(Reuters/NAN) – Monica Lewinsky cut short an Israeli interview and walked off stage after what she described on Tuesday as an “off limits” question about former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Lewinsky, whose affair as a White House intern with Clinton in the 1990s nearly brought down his presidency, sat forContinue Reading
By Lucy Osuizigbo The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Sunday called for support for the party’s candidate in the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola. Tinubu said in Lagos that Oyetola was the best man for the job and the one to beat inContinue Reading
By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has released 19 new high yield crop varieties to enhance agricultural production. The National Variety Release Committee (NVRC) approved the release at its 26th meeting held at its secretariat at the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Ibadan.Continue Reading
Youths of Lopandet village in Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau have attacked and injured two Policemen attached to the ‘A’ Division of the State Police Command while on duty in the community. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, DSP TernaContinue Reading
The Police in Lagos on Tuesday, arraigned a 31-year-old applicant, Joshua Oshame, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly assaulting two policemen while under the influence of hard drug. Oshame, whose address was not given, is facing a two-count charge bordering on assault. The prosecutor, Sgt Michael Unah, alleged thatContinue Reading
A 24-year-old housekeeper, Abosede Owofolabi, was on Tuesday remanded in Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, after she pleaded guilty to stealing her employer’s gold worth N10 million. An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court which gave the ruling, directed that the convict should be kept behind bars pending sentence. Abosede, who resides with her employer,Continue Reading
Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, has said that nobody can rule Nigeria without tapping the education and business ingenuity of Ndi Igbo. Bafarawa, a two time governor of Sokoto State, made this known when Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi hosted him in Enugu on Tuesday. He was in EnuguContinue Reading
(dpa/NAN)Pakistan on Tuesday elected Arif Alvi, backed by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party of Prime Minister Imran Khan, as its 13th president for the next five years. According to unofficial results, Alvi secured 353 votes out of a possible 679. He is expected to replace Mamnoon Hussain, an allyContinue Reading
By Racheal Ishaya The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it recorded its highest ever monthly revenue of N140.4 billion in August 2018. The Customs Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Attah, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) said the improvementContinue Reading
