At least six children have been killed and 25 others injured in an explosion at a primary school in north-west Tanzania, witnesses say. Reports say the pupils were playing with a grenade they had found. Three were pronounced dead at the time they arrived at hospital. The others succumbed to their wounds, Rulenge hospital’s doctor
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N5.567 billion for the 3rd Quarter Soil Erosion Control Accelerated Intervention in six states. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr. Adesina conducted briefing alongside
Consuming alcoholic beverages, even in moderation, may increase your risk of developing certain cancers, according to a new statement released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). “People typically don’t associate drinking beer, wine, and hard liquor with increasing their risk of developing cancer in their lifetimes,” Dr. Bruce Johnson, president of the ASCO,
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the country will never return to the era of fuel scarcity. According to a statement by Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC spokesman, Ikem Obih, chief operating officer, downstream, and alternate chairman of the corporation board, made the promise in Abuja. Ughamadu also said Maikanti Baru, group managing director, has directed
HONOURABLE Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has described the deaths of 26 Nigerians who got drowned in Mediterranean sea as “most unfortunate and tragic’’. No fewer than 26 Nigerians were reportedly got drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday. The Italian authorities have since commenced an investigation
Mr. Buhari proposed a total expenditure of N8.6 trillion for the 2018 budget, representing an increase of 16 percent from the 2017 budget estimate. President Muhammadu Buhari delivered his 2018 national budget proposal speech to the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday. Mr. Buhari proposed a total expenditure of N8.6 trillion for the 2018 budget,
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the “Nigeria media is acknowledged as one of the freest in the world’’. The Minister stated this at the 39th Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, in Paris on Tuesday. Contributing to a debate on “UN Plan
For years, researchers in Colombia have been engaged in a little-known battle against a disease that could disrupt coffee drinking everywhere. If you landed in Bogota in the 1960s, one of the first things you would have probably seen outside the airport was a giant billboard. In a slightly menacing tone, it said: “Coffee rust
Four-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after being charged with money laundering and corruption. Fredericks, 50, was charged by the French authorities last week. He was accused of accepting a bribe of $299,300 (£230,000) from the son of ex-IAAF president Lamine Diack when Rio won the
Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong has been suspended for four years for doping. The 32-year-old was found to have taken banned blood booster EPO in an out-of-competition test in her home country. Sumgong, who also tested positive for a banned substance in 2012, won the London Marathon in 2016 before claiming gold in Rio,