PREMIER LEAGUE TO PAUSE MATCHES DURING RAMADAN FOR MUSLIM PLAYERS
Agency Report The Premier League (EPL) and English Football League (EFL) will introduce brief pauses during matches this Ramadan to allow Muslim players and officials...
GLOBAL AI SUMMIT KICKS OFF IN NEW DELHI AMID HOPES, SKEPTICISM
By Aishat Momoh. O. [caption id="attachment_212451" align="alignnone" width="300"] A worker installs the national flags of participating countries on the eve of the 'India AI Impact...
GUNFIRE ERUPTS IN KWARA AS BANDITS CLASH WITH SECURITY FORCES; FOUR KIDNAPPED IN PATIGI
By Aishat Momoh. O. Tension gripped parts of Share community, the headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area, on Sunday evening following a gunfire exchange between...
WORKERS’ STRIKE DISRUPTS FLIGHTS AT KENYA’S MAIN AIRPORT
By Aishat Momoh. O. Flights and air traffic control operations at Kenya’s main airport were disrupted on Monday as a strike by aviation workers took...
US FREEZES ASSETS OF EIGHT NIGERIANS OVER ALLEGED TIES TO BOKO HARAM, ISIL
Agency Report The United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having links to extremist groups, including Boko Haram and...
DSS SLAMS THREE-COUNT CHARGE AGAINST EL-RUFAI OVER ALLEGED PHONE INTERCEPTION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a three-count charge against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, at the Federal...
SOUTH-EAST LOST OVER 20% OF ECONOMY YEARLY TO SIT-AT-HOME CRISIS – SOLUDO
By Aishat Momoh. O. Governor Charles Soludo has revealed that the South-East may have lost more than 20 per cent of its economy annually during...
STARMER VOWS TO TIGHTEN SOCIAL MEDIA RULES, SAYS PLATFORMS WON’T GET ‘FREE PASS’ ON CHILD SAFETY
Agency Report UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled plans to strengthen protections for children online, warning that social media platforms will no longer receive...
PROTESTERS STORM N’ASSEMBLY, DEMAND MANDATORY REAL-TIME E-TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS
By Aishat Momoh. O. Protesters on Monday returned to the National Assembly of Nigeria, demanding that real-time electronic transmission of election results be made compulsory...
NAF OFFICER WINS DOUBLE HONOURS AT WEST AFRICAN SURGEONS’ CONFERENCE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Nigerian Air Force has announced that one of its senior officers, Group Captain A.O. Akinuli, has clinched double honours at...