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5 Sep
No fewer than 6,575 people have benefitted from an eye care outreach organised by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo).
5 Sep
In 2022, Michael Akinlabi, along with Ayeni Taiwo, founder & co founder respectively, established Gmk Signatures And Properties Limited, a real estate company poised to transform the industry. With a focus on Real Estate Management Services, the company aims to empower individuals and investors to build generational wealth through smart property investments. According to the…
5 Sep
A group of Concerned Gambians and Commonwealth citizens have opposed the candidacy of Mr. Mamadou Tangara, The Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, for the position of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
5 Sep
Health stakeholders in Ondo State have stressed the need to strengthen the state's ‘One Health’ initiative to prevent the outbreak of zoonotic diseases.
5 Sep
The Edeaniagu clan in Ishi-Ozalla Community, Nkanu West Local Council of Enugu State, has decried an alleged move to rewrite its history by the author of a recently published compendium on Enugu State.
5 Sep
Jobberman Nigeria, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, over the weekend, championed a diversity and inclusion forum to empower Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Ibadan, Oyo State.
5 Sep
President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Gabriel Idahosa, has expressed worry over the severe food crisis and hunger in the country, adding that the situation has become very dire.
5 Sep
Gunmen invaded the Isiala Mbano Local Council headquarters in Imo State on Tuesday night, setting several office buildings ablaze and killing security operatives and others.
5 Sep
The National Unity Forum (NUF), a non-governmental organization committed to promoting Nigeria’s unity in diversity, has extended its heartfelt congratulations to Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi on his recent appointment as the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued by the Forum’s National Coordinator, Godwin Meliga, on…
5 Sep
The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has condemned the misuse of the National Labour Congress (NLC) for personal gain, describing it as an affront on the core principles that the body stands for.
5 Sep
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared that it will collaborate with international touring bikers group, Jeje Riders Nigeria to fight drug abuse among youths and children of age across the country.
5 Sep
Last week, the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Convention Center in Abuja was abuzz with activity as the Africa Defence Industries Conference (ADIC) took center stage. This landmark event, themed "Future Frontiers in Africa's Defence Technology," was more than just a celebration—it was a declaration of Africa's growing influence in the global defense arena.
2 hours ago
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from N950 to N890 per litre. The price slash takes effect from Saturday, February 1, 2025. Dangote Refinery's spokesperson, Anthony Chiejina, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Chiejina said the 'strategic adjustment' was a direct…
3 hours ago
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday that the world was relying on him "to reach a permanent and historic peace agreement" to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Saturday's phone call was the first between the two leaders since Trump repeatedly floated a plan to relocate Palestinians…
3 hours ago
A Syria war monitor said 10 pro-Turkey fighters were killed on Saturday during fighting with Kurdish-led forces in the country's north, while nine people were killed in a car bombing. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 10 members of pro-Ankara groups were killed in clashes with the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who…
3 hours ago
Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists. Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for power since April 2023 that has intensified this month with the army fighting to take…
3 hours ago
The United States military on Saturday conducted air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump announced. "This morning I ordered precision military air strikes on the senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia," Trump said on Truth Social. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes…
3 hours ago
Donald Trump has fired the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, who announced Saturday that his term had been "concluded" in the latest move by the Republican president to reshape the American government. Rohit Chopra, who had been named to head the agency responsible for protecting bank customers in 2021, had been due to…
3 hours ago
The death toll from the crash of a medical jet carrying a Mexican child home from a hospital in Philadelphia has risen to seven, officials said Saturday, with 19 others wounded. The crash -- the second major aviation disaster in the United States this week -- occurred Friday when the twin-engine Learjet 55 plummeted towards…
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Indian commandos shot dead at least eight Maoist rebels in the dense jungles of central India on Saturday as security forces ramp up efforts to crush the long-running conflict. More than 10,000 people have been killed in the decades-long insurgency waged by the rebels, who say they are fighting for the rights of marginalised Indigenous…
4 hours ago
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that the Nigerian Education Loan Fund(NELFUND) has disbursed over ₦104 billion in loans to more than 600,000 students studying in tertiary institutions across the country. Tinubu disclosed this in his keynote address at the 42nd Founders' Day and the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology,(FUT), Minna,…
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Senegal will give $15,800 to the family of each person killed during political strife between 2021 and 2024 that left about 80 dead and compensate people detained during the troubles, a minister said Saturday. Three years of unrest from February 2021 were sparked by a dispute between then President Macky Sall and opposition leader Bassirou…