Australia's men's and women's teams are named for this weekend's Rugby League World Cup games against Cook Islands and Wales as Reece Walsh comes back in at fullback.
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The remarks came a day after traders held a protest at Kashmere Gate in New Delhi, demanding that Congress defer the November 1 rally until after Diwali.
By Adegboyega Adeleye The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Jide Idris, has dismissed suggestions that the Ebola outbreak could be used as a political weapon, insisting that disease concerns would not be exploited for political purposes. Explaining Nigeria’s preparedness for the outbreak, Idris said health authorities had been monitoring developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and anticipating the possibility of the virus reaching Nigeria through international travel and population movement.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 — Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called on investors to expand potato processing, replace imported potato products with locally manufactured alternatives and unlock idle public land for commercial farming as Kenya hosts the 13th World Potato Congress. The Cabinet Secretary highlighted research by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and the International Potato Center to develop a late blight-resistant biotechnology potato using the popular Shang
FOOG women DG urges Nigerians to support Tinubu’s re-election bid. Chief (Mrs) Esther Orighomisan Okotie-Eboh, Director-General of FOOG Women Support for Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, urging critics of the administration to present credible alternatives to its policies.
APC dismisses NDC’s allegation of blocking venues, billboards for campaign. By Omeiza Ajayi, Cynthia Alo & Kafayat Kokumo ABUJA — The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of frustrating its campaign preparations ahead of the 2027 general elections by allegedly denying it access to event venues and billboards.
Here’s what to watch this evening 10pm, BBC Four “Every photo in this film was taken by Kwame Brathwaite or is of Kwame Brathwaite,” starts this brilliant documentary. Brathwaite’s family, along with Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Gabrielle Union and Jesse Williams, help tell the story with his stunning archive.
Pakistan has gained diplomatic visibility under Trump, but analysts question how much the relationship has delivered.
By Nkiruka Nnorom & Marvellous Chukwunenye The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced a major breakthrough in the fight against transnational cybercrime, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, arresting nine suspects in Nigeria in an operation targeting scam centres stealing billions of dollars from Americans. FBI Director, Kash Patel, disclosed this in a post on X which was reposted by the US Mission in Nigeria, saying the operation, code-named Operation Blackout, is taking the fight directly to international cybercriminal networks.
The N200 million fee in Abia was imposed by the administration of Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party, LP. In Oyo, the APC accuses the APM-led state government of directing its signage agency to clamp down on non-APM campaigners.
The protest in Panna has been going on since September 11, with affected families carrying out a ‘Jal Satyagrah’ by lying on symbolic pyres and tying symbolic noose around their necks
American rapper Macklemore opened his ‘Free Palestine’ tour before a sold-out crowd in Dublin
Questioning the autonomy and impartiality of the Election Commission of India (ECI), former Union Minister J.D. Seelam criticised the changes to the process of appointing election commissioners
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