China
2 Jan
Two Chinese balloons were detected moving across the median line separating Taiwan from China, with one flying directly above the island, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said Tuesday.
1 Jan
As major countries of the world await with eagerness to celebrate 2024, a few nations have yesterday afternoon already begun their celebrations.
30 Dec 2023
China has expelled nine military officials from its parliament, including four generals of the army's strategic missile unit, in a sweeping reshuffle following the appointment of a new defence minister. The decision, announced late on Friday by the state news agency Xinhua came after a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party.…
29 Dec 2023
China named a former navy commander as its new defence minister on Friday, months after his predecessor was sacked as part of a series of mysterious dismissals of military and political leaders.
28 Dec 2023
A former senior official at China's central bank has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for corruption, Chinese media reported on Thursday. Sun Guofeng, formerly head of the monetary policy department at the People's Bank of China, exchanged information for bribes totalling 21 million yuan ($3 million), according to financial news site…
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Ondo State government rose from one of its closed-door meetings to issue stern crowd control directives aimed at regulating public gatherings
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Barely few days to this year’s Christmas celebration, the prices of food items have continued to soar beyond the reach of an average Abia
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The Senator representing Lagos West, Idiat Oluranti Adebule, on Sunday, kicked off the distribution of 1,200 50kg bags of rice to constituents. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, flagged off the rice distribution, intended for residents in the 10 local councils within the Lagos West Senatorial District. During the…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a businessman for an attempt to smuggle 256 wraps of cocaine into the country
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The Federal Government will on Monday, arraigned five suspected terrorists linked to the notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji,
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Retired Maj.-Gen. Godwin Osagie Abbe, a former minister of Defence during the administration of late former President Umaru Yar’Adua is dead.
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President Bola Tinubu has expressed sorrow over the death of Uthman Argungu, retired Supreme Court Justice, describing his passing
42 mins ago
Since the recent introduction of four tax reform bills by the executive arm, the National Assembly has taken a significant step toward
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Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation and erstwhile Labour Party’s (LP) chieftain, says the party’s inability to build an enduring structure after the 2023 elections is responsible for the gale of defections from the party. Okupe made the statement in an interview in Lagos on Sunday. It will…