Samsung chief questioned in South Korean corruption probe
NAN-F-6 Corruption Seoul, Jan. 12, 2017 (dpa/NAN) South Korean prosecutors questioned Samsung Chief Lee Yong on Thursday as part of their investigations into a…
Month: January 2017
China confirms aircraft carrier Liaoning passed through Taiwan Strait
China confirms aircraft carrier Liaoning passed through Taiwan Strait NAN-F-9 Aircraft Beijing, Jan. 12, 2017 (dpa/NAN) China's People's Liberation Army has confirmed that its first…
26 crew rescued from sinking North Korean ship off Japan
26 crew rescued from sinking North Korean ship off Japan NAN-F-3 Crew Tokyo, Jan. 12, 2017 (dpa/NAN) All the 26 crew members have…
Plateau Govt., Israeli firm partner to create renewable energy hub–Commissioner
NAN-AE-4 Energy Jos, Jan.12, 2017 (NAN) The Plateau Government says it will partner with Eilat-Eilot, an Israeli company, to create a renewable energy hub in the…
8 Indonesians deported from Singapore over IS images
NAN-F-4 IS Singapore, Jan. 12, 2017 (dpa/NAN) Eight Indonesians are under investigation by Indonesian anti-terrorism officials after they were barred from entering Singapore over…
IITA to commercialise, disseminate aflatoxin biocontrol products to farmers in Africa
NAN-AE-3 Aflatoxin By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko Ibadan, Jan. 12, 2017 (NAN) The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, and partners has said that…
Gambia’s Jammeh ‘will not step down’ when mandate ends
NAN-F-3 Jammeh Banjul, Jan. 12, 2017 (dpa/NAN) Gambia's outgoing President Yayah Jammeh will not step down when his mandate which ends on Jan. 18,…
Monarch, group want Nwodo to galvanise Igbos for political, socioeconomic greatness
NAN-H-2 Ohanaeze By Douglas Okoro Abakaliki, Jan 12, 2017 (NAN) Monarch and a group in South-East have called on Chief John Nwodo, the new…
Air traffic controllers oppose closure of Abuja airport runway
NAN-H-43 Controllers By Adekunle Williams / Solomon Asowata Lagos, Jan. 12, 2017 (NAN) The Nigeria Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), on Thursday, kicked…
NSCDC destroys 12 illegal refineries in Edo in 2016 — Commandant
NAN-DS-1 Refineries Benin, Jan 12, 2017 (NAN) The Edo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) destroyed 12 illegal refineries in…