South Sudanese Gather To Celebrate Peace Day
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 31, 2018
Thousands of South Sudanese have gathered at Freedom Square in the capital, Juba, to celebrate Peace Day. Earlier, rebel leader Riek Ma...Read More
Spanish Company Turns Sewage Into Fuel That Doesn't Emit Carbon Dioxide
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 31, 2018
A report prepared by the UN body for climate change has called for 'rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of s...Read More
Nigeria Police Arrest 400 Shia Muslims
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 31, 2018
Shiite protesters in Abuja The Nigerian police says they have arrested 400 Shia Muslims following several days of protests in the capi...Read More
Chancellor Angela Merkel Pledges Billion-Euro Fund For Investments In Africa
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 31, 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Rwanda President Paul Kagame (left) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right). Photo Cre...Read More
Single-use Plastics Ban Approved By European Parliament
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 31, 2018
In a landslide vote, the European Parliament has approved a widespread ban on a dozen forms of single-use plastics. The directive, whic...Read More
Trump Vows To End US Birthright Citizenship
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 30, 2018
Donald Trump The US President Donald Trump has said he would end the right to citizenship for babies born on the country’s soil to non...Read More
Macron Hails Merkel's 'Dignified' Decision To Step Down In 2021
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 30, 2018
L-R: Angela Merkel - Emmanuel Macron French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hailed Angela Merkel’s “extremely dignified” decision t...Read More
Far-Right Candidate Jair Bolsonaro Wins Brazil Poll
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 30, 2018
Jair Bolsonaro Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro on Monday won a sweeping victory in Brazil’s presidential election. The former arm...Read More
Turkey Pressures Saudi Arabia On Khashoggi Body As Prosecutor Visits
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 30, 2018
Footage has emerged of a Saudi official acting as a body double for Khashoggi, wearing the journalist's clothes when leaving the cons...Read More
Nigeria Imposes New Sanctions On Foreigners Who Overstay Visa
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 29, 2018
The Federal Government of Nigeria has introduced strict punitive measures against foreigners who overstay their visa approved days in the...Read More
Billionaire Owner Of Leicester City Football Club Died In Helicopter Crash
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 29, 2018
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Leicester City have confirmed the death of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the billionaire owner of the Premiership...Read More
'Stop Electing Leaders With No Education' - Sanusi
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 29, 2018
Muhammadu Sanusi The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi has urged Nigerians not to elect leaders without quality education into public offi...Read More
Tennis: Federer Beats Copil To Win 99th Career Title In Basel
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 28, 2018
Roger Federer Roger Federer defeated Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday at the Swiss Indoors in Basel to win the 99...Read More
Ex-PDP BoT Chairman Tony Anenih Dies At 85
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 28, 2018
Anthony Anenih A former Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees Chairman Anthony Anenih, has reportedly passed away. Anenih, who w...Read More
Elon Musk Reveals First High-Speed Boring Tunnel Under Los Angeles Will Open Soon
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 28, 2018
Elon Musk has announced that the first of his speedy transportation tunnels beneath Los Angeles will be open to the public in just a few ...Read More
US: Suspected Mail Bomber Identified As Cesar Altier Sayoc
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 27, 2018
Altier Sayoc The person behind the mail bombs sent to various prominent Democrats has been identified as Cesar Altier Sayoc. Cesar Al...Read More
COSON Demands 1bn Naira In Damages From Nigerian Copyright Commission Director General, Afam Ezehpda
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 27, 2018
James Ononiwu, a lawyer to Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), the COSON Chairman, Tony Okoroji and other senior staff of COSON, has on...Read More
Nigerian, 3 Others Arrested Over Killing Of Italian Teen
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 27, 2018
Four migrants from Senegal, Gambia and Nigeria have been arrested by police investigating the rape and killing of a girl whose death has ...Read More
Ghana Does Not Borrow To Burden Itself, Says Akufo-Addo
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 27, 2018
Nana Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana says his country only takes loans to create assets that can pay back the loan — not ...Read More
Nigerians Fume, As Buhari Fails Again To Tender WAEC Certificate To INEC
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 26, 2018
Muhammadu Buhari The academic qualifications of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari are again making headlines because the 76-year...Read More
US Defense Secretary Expected To Send 800 More Troops To Southern Border
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 26, 2018
US Defense Secretary James Mattis is expected to deploy 800 troops to the border with Mexico to help border patrol authorities stop a car...Read More
Nigeria: 84 Million Registered To Vote In 2019, Says INEC
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 26, 2018
Mahmoud Yakubu The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that more than 84 ...Read More
Egyptian Archaeologists Find Parts Of Pharaoh's Booth
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 25, 2018
This Oct. 2018 photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, shows parts of a booth with a seat that belonged to Ramses II, one...Read More
SA Students Invent 'Urine Bricks'
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 25, 2018
Dr Dyllon Randall (L), who supervised the project, pictured with students Vukheta Mukhari and Suzanne Lambert University students in So...Read More
Ethiopia's Parliament Approves Sahle-Work Zewde as First Female President
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 25, 2018
Sahle-work Zewde Ethiopian parliament on Thursday approved Sahle-work Zewde as the country’s first woman president after Mulatu Teshome...Read More
FG To Limit Number Of Children Per Mother - Minister Of Finance, Zainab Ahmed
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 24, 2018
Zainab Ahmed Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed has said the federal government will come up with a policy to control the number of chil...Read More
Vietnam's Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong Sworn In As New President
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 24, 2018
Nguyen Phu Trong Vietnam lawmakers on Tuesday elected the Communist Party chief, Nguyen Phu Trong, as the President of the country. T...Read More
Migrants Drown Off The Coast Of Tanzania
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 24, 2018
Seven Ethiopian migrants have drowned after a boat carrying 13 people capsized off the coast of Tanzania, Reuters news agency reports quo...Read More
Jamal Khashoggi Killing Was 'Heinous' Crime, Mohammed Bin Salman
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 24, 2018
Mohammed Bin Salman Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has described the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as “heinous” and say...Read More
Nigeria: Court Grants Ex Gov Of Ekiti State Ayo Fayose N50m Bail
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 24, 2018
Ayodele Fayose The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday granted former Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose bail ...Read More
Top IS leader Killed In Somalia
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 24, 2018
The second-in-command of the Islamic State group in Somalia has been killed in the capital, Mogadishu, BBC reports. Mahad Moallim, who ...Read More
French City, Dunkirk Becomes Largest European City To Offer Free Public Transit, Now They Enjoy A ‘Revolution’ From Their Buses
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 23, 2018
The free bus service in Dunkirk, France was initially offered on weekends and national holidays but was extended a month ago to operate e...Read More
Cameroon's Biya Re-elected For Seventh Term With 71% Of Vote
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 23, 2018
Paul Biya Cameroon President Paul Biya has been re-elected to a seventh straight term with 71.3 percent of the vote in this month’s ele...Read More
Good Oral Health Linked To Blood Pressure Control – Study
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 23, 2018
File-Photo used to illustrate story Italian researchers have found that good oral health can benefit those trying to control their hig...Read More
Aisha Buhari Move Against APC Chairman Oshiomhole
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 23, 2018
Aisha Buhari The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has purportedly stopped the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (A...Read More
Nigeria Is 7th Largest Integrated Market In The World – US Ambassador
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 23, 2018
William Symington The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr William Symington, says that Nigeria is the seventh largest integrated ma...Read More
Trump Criticises Saudi Account Of Khashoggi's Death, Claiming 'Deception' And 'Lies'
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 22, 2018
Donald Trump President Donald Trump strongly criticised Saudi Arabia’s explanation for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi late...Read More
Real Madrid Set To Sack Julen Lopetegui After Just 12 Games
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 22, 2018
Julen Lopetegui Real Madrid are set to sack head coach Julen Lopetegui after a third straight defeat, Concise News has learned. The S...Read More
African Billionaire Abducted In Tanzania Returns Home Safely
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 22, 2018
Mohammed Dewji Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji has been freed by his captors, police said on Saturday. Dewji was kidnapped a we...Read More
Usain Bolt Offered Contract By Central Coast Mariners, Agent Confirms
by DrifterNews.InfoOctober 22, 2018
Usain Bolt Retired sprint star Usain Bolt has been offered a contract by A-League club Central Coast Mariners, the Jamaican’s manageme...Read More
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