FG TO MANUFACTURE MILITARY HARDWARE AT AJAOKUTA – MINISTER
The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Abubakar-Audu, has disclosed plans to partner with the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria to...
NAMIBIA TO INAUGURATE ITS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT
Southern Africa’s desert nation of Namibia swears in its first woman president Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party’s...
‘NATIONAL NECESSITY’: UZODIMMA BACKS EMERGENCY RULE IN RIVERS
The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s decision to declare...
US DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF SCAMMING NETFLIX OUT OF MILLIONS
Hollywood filmmaker Carl Rinsch was hired by Netflix to make a new science-fiction series. Instead, federal prosecutors say, he embezzled more than $11 million from...
I DIDN’T TELEGUIDE ATTACKS ON OIL INSTALLATIONS, FUBARA REPLIES TINUBU, AGF
Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has debunked allegations that he tele-guided attacks on oil installations by suspected militant groups in the state. Also, the...
BREAKING: TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SHUT DOWN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order aimed at shutting down the Department of Education, a decades-long goal of the US right that objects...
PART-TIME HND GRADUATES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR NYSC, MINISTER CONFIRMS
The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, on Thursday, announced the resolution of the long-standing issue regarding the mobilisation of Higher National Diploma graduates for...
ZIMBABWE’S KIRSTY COVENTRY MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST FEMALE IOC PRESIDENT
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, declaring it to be an...
NAFDAC ARRESTS SALES GIRL, SEIZES 120+ BAGS OF FAKE RICE IN RIVERS RAIDS
The National Agency for Food, Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC), has arrested a sales girl and impounded more than 120 bags of fake rice from...
NIGERIAN-AMERICAN AKINYEMI AGBEDE EYES HISTORY AS CALIFORNIA’S FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR
Dr. Akinyemi Agbede, a Nigerian-American mathematician and political figure, has entered the race for the governorship of California. A statement released on Thursday confirmed his...