UK’S BURNHAM RAISES FALKLANDS OIL PROJECT DURING CALL WITH TRUMP
Agency Report British Prime Minister Andy Burnham discussed Argentina’s bid to block a UK-Israeli oil project near the disputed Falkland Islands and its “economic consequences”...
MILAN BOOSTS SECURITY AHEAD OF FRESH PROTESTS OVER RISING LIVING COSTS
Agency Report Security forces are being deployed in large numbers across Italy on Saturday ahead of planned protests in eight cities, including Rome and Milan,...
SHETTIMA SHARES WARM REUNION WITH FULLO COUSINS IN MAIDUGURI
By 'Balogun Ibrahim Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed how much he missed the “warmth, wit and good-natured banter” of his Fullo cousins after reuniting...
TRUMP EASES TARIFFS ON CANADIAN IMPORTS AHEAD OF US MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Agency Report US President Donald Trump’s administration has eased some tariffs on Canadian imports, two weeks before the midterm elections, following lobbying by Republican Senator...
FG EVACUATES 114 NIGERIANS FROM SOUTH AFRICA OVER XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Federal Government has condemned xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against Nigerians and other foreign nationals in South Africa, as it evacuated another...
GENOMIC ANALYSIS LINKS NIGERIA’S EBOLA CASE TO KENYA’S INDEX CASE – HEALTH MINISTER
By 'Balogun Ibrahim Genomic analysis has revealed that the Ebola virus detected in Nigeria’s first confirmed case is closely related to the strain identified in...
ECOWAS COURT AWARDS EX-COMMISSIONER DARMA $50,000 OVER UNLAWFUL REMOVAL
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The ECOWAS Court of Justice has awarded $50,000 in general damages to former ECOWAS Commissioner for Internal Services, Prof. Nazifi Abdullahi Darma,...
FG REINFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH EBOLA ENTRY PROTOCOLS AT NIGERIA’S POINTS OF ENTRY
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has directed relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), health institutions and other stakeholders to...
TRUMP CONSIDERS CONTACTING MUSK OVER UKRAINE’S STARSHIELD CHALLENGES
Agency Report US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would speak to tech tycoon Elon Musk if there are still problems with Ukraine’s...
CNG TRANSITION CUTS TRANSPORT FARES BY UP TO 50% ON SOME NIGERIAN ROUTES
By Aishat Momoh. O. Some public transport routes participating in the Federal Government’s compressed natural gas (CNG) transition programme have recorded fare reductions of between...