Increase In Population Becoming A Drawback, Obasanjo Warns
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned against the increase in population in the country. Obasanjo said that Nigeria’s population was becoming a drawback due to its inappropriate management, saying except something urgent was done, Nigeria might be declared the third-largest country in 2050. He called for population management in the face of the geometric population […]
Kaduna Govt. Launches YALWA, Sign MoU On Maize, Soybeans Production
Kaduna State government in partnership with Golden Agri Inputs, an FMNAGRO company, has launched “Project YALWA” (Abundance) for farmers in the state. The partnership is contained in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the state government and the agricultural firm in Kaduna. It is directed at increasing the production of maize and soybeans in […]
Governors, Echelons Of APC, Ministers Storm Kano To Conclude Yusuf Buhari’s Wedding
Governors and ministers yesterday filled the palace of the emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero in Kano for the engagement of his younger brother, His Royal Highness, the emir of Bichi Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero’s daughter Zahara Nasir Ado Bayero to Yusuf Muhammadu Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari. The palace was filled […]
Andy Uba Wins Anambra APC Guber Ticket
An All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Andy Nnamdi Uba, has won 13 other aspirants to become the party’s governorship candidate in the November 6 election. The chairman of the APC primary election panel and governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, announced the outcome of the poll at Golden Tulip Hotel, […]
111 Yemen Govt And Rebel Fighters Killed In Marib In 3 Days – Govt
Clashes between rebels and Yemeni government fighters killed at least 111 in Marib in three days, pro-government sources said, following a renewed offensive by Huthi insurgents. The Iran-allied insurgents escalated their efforts to seize Marib, the government’s last stronghold in northern Yemen, in February, and the fighting has killed hundreds on both sides. The fighting […]
Boko Haram, ISWAP Factions Reunites
Reports suggest Boko Haram terrorists are reunited with the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway faction of the insurgent group. A 13-minute video released on Saturday and obtained by local media shows the gunmen placing “their hands atop one another, while chanting words of solidarity, to demonstrate their reuniting and togetherness.” They […]
Drug Trafficking And Abuse Pose More Threat Than Insurgency And Banditry- Buhari
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday identified drug trafficking and abuse as more threatening to the stability of the nation than banditry and insurgency that are prevalent in some parts of Nigeria. The president, declared that drug abuse has become so endemic in the country now that it already stretches across three generations of grandparents, […]
US: Five Dead After Hot Air Balloon Crashes In Albuquerque Street
A hot air balloon hit a power line and crashed onto a busy street in Albuquerque on Saturday, killing all five people on board, including the parents of an Albuquerque police officer, police said. The crash happened around 7 a.m. in the city’s west side, police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said. Police identified two of the […]
Outcry Over South Africa’s Multiple Husbands Proposal
A proposal by the South African government to legalise polyandry – when a woman has more than one husband at the same time – has led to howls of protest from conservative quarters. This does not surprise Professor Collis Machoko, a renowned academic on the topic. The objections are “about control,” he told the BBC. […]
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock Quits After Breaking Covid Rules By Kissing Aide
British Health Minister Matt Hancock has resigned, a day after being called out for breaking social distancing rules by kissing an aide. The 42-year-old handed his resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday after The Sun tabloid published photos of the married minister embracing a woman who he had appointed to a taxpayer-funded role […]
