...CITY – THE Edo State Migration Agency on Thursday said it rescued two minors, including a sickle cell sufferer aged 13 and 14 years, from Kaduna State, who were being trafficked to Libya with a promise of being taken to Italy to work as housemaids. Besides, another 18-year-old was rescued from Ma...
Read Full Article...ization programme launched in March. Sanwo-Olu said Lagos had already reduced malaria prevalence to about one percent. “When we kicked off this initiative in March, our vision was clear: to move...
...in Qatar and Egypt,” Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum said in a televised statement. In Doha, tight security surrounded the mosque where prayers were held as the Gulf state’s ruler joined mourners. One co...
... were combing villages in search of Igbos,” Nwoko said. According to him, this painful history explains why some Igbo groups outside the Southeast remain hesitant to openly identify as Igbo. Ho...
... wearing military uniforms. The interior ministry said the dead would be buried in the Mesaimeer Cemetery after the funeral at Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque. Authorities beefed up security, ...
...e of his appointment,” Britain’s foreign ministry said. The reporting of Mandelson’s suggestion that Epstein’s first conviction was wrongful and should be challenged was “new information”, it said, ad...
... the security of a gated environment,” Aiyedatiwa said. The governor explained that the 32 units will comprise 28 houses arranged in clusters of terrace blocks and four stand-alone homes, supported...
...North-West and North-East, held in Kano. Aliyu said that such looted funds would have been channeled to provide social amenities and improve the lives of the country’s citizens. According ...
...and aggressive response measures are ongoing,” he said. Idris added that the ministry, in collaboration with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and development partners, h...
... don’t accept it. But I appreciate it,” she said. According to her, the tag likely stuck because she was one of the first Nigerian female acts to break through on a major level. “I d...