An international war crimes prosecutor, Stephen Rapp, has said evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad. According to Rapp, more than 100,000 people have been tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave...
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Kenya suffered a widespread power outage on Wednesday that affected most of the country, with electricity supply restored about six hours later, the nation’s leading power utility Kenya Power said. The cause of the outage in East Africa’s largest economy, which was first reported at 1:28 a.m. local time...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) achieved significant recognition at the 2024 SERVICOM MDAs’ Awards held in Abuja on Wednesday, December 17, 2024. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Head, Public Affairs and Corporate Communication, NUPRC, Mrs Olaide...
Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly Complex ahead of presentation of 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reportes that budget presentation which was earlier slated to hold on Tuesday, Dec 17...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has appointed a new Controller, Mr Olatubosun Ajibogun to head its Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command. This is contained in a statement by the FCT command, Public Relations Officer (PRO) Samson Duza on Wednesday in Abuja. Duza said that Ajibogun, a seasoned correctional service...
Nigerians paid ₦2.23tn as ransom to kidnappers in twelve months. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the payments were made between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the NBS’s latest Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report published on Tuesday, 65 per cent of households affected by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has restored Sylvester Ezeokenwa as the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said that the decision of the Commission followed...
Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the suspension of chairmen in the 18 local governments (LG) of Edo by the House of Assembly. A statement by Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, the state PDP Chairman on Tuesday in Benin, described the action as unconstitutional, null, and...
The Nigeria Police, Gombe State Command has arrested a 27-year old man for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in Pindiga community in Akko Local Government of the state. The police’s spokesperson in the state, ASP Buhari Abdullahi, said this on Tuesday in Gombe while parading the suspect and others....
Real Madrid and Brazil forward, Vinicius Junior was voted as FIFA’s Best men’s player for 2024 on Tuesday. The 24-year-old, who helped Real Madrid win the Champions League and La Liga, beat nine other nominees including Ballon d’Or winner Rodri and record winner Lionel Messi. It is his first...
Brazil legend Ronaldo has confirmed he wants to become president of the country’s football governing body to address a “deep crisis” the sport is facing nationally. “I have hundreds of motivations, but I think the biggest of them is really to restore international respect to Brazilian football,” he said...
Justice Benedict Kanyip of National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Abuja, on Tuesday, withdrew from separate suits filed by 62 staff members of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who were recently disengaged from the apex bank’s service. Justice Kanyip, who is also the President of NICN, rescued himself from...
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has identified limited investor participation, regulatory hurdles and macroeconomic instability as key obstacles hindering the capital market’s contribution to the nation’s one trillion dollar economic goal. The Director-General of SEC, Dr Emomotimi Agama, said this at the 2024 SEC Journalists Academy held in Tuesday...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja envisaged moderate dust haze on Wednesday with visibility range from 2Km to 5km in the northern region. According to the agency, localised visibility of less...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, on Tuesday, performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the Abia Airport project. In a speech at the event held at Ubaha-Nsulu in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area, Keyamo said that the project was upgraded from an airstrip to an...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – 250 elderly citizens in Kogi State have benefitted from the second batch of the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme of the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. The 250 beneficiaries aged 65 years and above cut across the 21 Local Government Areas...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- In a bid to promote peace building and community engagement in Borno State, the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has organized a one-day training workshop for local journalists. The workshop, held on Tuesday at the Hajja Mangal Memorial Banquet Hall in Maiduguri, aimed to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says Eziukwu Market, also known as Cemetery Market, Aba, Abia is centre for fake and substandard products production and distribution. The agency made the declaration during a lengthy operation led by Mr Martins Iluyomade, Director, South-East Zone, NAFDAC,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered over N52 billion and 966,900.83 U.S. dollars in the last one year. The ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu (SAN), disclosed this, on Tuesday in Abuja, at an event to mark his one year anniversary as the Chairman...
Pope Francis escaped two attempts on his life during his historic trip to Iraq in March 2021, according to excerpts from his forthcoming autobiography published Tuesday by Italian media. The pontiff’s Vatican security detail received an urgent warning from the British secret services, Francis wrote. “A woman packed with...