Regional World

Final year student hacked to death

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 30 0

A final year student of the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Cross River University of Technology, (CRUTECH), simply identified as James, was gunned down on Monday morning by suspected cultists while writing his first semester examination in Calabar, Cross River State. An eyewitness, Read More

World

Don’t count Obasanjo’s sins, listen to his suggestions – Buhari advised

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 17 0

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank, has described the recent open letter by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari as more of solution than criticism and urged him to act on it without delay. He said the All Progressives Congress APC government should not […]Read More

World

We’re still studying Obasanjo’s letter – ACF

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 23 0

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has reacted to the open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo in the letter released by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, had expressed worry over high level of insecurity in the country. He called on the President to take decisive action to prevent the situation […]Read More

Business World

Billionaire Mark Cuban calls Facebook’s digital coin Libra a ‘big mistake’

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 46 0

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mark Cuban criticized Facebook’s venture into cryptocurrency in a new CNBC interview. “I’m not a big fan of what they’re doing there,” Cuban said of Facebook’s Libra coin. “I think it’s a big mistake.” Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a “Shark Tank” investor, said he’s not so much concerned with […]Read More

World

Many feared trapped after Nigeria building collapse

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 34 0

A rescue operation at the site of a collapsed building in the central Nigerian city of Jos is due to resume on Tuesday. Rescue workers say the three-storey building fell down killing at least five people and injuring several others. The building, comprising of homes and several shops, collapsed on Monday evening trapping a number […]Read More

World

Somalia creates diaspora award in memory of slain journalist

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 23 0

Somalia’s government has announced that it will be awarding an annual prize to honour journalist Hodan Nalayeh, who died in an attack in Kismayo on Friday. She and her husband Farid Juma Suleiman were among the 26 people killed as gunmen stormed the Asasey Hotel, where regional politicians and clan elders were discussing a forthcoming regional election. Nalayeh […]Read More

World

Zuma ‘gets death threat’ – Inquiry told

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 33 0

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma says an anonymous caller threatened to kill him and his children after the first day of questioning at a corruption inquiry. As the hearing resumed on Tuesday, Mr Zuma testified that his personal assistant who answered the telephone call on Monday night was told: “Tell Zuma we are going […]Read More

World

Europe might ignore Iran threat until nuclear missiles hit – Netanyahu

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 26 0

Israel’s prime minister has said the European Union might not wake up to the threat of Iran “until Iranian nuclear missiles fall on European soil”. Mr Netanyahu likened Europe’s approach to Iran’s recent breaches of a 2015 deal limiting its nuclear programme to the appeasement of Nazi Germany. He spoke after EU foreign ministers said […]Read More

World

Congresswomen hit back after Trump’s tweets branded racist

Admin Editor July 16, 2019 20 0

The four US congresswomen attacked by US President Donald Trump in tweets widely called racist have dismissed his remarks as a distraction. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib urged the US people “not to take the bait” at a Monday news conference. Mr Trump had suggested the four women – all […]Read More

World

Zuma to appear at South Africa corruption inquiry

Admin Editor July 15, 2019 23 0

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is due to be questioned, live on television, at a corruption inquiry on Monday, and for the rest of the week. Mr Zuma, who has been implicated in wrongdoing by numerous witnesses, has said he is the victim of a political witch hunt. This should be a momentous week […]Read More

World

UN calls for Libyan migrant detention centres to be shut

Admin Editor July 14, 2019 42 0

The UN has called for the dismantling of all detention centres for refugees in Libya, saying the facilities are not fit to house migrants. The appeal comes nearly two weeks after more than 50 people were killed in an air strike on a holding facility in the Libyan capital Tripoli. The victims were mostly Africans […]Read More

World

Trump under fire for racially-charged tweets against congresswomen

Admin Editor July 14, 2019 37 0

US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen. He claimed the women “originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe”, before suggesting they “go back”. He then said Speaker Nancy Pelosi “would be very happy to quickly work out free travel Read More

World

Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal ‘to spite Obama’ – New leak claims

Admin Editor July 14, 2019 41 0

Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s former ambassador in the US. Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday. The paper says the memo was written after the then Foreign Secretary Boris […]Read More

World

Atiku blames Buhari for making Nigerians poorer than they were

Admin Editor July 12, 2019 29 0

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has launched a fresh attack at the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over recent reports on the country’s debt. DAILY POST reported earlier in the week that the Debt Management Office published the Public Debt Data comprising the Domestic and […]Read More

Entertainment World

Buhari govt told to stop BBNaija 2019 reality show immediately

Admin Editor July 12, 2019 48 0

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has attacked the government of President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the Big Brother Naija reality TV show go on. The Islamic group labelled the show being aired on national television as ‘immoral, dangerous and Bohemian.’ BB Naija, is currently making waves in Nigeria featuring some romantic scenes among the housemates. […]Read More

World

Kenyans ‘given 48 hours to get money from betting firms’

Admin Editor July 12, 2019 36 0

Kenya’s gambling authority has in effect given people 48 hours to withdraw money from their mobile phone accounts that they use to place bets, the Daily Nation reports quoting an official letter. The letter, from the Betting Control and Licensing Board, came after the country’s largest mobile phone operator, Safaricom, queried a request from the […]Read More

World

Free migrants held in Libyan camps, UN says

Admin Editor July 12, 2019 33 0

The UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have called on the Libyan authorities to free migrants and refugees held in detention camps in the country. They also want the European Union to restart coordinated naval patrols in the Mediterranean to rescue migrants. In a joint statement, they also said support […]Read More

General World

Young Africans more likely to pay bribes than their elders

Admin Editor July 12, 2019 32 0

Transparency International says young people in Africa, aged 18-34 years, are more likely to pay bribes than older people, aged over 55 years. In its 2019 Global Corruption Meter, the group said its survey also revealed that the poorest people are twice as likely to pay a bribe – and more likely to be victims of […]Read More

World

Graphic Images: Sudan’s livestream massacre

Admin Editor July 12, 2019 29 0

There was a massacre of protesters on the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum on 3 June 2019. This is the story of that massacre, told through the phone cameras of those who kept filming, even as they came under live fire. BBC Africa Eye has analysed more than 300 videos shot in Khartoum that day. […]Read More

World

Zuma’s son acquitted in culpable homicide case

Admin Editor July 12, 2019 35 0

The Randburg magistrates court in Johannesburg has found Duduzane Zuma, the son of former South African President Jacob Zuma, not guilty of culpable homicide and reckless driving. The case related to an incident in 2014 when Mr Zuma’s Porsche hit the back of a minibus in Johannesburg killing a woman, Phumzile Dube, instantly. The magistrate […]Read More

World

Macron minister under fire for lavish meals including lobster, $550 wines

Admin Editor July 11, 2019 27 0

President Emmanuel Macron’s Energy minister came under fire in France after the revelations of lavish dinners he and his wife organized when he was heading the lower chamber of the country’s Parliament. Francois de Rugy, who was the President of the National Assembly between June 2017 and September 2018, said he “totally stands by” his […]Read More

World

UK ambassador to US quits amid Trump row

Admin Editor July 11, 2019 29 0

Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, as a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump’s administration escalates. Theresa May said Sir Kim’s departure was “a matter of deep regret” after the ambassador said it was “impossible” for him to continue. Tory leadership candidate Boris Johnson has faced strong Read More

General World

Billionaire who pays teenage girls for sex exposed

Admin Editor July 9, 2019 28 0

A 66-year-old hedge fund billionaire has been arrested on sex trafficking charges in New York after accusations of molesting young girls. Jeffrey Epstein will appear before a Federal Magistrate on Monday after his arrest on Saturday at a New Jersey airport as he arrived from Paris in his private jet. Epstein had long been the […]Read More

World

Museveni promises a $1m-gift for Uganda Cranes

Admin Editor July 9, 2019 37 0

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said he was pleased with the performance of the national football team, the Cranes, at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt. They were impressive in their group matches but were knocked out by Senegal in the the round of 16. Mr Museveni tweeted that he would give the team […]Read More

World

South Sudan president ‘apologises for failing to pay civil servants’

Admin Editor July 9, 2019 32 0

Using a speech to mark independence day, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has apologised to civil servants who went without salaries for several months, Juba’s Radio Miraya quotes him as saying. Mr Kiir said the failure to pay the money was “caused by weak governance” in the departments that are supposed to raise funds and […]Read More

World

Egypt to sue over Tutankhamun bust sale

Admin Editor July 9, 2019 30 0

Egypt says it will instruct a law firm in the UK to file a civil suit over the sale last week in London of a rare bust of Tutankhamun. The sculpture of the boy pharaoh was sold for about $6m (£4m) at Christie’s auction house, despite appeals by the Egyptian government to stop the sale. […]Read More

World

‘West Africa’s richest 1% own more than everyone else combined’

Admin Editor July 9, 2019 33 0

The aid charity Oxfam says that inequality is at crisis levels in West Africa but accuses many governments in the region of ignoring the issue, despite economic growth. A report, co-authored with financial consultancy Development Finance International, ranks West African countries on their commitment to public spending, taxation and labour markets. The authors cite several Read More

Lifestyle World

Teens less likely to use cannabis when it’s legal – US study

Admin Editor July 9, 2019 51 0

Teenagers are less likely to use cannabis in places where the drug has been legalised, a new study suggests. Researchers at Montana State University looked at health surveys of US high school pupils between 1993 and 2017. While overall use of the drug among young people went up in the US, teen use declined by […]Read More

World

Trump attack ambassador ‘has PM’s full support’

Admin Editor July 9, 2019 32 0

Downing Street has reaffirmed its “full support” for the UK’s ambassador to the US after Donald Trump said he will no longer work with him. The US president was responding after leaked emails revealed Sir Kim Darroch had called his administration inept. In a series of tweets Mr Trump also criticised Theresa May’s handling of Brexit saying […]Read More

World

Atiku vs Buhari: I was forced to sign presidential result in favour of APC – Witness tells court

Admin Editor July 9, 2019 25 0

Mohammed Tata, a witness for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the Presidential Election Tribunal has alleged that he was forced to sign a copy of the result of the February 2019 presidential election. He also told the court that he was threatened with sack from the N-Power scheme where he is a beneficiary if […]Read More