Riyadh, Aug. 2, 2018 (Xinhua/NAN) Saudi Arabia said Thursday it banned five vehicles loaded with camels from entering Mecca in a bid to protect pilgrims from contagious diseases. Omar Al Faqih, director of the branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in Mecca, said his office was implementingContinue Reading
Amuwo Odofin (Lagos State), Aug. 2, 2018 (NAN) An All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker in Lagos State, Mr Adedotun Adegbola, on Thursday said that politicians who defected from the party would not win in the 2019 elections. Adegbola spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline ofContinue Reading
Hajiya Aisha Alhassan, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development says she has not resigned her position as a member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Alhassan disclosed this while speaking in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. “Contrary to insinuations especially inContinue Reading
Sen. Abduallhi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa West) has attributed the recent developments in the country’s political space to acts of jealousy over President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements. Adamu said this while addressing All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders at an expanded meeting on Thursday in Lafia. “We do know for a fact that whatContinue Reading
The Federal Government on Thursday said that the 823 million dollars spent on 45.245 km Abuja light rail mass transit, inaugurated by President Mugammadu Buhari on July 22, was justifiable. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who took journalists on a tour of the rail project inContinue Reading
By Martha Azi Rep. Johnbull Shekarau (PDP-Shendam/Mikang) has donated 700 vials of Anti-Snake Venom (ASV), worth N25 million, to Zamko Comprehensive Health Centre, Langtang, Plateau State. Dr. Nyam Azi, Medical Officer of the health centre, an outpost of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) who confirmed this to the NewsContinue Reading
By Mustapha Sumaila The European Union (EU) on Tuesday said no fewer than 11,100 Nigerians, who were among irregular migrants in Libya, had so far returned to the country. Mr Richard Young, the EU Deputy Head of Delegation in Nigeria, made the disclosure at a Public Lecture and Book LaunchContinue Reading
John Abebe, the brother-in-law of former president Olusegun Obasanjo was remanded in Ikoyi Prison, Lagos today over an alleged forgery slammed against him by the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos ordered the remand after listening toContinue Reading
MOSCOW, (Xinhua) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday discussed Syrian settlement with a high-level Russian delegation in Damascus, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The delegation included Russia’s special presidential envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentyev, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin and representatives of the Defense Ministry, it said inContinue Reading
