Microsoft yesterday encouraged business users to make the switch to a newer version of the operating system, claiming Windows 7 is no longer “fit” to be used in businesses. Th firm said Windows 7 “does not meet the requirements of [...]
January 18, 2017
Technology
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet targeting Boko Haram members, yesterday killed scores and injured many more after firing into an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp. The accidental strike occured in Rann, Kala/Bage Local Government Area in the northern [...]
January 18, 2017
Military
The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mr. Mohammed Abdulkadir, has confirmed the abduction of the Director of Finance, Isa local government area and three others in the state. Abdulkadir told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on [...]
Dozens of civilians have been killed on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 during an airstrike by military troops, initially targeted at Boko Haram location, but landed in a Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in Borno State. The Rann IDP camp is [...]
Why do men hire prostitutes? It’s a lot simpler than you think. If you asked all your male friends if they’ve ever hired a prostitute, you might be surprised by their honest answer. A recent survey discovered that 15 percent of [...]
Embattled President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia has declared a 90-day state of emergency in the West African country, BBC reports. This move, one of a series of desperate attempts to retain power, comes on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, about 24 hours to the [...]
The seeming absence of due process in the current administration has again come to the fore as the office of vice president and secretary to the government of the federation have been fingered in wrongful disengagement of Maryam Danna, a [...]
Egypt has added ex-football star Mohamed Aboutrika to a terror list for his alleged links with the banned Muslim Brotherhood, his lawyer says. Mr Aboutrika is accused of financially supporting the Brotherhood, which Egypt considers a terrorist organisation. In 2012, [...]
The timely intervention by officers of the Nigerian Navy averted a bloody clash between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Okoti village in Odoekpe, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the rumoured killing [...]
The eight-year-old son of Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow died on Sunday, January 15, 2017 after being bitten by a dog. Habibou Barrow, born in 2010, reportedly died on the way to the hospital in Manjai near Banjul. He was buried [...]
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister and thought leader in Nigeria, on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 visited the president and presiding bishop of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo. According to a Facebook update by Chief [...]
The United States has warned the embattled President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia, saying he is losing opportunities to peacefully handover to President-elect Adama Barrow and avoid the consequences of his actions. Jammeh’s tenure ends tomorrow 19 January, the same [...]
Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, has described as utterly tragic the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State, by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jet, causing deaths of 52 civilians and 120 injuries. In [...]