The United States expects an attack by Iran against Israel but one that would not be big enough to draw Washington into war, a U.S. fofficial said late on Thursday. The White House said earlier that Washington did not want conflict to spread in the Middle East and...
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The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has projected a Return on Investment (ROI) of around N1.67 trillion in 15 years on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project is designed to connect Lagos to...
Malian political parties and civil society groups jointly rejected on Thursday the ruling junta’s order to suspend political activities and vowed to mount a legal challenge to what one opposition politician called the “dictatorial” move. The West African country has been under military rule since a coup in...
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Mr Ali Nuhu , has said that recent deaths in the movie industry has robbed the nation of legendary filmmakers. This is contained in a statement signed by Brian Etuk, Director of Public Affairs of the NFC in Abuja....
No fewer than 29 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday, the official news agency WAFA reported. The people died when a residential building was struck. Dozens of people were also injured in the attack. The Israel Defense Force in a statement on Friday, said the...
Russia has sent an air defence system and 100 military trainers to Niger Republic in West Africa. Military personnel from the Russian Ministry of Defence are to install the system and train Niger’s soldiers in its use, the Nigerien state broadcaster RTN reported late on Thursday. This was...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The family members of the first civilian Governor of Benue State, late Aper Aku are in tears seeking for support from spirited individuals and cooperate organisations to cushion the effect of their suffering. The need to seek for support followed the razing...
The Governors of Abia and Imo as well as other prominent Nigerians have continued to pay glowing tributes to the late former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Family sources confirmed the death of the elder statesman in an Abuja hospital on Thursday at the age...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has assured property owners along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway route that a fair and transparent compensation will be paid to those affected. Umahi said this at a press briefing/stakeholders meeting on Lagos-Coastal Highway projects, at Eko Hotel, on Thursday...
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, has said that the ministry would ensure the timely release of funds to prepare Nigerian athletes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the games will take place from July 26 to Aug....
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deepest condolences to the Onu family over the passing of Chief Ogbonnaya Onu, who died on Thursday at 72. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on...
By BARBARA KALU, Asaba – In a successful operation to eradicate illegal weapons in the South South Region, Nigerian Army troops have uncovered an armoury containing significant cache of arms and ammunition at the residence of a gun runner in Olota Community and adjoining communities of Ughelli South...
Some political leaders in Ebonyi have described the sudden demise of Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, a former Abia state governor, and former minister of Science and Innovation under President Muhmmadu Buhari as a “national tragedy”. Onu died at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja on April 11. The leaders who...
The family of the first civilian Governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, who passed on earlier on Thursday, says that it has lost brother, uncle and a leader par excellence. In a text signed and issued to journalists in Abakaliki by Dr Uzoma Onu, on behalf of...
Senator Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara), has pledged to sponsor the education of out-of-school children from 250,000 households in Zamfara. To this end, the Senator directed the committee he set up to provide palliatives to 250,000 vulnerable households during the Ramadan, to conduct census of such children. The News Agency...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Rep. Kingsley Chinda as the Chairman, Local Government Congress Electoral Committee for Ondo, ahead of Saturday’s governorship primaries. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the constitution of...
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Mohammed Koko, has said the agency is committed to becoming the leading port in Africa. Alhaji Koko made this known the NPA special day at the ongoing Enugu international trade fair. He called for collective commitment of trade...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The TotalEnergies Exploration and Production (E&P) has conducted a ground breaking and foundation laying ceremony for the construction of a hospital ward, consisting of male, female and children’s wards to support the existing structures at the 6 Division Medical Services and Hospital...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says inflation is easing faster than expected but has not been fully defeated. Managing Director of IMF, Kristalina Georgieva,was quoted in a statement by the Fund on Thursday to have said this at the China Development Forum (CDF) 2024, in Beijing. The event...
The Police Command in Plateau have arrested 66 suspected members of Sara-Suka, a cult group operating within Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Steve Yabanet, disclosed this on Friday in Jos. He said that the suspects were apprehended...