No fewer than 2.4 million voters in Liberia are eligible to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after the first six years. Weah, 57, who turned to politics after a successful soccer career, said...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to leverage shared aspirations and collaborate on diverse fronts in the delivery of sustainable development projects in the region. At a brief signing ceremony...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyeosm Wike has urged the European Union (EU) to support Nigeria’s efforts grow her economy and not interfere with the country’s internal affairs. Wike stated this when the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Samuela Isopi, visited him in...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States, have arrested 13 suspects over alleged kidnapping, banditry, rustling and other criminal offences. The Media Officer of OPSH, Captain James Oya, who...
A former lawmaker, Senator Alex Kadiri has decried the killings and indiscriminate brandishing of weapons amongst youths in Kogi, calling for government’s immediate intervention. Senator Kadiri represented Kogi East in the National Assembly between 1999 and 2003. The ex-lawmaker made the plea while addressing newsmen in Lokoja on...
Israeli airstrikes continued on Monday as the country’s military called up about 300,000 reservists ahead of a potential ground invasion of Gaza. Fighting between Israeli soldiers and Islamist Hamas militants continued in the border area with Gaza on Monday, as Israel’s defence minister vowed a “complete siege”...
Media sources on Tuesday announced that an artillery strike that hit a refugee camp near Myanmar’s border with China has killed at least 29 people, including women and children. The sources added that this attack was one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the return of military...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has reaffirmed his government’s continuous support to all security agencies in a bid to securing the lives and property of the citizenry in the state. The Borno State Commissioner of Information and Internal Security,, Prof. Mohammed Usman...
The Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) on Tuesday said that lack of sufficient infrastructure to drive new technologies could slow down rollout of 5G network. The President of ATCON, Mr Tony Izuagbe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the 5G technology rollout...
Police in San Francisco on Tuesday shot dead a person accused of ramming a car into the Chinese Consulate, according to U.S. officials. Officers responding to the scene found that the vehicle had stopped inside the lobby of the consulate building with people seen fleeing out through a...
As the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated on Monday, more than 900 Israeli civilians, including over 250 people attending a music festival, and members of the military have so far been killed by the Palestinian militant group, with another 2,150 wounded, as confirmed by Israeli officials...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – No fewer than four students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), have been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. The incident, according to a source occurred outside the school campus around Angwan Kare area of Keffi on Monday night exactly 10:30...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the Nov. 11 election in Bayelsa. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment delivered Monday night, held that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Vigilantes and local hunters in Lere village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State have killed no fewer than 67 suspected kidnappers and successfully rescued 28 kidnapped victims. The Sarkin Lere (traditional ruler of Lere), Jamilu Bawa, disclosed this when the Bauchi...
At least 11 Americans have died in bloody violence in Israel, President Joe Biden said on the third day since Palestinian militants launched a stunning and complex surprise attack in Israel. In a statement, Biden described the deaths as the “heart wrenching” results of an “appalling terrorist assault...
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By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Government of Osun State and Canadian High Commission has consolidated economic partnership with a follow up bilateral talks between Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Canadian top diplomats in Lagos. The Canadian High Commissioner, James Christoff had led his team at High...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A 37-year old man, Hamisu Dauda has been arrested by the Borno State Police Command for allegedly raping a 62-year old woman in Shani Local Government Area of the state. The Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammad Yusufu, disclosed this...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has expressed concerned over rejection of corps members by some employers in the North-East region. The NYSC Director in charge of the zone, Mr Garinvwa Ishaya, stated this at a one-day Corps Employers’ Forum, on Monday in Yola. The theme of the...
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has directed its supporters to limit their celebrations over the recent victory at the tribunal to party offices in Lafia, the state capital, as well as in the 13 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Mr Francis...