Travellers rush to board U.S. flights while Trump ban blocked
NAN-F-6 Rush Washington/Beirut, Feb. 5, 2017 (Reuters/NAN) Travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries affected by the initial immigration order by President Donald Trump have…
Month: February 2017
Avalanche kills 9 in northern Pakistan
NAN-F-5 Avalanche Islamabad, Feb. 5, 2017 (dpa/NAN) At least nine people died Sunday after an avalanche hit a small village in northern Pakistan,…
Libyans return to former IS stronghold of Sirte
NAN-F-4 Return Tripoli, Feb. 5, 2017 (dpa/NAN) Libyan civilians displaced by fighting began their return to their homes in the Mediterranean coastal city of…
Dufil Prima Foods quotes N4.5bn Commercial Paper Notes on FMDQ
NAN-HE-1 Quotations By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma Lagos, Feb. 5, 2017 (NAN) FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange has admitted a N4.50 billion Commercial Paper Notes (CPs) quotation…
Kwara commissioner blames drug abuse for social vices
Kwara commissioner blames drug abuse for social vices NAN-H-36 Drug Ilorin, Feb 5, 2017 (NAN) Alhaji Mahmud Ajeigbe, the Kwara Commissioner for Information and…
Assent to Poverty Alleviation Commission Bill, Wakili urges Buhari
NAN-H-36 Poverty By Cecilia John Abuja, Feb. 5, 2017 (NAN) The Chairman, Senate Committee on Poverty Alleviation, Ali Wakili, has urged President Muhammadu…
Iran lifts entry ban on American wrestlers
NAN-F-3 Lifting Tehran, Feb. 5, 2017 (dpa/NAN) Iran has lifted a ban on American wrestlers from entering the country for a World Cup competition.…
Court rejects Trump move to immediately restore suspended travel ban
NAN-F-2 Ban Washington, Feb. 5, 2017 (dpa/NAN) A San Francisco court has rejected a motion by the U.S. Justice Department to immediately reinstate U.S.…
Turkish police detain 400 suspected IS members in nationwide raids
NAN-F-1 Arrest Istanbul, Feb. 5, 2017(dpa/NAN) Turkish police have arrested 400 suspected members of the Islamic State terrorist organisation in several provinces, state media…
AUDIO: NASS to block wastage in recurrent expenditure
NAN-H-23 Corruption By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Feb. 5, 2017 (NAN) A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Ali Wakili, said the National Assembly was…