By George Odok The 281 disengaged contract staff of the Cross River Water Board Ltd. on Monday paralysed activities at the office headquarters in Calabar over unpaid salary arrears. The protesting staff members occupied the main entrance of the water board to demand for payment of their 12 months’ salaryContinue Reading
Moscow, July 23, 2018 (dpa/NAN)A dog managed to open an airliner’s luggage hold during a flight from St Petersburg to Moscow, forcing the crew to conduct an emergency landing, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported Monday. The dog, described as being “not large,” broke out of its kennel and “triggered activation” ofContinue Reading
By Ismaila Chafe The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, says Ministers who fail to inaugurate members of board of parastatals under their supervision risk expulsion from the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some ministers including Ministers of State Aviation andContinue Reading
N’DJAMENA, July 23 (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 farmers and kidnapped nine women in western Chad, authorities said, part of a wave of violence that has spread from neighbouring Nigeria across the region. The attackers came into the village of Mayerom in Lake Chad region after darkContinue Reading
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian boat carrying around 40 African migrants has been stranded off the country’s coast without aid for more than a week after authorities refused to let them disembark there, the Red Crescent said on Monday. Monji Slim, an official of the Tunisian Red Crescent, said theContinue Reading
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Diamond producer De Beers said on Monday it was relocating 200 elephants from its private reserve in South Africa to neighbouring Mozambique, part of wider efforts to restore wildlife populations ravaged by conflict there. The Anglo American unit said its 32,000-hectare )80,000-acre) Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve couldContinue Reading
LONDON, July 23 (Xinhua) — Three men have been arrested after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in a targeted acid attack in Worcester, England, the police said Monday. West Mercia Police said three men, aged 22, 25 and 26 respectively, were arrested in London on suspicion of conspiracy toContinue Reading
KIGALI, July 23 (Xinhua) — Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, agreed here on Monday to further promote bilateral cooperation in a bid to bring more benefits to the Chinese people, the Rwandan people and the African people. The two leaders hailed the growth ofContinue Reading
Sonakshi Sinha nailed the ethnic game at one of her friend’s wedding recently. The actor left no stone unturned t By: Lifestyle Desk | New Delhi | Published: July 23, 2018 4:55:35 pm X Sonakshi Sinha in a red pantsuit or a sheer sari? Take your pick. (Source: Arpita Mehta Official/Instagram) RELATED NEWSContinue Reading
