The UN peacekeeping operation in Mali is poised to complete its drawdown on Sunday, following a decade of multifaceted efforts to support the country. The Malian authorities had requested earlier this year to end the mission by Dec. 31 The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)...
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Nigerians, particularly Lagos residents of bigger and greater accomplishments in year 2024. Sanwo-Olu, in his New Year message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday urged residents to be hopeful and continue to live in peace and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it has nothing to do with the demolition at Computer Village in Ikeja. The Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, said this in a statement in Lagos. Omotoso said that structure was...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has assured the people of the state that 2024 will usher glorious dawn. Uzodimma gave the assurance in his New Year broadcast delivered at his Omuma country home near Owerri on Sunday. He congratulated the people for surviving 2023 “in spite...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has called on Nigerians to embrace unity, love and tolerance to foster the peace in the country ahead of 2024. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the I-G...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu will address Nigerians on New Year’s Day, according to presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. The nationwide broadcast will be on Monday, January 1, 2024, at 7 am. “Television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook...
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un wrapped up the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can “break out any time” on the peninsula, state media reported Sunday. Kim lambasted...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle and the service chiefs on Sunday visited Plateau State shortly after a fresh attack by gunmen. The visit comes hours after assailants killed no fewer than two persons, including a father and his son, in a fresh attack...
A financial expert, Dr Uche Uwaleke says an increase in the size of the 2024 budget by the National Assembly will render the inflation rate projection of 21.4 per cent for 2024 unrealistic. Uwaleke, the Director, Institute of Capital Market Studies at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, said this...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chairman of Sokoto Community Guard Corps, Honourable Yushau Ahmed Kebbe, has said it has gotten to that point where they no longer wait for bandits to attack before they respond. Kebbe, who spoke to journalists after the state...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As year 2023 draws to an end, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has urged Nigerians to be more tolerant on the road, as well as improve on safe road use culture in view of the improved road...
As we enter into the New Year, many do the usual: “thank God for keeping me alive, for my healthy children, for the house I built”. Personally, I have a lot to be grateful for this year. I survived a ghastly motor accident on the 14th of April...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has urged Nigerians to put the partisan politics of 2023 behind and unite to make the country a better place in 2024. The Lagos State APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, make this remark in his New Year Message on Sunday...
Registrar, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Dr Tosan Erhabor, said that so far a total of 10,697 medical laboratory scientists had left the country. Erhabor told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a policy is being put together by the Federal Ministry of Health...
Security operatives in Kogi have rescued 21 kidnap victims, 48 hours after their abduction on Thursday along Ajaokuta – Itobe road in the state. Gov Yahaya Bello, who lauded the efforts of the security operatives, reiterated zero tolerance for criminal activities in the state. A statement by the...
Some Oil and Gas Experts have said that the coming on stream of both Port Harcourt and Dangote refineries may lead to some marginal reduction in the cost of petroleum products and not a significant price crash. The experts made this known in an interview with the News...
Key education stakeholders say government at national and sub-national levels must give the much needed attention and show sincere commitment to the development of the education sector, to make necessary impact in 2024. The stakeholders spoke against the backdrop of events that shaped the sector in the outgoing...
The Police in Lagos State have arrested a man, who allegedly paraded himself as a Police officer before commercial motorcyclists, whom he allegedly defrauded the sum of N670,000. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday....
An Igbo adage says that when an anomaly persists for one year, it becomes the norm. So slowly, steadily but surely, it is becoming a norm, an accepted aberration, for a president in Nigeria to appoint himself as a minister. It is like saying in a country of...