FG SETS UP 10-MEMBER PANEL TO PROBE DEATHS OF 37 NSCDC DETAINEES
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Federal Government has set up a 10-member independent committee to investigate the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners who were detained...
ED SHEERAN RETURNS TO STAGE AMID BOYCOTT CALLS OVER PALESTINE CONTROVERSY
Agency Report Protesters and police were expected to greet concertgoers in Philadelphia on Saturday for pop superstar Ed Sheeran’s first show since he became embroiled...
TROOPS RESCUE SIX KIDNAPPED VICTIMS IN KADUNA, KATSINA
By 'Balogun Ibrahim Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have rescued six people abducted in separate operations conducted in Kaduna and...
UK SUPPORTS FALKLANDS FIRMS AFTER ARGENTINA HALTS OIL PROJECT
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The United Kingdom has expressed support for businesses and individuals operating in the Falkland Islands following an Argentine court order directing British...
IRAN EXECUTES MAN ACCUSED OF SHARING MISSILE INFORMATION WITH ISRAEL
Agency Report Iran’s judiciary announced on Saturday the execution of a man accused of providing information about Iranian missile sites to Israeli intelligence. “The death...
NIGER MINING TRAGEDY: SURVIVOR ALLEGES NSCDC OFFICIALS SPRAYED UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE ON MINERS
By:Aminat Tajudeen A survivor of the illegal mining incident in Niger State has alleged that some officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICIAN COMMENDS FG OVER JAIL TERM FOR SOUTH AFRICAN DRUG TRAFFICKER
By:Aminat Tajudeen The President of ActionSA and Johannesburg mayoral candidate, Herman Mashaba, has commended Nigeria for sentencing a South African woman to 40 years in...
TINUBU ORDERS PROSECUTION OF OFFICIALS LINKED TO DEATHS OF NIGER MINERS
By:Aminat Tajudeen President Bola Tinubu has ordered a full and transparent investigation into the deaths of suspected illegal miners who died while in the custody...
INEC COMMENCES DISTRIBUTION OF SENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR GOMBE BY-ELECTION
By:Aminat Tajudeen The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed sensitive electoral materials to the three local government areas ahead of Saturday’s by-election for the...
NIGER IMPOSES 24-HOUR CURFEW FOLLOWING PROTEST OVER MINERS’ DEATHS
By:Aminat Tajudeen Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state following protests and the destruction of property linked to the...