa Service of the Voice of America said […]

By James Ogunnaike No fewer than two persons on Thursday lost their lives, while seven others sustained injuries in three different road crashes across Ogun State. According to a statement by the Federal Road Safety Corps, one of the accidents involving two vehicles, a Toyota Camry with registration numbers SMK734XE 36 CP and a BAJAJ […]

Ado Ekiti—The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights, Hon Opeyemi Bamidele, has described the release of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and the leader of “RevolutionNow”, Omoyele Sowore from detention, as a testimony to the fact that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government, respect judiciary.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has projected a high cost of doing business in 2020. Its Director-General, Dr Muda Yusuf, made the projection in the LCCI 2019 Economic Review and Outlook For 2020 made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. He attributed the projected high cost to poor infrastructure, multiplicity of […]