By Victor AsijeChina is ready to invest N2.16 trillion ($60 billion) in Africa in the next three years. The Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China in Lagos, Mr Chao Xiaoliang disclosed this in a post-summit article entitled, “FOCAC Beijing Summit: A New Milestone in China-Africa Relations”. Chao said the new investment drive wasContinue Reading
DISMISSAL FROM SERVICE OF THREE (3) OF THE POLICE PERSONNEL AND INTERDICTION OF THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE INVOLVED IN THE UNAUTHORIZED, ILLEGAL AND UNPROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT IN THE SEARCH OF ELDER STATESMAN, CHIEF EDWIN CLARK’S RESIDENCE IN ASOKORO, ABUJA ON THE 4th OF SEPTEMBER, 2018. The Inspector General of Police has approvedContinue Reading
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) has commenced ” OPERATION THUNDER STRIKE 2? against the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, and has recorded successful strikes against the insurgents. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statementContinue Reading
The world largest social media platform Facebook is losing a large number of young users as about one in four of them had removed the app from their smartphones in the past one year, a new Pew Research Center survey. The survey found that a whopping 44 per cent ofContinue Reading
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the British Prime Minister, Theresa May at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that May who had earlier visited South Africa, is in Nigeria as part of her tour of some AfricanContinue Reading
British Foreign Minister, Jeremy Hunt, accused Google (GOOGL.O) on Thursday of abandoning its moral values by failing to remove child abuse content while launching a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites. The government has repeatedly criticised online platforms such as Twitter, YouTube and FacebookContinue Reading
By Ifeanyi Olannye The Delta Government says an Army Brigade would soon be established in the state capital, Asaba to boost security in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Chief Patrick Ukah, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Asaba. He said that it was part of the decisionsContinue Reading
Theresa May pledged support for East Africa’s fight against Islamist militancy on Thursday during the first trip by a British prime minister to Kenya in 30 years. In Nairobi, the last stop on her three-country Africa trip, May was also at pains to assure the region’s biggest economy that KenyaContinue Reading
By Bosede Olufunmi The Kano State Fire Service on Thursday morning rescued 52-year-old man, Malam Mohammed Zakiru, from a collapsed duplex at Kofar Na’isa Quarters in Kano. Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, the service Public Relations Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that Zakiru was trapped in aContinue Reading
