Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, on Tuesday said that the upper chamber had been passing diverse laws aimed at positioning Nigeria for a $1 trillion economy by 2030. Bamidele, representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, said this at a meeting with a delegation of the United Kingdom Parliament, held at...
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Pope Francis slept well throughout the night, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after the pontiff suffered two episodes of respiratory insufficiency the evening before. “The Pope slept through the night and now continues to rest,” a statement said. Monday’s episodes resulted in two bronchoscopies, which removed “large secretions” of...
Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 150 soldiers and a tank in the Kursk direction in the past 24 hours, according to the Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday. “Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 150 servicepeople, a tank and two infantry...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is unwilling to talk about a real peace deal, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. “What I do know is that President Trump wants to make a deal, and unfortunately, it has appeared thus far that President Zelensky is unwilling to talk...
The Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has lauded the Federal Government’s plan to erect seven thousand telecommunications towers in rural areas. The President of ATCON, Mr Tony Emoekpere said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday , that it would...
Operatives of the Amotekun Security Network, Efon-Alaaye Command, have handed over 43-year-old Mrs Damilola Clement to the police for allegedly hitting her 9-year-old son on the head with a pestle. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that details of the incident were contained in a statement signed by...
Ukraine has shown its determination to continue cooperation with the United States (U.S.) and is ready to sign an agreement on rare earth metals, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Tuesday. Fox News reported earlier, citing a senior White House official, that the U.S. is temporarily suspending all military...
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday, threatened to revoke the bail it granted to Yisa Usman, the sacked Deputy Director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), over behaviour considered to be improper. Justice H.A. Musa, who cautioned Usman, granted the oral application by N. Orji, the prosecution lawyer, to...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Police Command in Edo has launched a manhunt for suspected herdsmen who allegedly abducted a Catholic Priest and a Seminarian from St. Peter Catholic Church, Ivukwa community, in Etsako East Local Government. The command’s spokesman, CSP Moses Yamu, disclosed this in a press text...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, presided over the swearing-in of the newly appointed head of the state’s civil service, Dr. Mohammed Aminu Ghuluze. Zulum appointed Dr. Ghuluze as part of the broader strategy to strengthen governance and ensure efficient service delivery across the...
Nigeria’s telecommunications sector has witnessed a robust recovery, with active subscriptions surging to 169.3 million in January 2025, up from 164.9 million in December 2024. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) made this known in an industry statistics on its website. The telecoms regulator said that this robust recovery followed...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that the nation’s power sector has achieved a new peak generation for the year 2025, which was successfully transmitted. The management of the company in a statement on Tuesday, said new feat was recorded on Sunday,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – A petrol tanker driver and his motor boy have been confirmed dead in a fire incident that occurred early Tuesday at the Orita Challenge outlet of GABSTAB Petrol Station in Ibadan. General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed this in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of four people in a lone accident involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi. The FRSC also said that two persons were severely injured in the accident. The FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, confirmed the incidence to...
The Obololi community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa has reported that no relief has reached them following the Feb. 16 oil leak, which discharged crude and polluted the River Nun. The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) traced the spill to a 16-inch Nun...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Armed terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram/ISWAP on Sunday kdinaped a Professor Abubakar Eljuma of the Nigeria Army University Biu (NAUB) and other passengers. The incident took place along the troubled Damaturu -Biu road near Kamuya- village. Sources said Professor Eljuma, a...
Police Command in Ondo State has arrested three suspects in connection with the attack on members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) at Ogbese in Ondo State. CSP Funmilayo Odunlami, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, made this known on Tuesday in a statement made...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has dismissed reports of a congress held in Calabar. He said the national leadership rejected it and would set a new date. Diri made this known on Monday during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State Executive Council (SEC) meeting at the party’s secretariat in...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved the procurement of a N2.5 billion satellite gadget to combat illegal mining in the country. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, said this while briefing State House Correspondents, after the FEC...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) against Binance Holdings Ltd, demanding 79.5 billion US dollars over economic losses allegedly caused by its operations in Nigeria, until April 7. The matter, which was on number 9 on...