Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an independent investigation into the death of Miss Ifedolapo Oladepo in Kano State while on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program. A statement issued in Abuja by…
The people should be taken into confidence in the Badagry Deep Seaport Project Two months ago, aggrieved youths and elders of the 10 communities hosting the Federal University of Technology, Owerri protested an alleged incursion…
Abuja — The Nigerian Defense Headquarters (DHQ) Wednesday said it would punish or dismiss soldiers found culpable in the alleged raped of some women in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the North-east where…
Voters in Ghana are awaiting official results from Wednesday’s election to choose the country’s next president and parliament. Ghana’s electoral commission is releasing provisional results from the presidential poll one constituency at a time over…
Vote-counting has begun in the West African nation of Ghana, after polls to choose the country’s next president and parliament. VOA’s Peter Clottey, reporting from Ghana’s capital of Accra, reports polls closed in Ghana at…
ACCRA — Voters in Ghana went to the polls Wednesday as the West African nation held elections for a new parliament and president. The presidential race is seen as a close contest between incumbent John…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has applied for a bailout from government to enable them pay off the Super Falcons, who won their 8th African Women Cup of Nations title last Saturday in Yaounde, Cameroon….
Southern Africa’s lengthy drought has gotten worse, aid officials say, and 13.8 million people are now staring down hunger as the lean season starts in the region. These months before the next harvest are critical,…
On January 1, 2017, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will begin accepting applications for the third round of the TEF Entrepreneurship program. The program is the Foundation’s 10-year, US$100 million commitment to training, mentoring and…
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Wale Adeniyi, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos. According to the statement, the prohibition order covers…