Greece breezes past EU-IMF bailout targets with strong budget performance

Greece far exceeded its international lenders’ demands for budget savings last year, official data showed on Friday, outstripping even 2017’s target and presenting a strong case for unlocking more bailout funds.

Cyprus ‘not going to play Turkey’s game’

The government said on Friday it would not play Ankara’s game as the Turkish seismic survey vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa was reportedly already off the Karpas peninsula on Friday evening.

Britain says Trump’s position shifting on Russia

US President Donald Trump’s administration is shifting its stance on Russia and now sees Moscow as a competitor, Britain‘s defence minister said on Thursday during a trip to the Baltic states designed to underline NATO’s new deterrent forces.

South Sudan refugees take 13 UN mission staff hostage

A hundred unarmed South Sudanese refugees in eastern Congo took 13 United Nations mission staff hostage on Tuesday, demanding to be moved to a third country, a UN official based in the area said.

India French envoy Pascal Mazurier acquitted of raping daughter

A former French diplomat charged with raping his three-year-old daughter in India has been cleared of all charges.Pascal Mazurier, who was a consular official in the southern city of Bangalore, was arrested in 2012 after complaints from his Indian wife.

Nigeria News:CBN pumps $100m into forex market

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has pumped a total $380million within two days into the Foreign Exchange Market. And the effect: a further strengthening of the Naira.

Dozens of refugees found dead in drifting dinghy off Libyan coast (see photos and videos)

Almost 30 migrants have been found dead in a boat drifting off the coast of Libya as the number of refugees dying in attempts to reach Europe reach record highs.

Inside the 'humanitarian corridor' offering Syrian refugees a new life in Italy

Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging suitcases, clutching their pinging cellphones and one-way tickets to Italy.

"Torino! Pronto! Cappuccino!"

They practise random Italian words in a schoolyard in the Lebanese capital's eastern Geitawi neighbourhood, waiting for the buses that will take them to the airport, and onwards to their new lives in Italy.

Italy asks Turkey to release reporter jailed while reporting on refugee crisis

Italy on Wednesday called on Turkey to release a journalist arrested this month near the Syrian border while he was researching refugees

Gabriele Del Grande, 34, was clapped in cuffs by Turkish police on April 9th during interviews with people who had fled the war-torn neighbouring country for a book he is writing on the conflict and the birth of the Isis terrorist group.

Nigeria News: APC chieftain wants Buhari to sack incompetent, corrupt appointees

A member of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Timi Frank, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack appointees, including cabinet members, who had brought the Federal Government to disrepute.

Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Airport car hire operators clash as airport reopens

There was a clash between Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Abuja Airport Car Hire  Association (AACHA) on Wednesday. FAAN alleged that five of its workers were injured and one in a coma after they were attacked by members of AACHA.

Naira suffers further loss against dollar

The Naira on Friday suffered further loss against the dollar at the parallel market as it lost one point to the U.S. currency, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

SGF, NIA chief’s suspension an afterthought – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has described the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal and Director General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, as an “afterthought and a prelude to the official cover-up of the N13 billion cash found in a residential apartment in Lagos.

Nigerian arrested for robbing four banks in New York

A Nigerian who works with the United Nations (UN) has been arrested for robbing four Manhattan banks, all during his lunch hour, New York Police said.

European leaders respond cautiously to Turkey vote

Germany said on Monday the close result in Turkey’s referendum on expanding Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s powers was a big responsibility for him to bear and showed how divided Turkish society was.

” Police across Europe in 24-hour ‘speed enforcement’ marathon

Police officers across Europe are making ready for their latest “Speed Marathon”, taking place from 6am on Wednesday 6am on Thursday.The 24-hour initiative forms part of TISPOL’s speed enforcement operation, running until April 23. Cyprus is a member of TISPOL – the European Traffic Police Network – but police here have yet to announce their participation in the speed marathon.

Monitors criticise Turkey referendum; Erdogan denounces “crusader mentality” (Updated)

A defiant Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the West’s “crusader mentality” on Monday after European monitors criticised a referendum to grant him sweeping new powers, which he won with a narrow victory laying bare the nation’s divisions.

Small plane crashes in Portugal near supermarket, killing five

A small airplane crashed near a Lidl supermarket in a residential area outside Lisbon on Monday, killing five people, rescue workers said. The private airplane crashed after taking off from the small Tires airport, which is located near the resort town of Cascais about 20 km (12.5 miles) west of Lisbon and used mainly by private aircraft.

United Air removes couple traveling to wedding from plane

An engaged couple were removed from a United Airlines flight to Costa Rica on Saturday, as the airline remained under scrutiny following outrage caused by a video last week of a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight.

Cleveland police urged a suspect who they said posted video of himself on Facebook killing an elderly man

Cleveland police urged a suspect who they said posted video of himself on Facebook killing an elderly man on Sunday to turn himself in to authorities.

$5m scam: FBI declares Nigerian man wanted

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has declared a Nigerian, Kelechi Declan James, wanted  for allegedly scamming  victim  of more than $5 million

Commercial flights resume in Abuja airport Wednesday

FORTY-ONE days after its runway was shut for major repairs, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NNIA), Abuja, will re- open today, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Managing Director Saleh Dunoma said yesterday.

Recession: Man pays N42m tithe in Benue church...

A man, whose identity has been shielded by a local church in Makurdi, has shocked church members with a tithe offering of N42 million. Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi revealed that the money was paid into the UBA account of the NKST Church High level Makurdi.

ighalo opns china goal account with brace

Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo opened his goals account for Changchun Yatai but it was not enough as they lost 3-2 at home to Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League on Saturday.

Vıncentus marıa's Photos That Got People's Attention- (see photos )

Earlier  today vincentus maria posted a photo in his Instagram with a caption God is the ultimate Good..., with over one thousand comment about his post... his photo just hit the Instagram this morning... 
 publish by Adelola Adekule 
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2019:INC and the burden of uncollected, unprinted PVCs

• Registered Voters: 66.5m 
• Voters with PVCs: 54.43m 
• Uncollected PVCs: 7.8m 
• Unprinted PVCs: 4.23m

 Few days ago, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, unveiled a four year strategic plan with a view to consolidating on the 76 percent implementation rate of the last strategic plan which ended in 2016.

Melaye escapes death as gunmen invade his home

Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) yesterday escaped death by the whiskers as gunmen invaded his house in the early hours at Ayetoro-Gbede in Kogi State.

ITTF African YOG Qualifying Tournament: Solanke, Oribamise seeded as tournament serves off

Nigeria’s representatives in the ITTF African Youth Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Azeez Solanke and Tosin Esther Oribamise have been seeded number two respectively in the boys and girls event of the competition which serves off today at the Sports Palace in El-Mensah, Tunis12 countries are competing for the four continental slots at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) holding in Argentina.