Lagos pledges support for military schools
The Lagos State Government will be supporting secondary schools established by the military formation across the state to increase access to education for residents.
Bayelsa Guber Election: YIAGA AFRICA tasks media on accurate reportage
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Ahead of the November 16th governorship elections in Bayelsa State, an election observer, YIAGA AFRICA, tasked the media on accurate reportage of the election including use of data, especially from Watching The Vote, WTV, project. The visit and parley by YIAGA AFRICA with the media in the State was made […]
Airbnb announces plans to go public in 2020
Internet home stay company Airbnb said Thursday it plans to make its stock market debut next year but offered few details.
United States drone strike kills 30 farm workers in Afghanistan
A US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s labour in the fields, officials said on Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night also injured 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and labourers who had just finished collecting pine nuts at mountainous […]
Tribunal upholds Emmanuel’s re-election
Governor dedicates victory to God Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo THE Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, on Thursday upheld the re-election of Governor Udom Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP.) The tribunal had on September 10, adopted the final addresses from the petitioners and respondents involved in […]
Nigeria loses $1.35b (N481b) to oil theft — NEC
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The National Economic Council, NEC, on Thursday said that Nigeria has lost 22.6 million barrels of oil to the activities of petroleum pipeline vandalism and stealing of crude oil in the first six months of this year. The quantity lost is estimated at $1.35 billion (N481.95 billion). This is as NEC has […]
