LABOUR PARTY SPLINTERS DEEPEN AS FACTION PETITIONS DSS OVER ALLEGED COUP PLOT LINKED TO PETER OBI, OTHERS
Agency Report Fresh internal rifts have emerged within the Labour Party (LP) following a sensational petition by its factional National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi,...
22 KILLED, OVER 1,200 ARRESTED IN ANGOLA FUEL PROTESTS AS CALM RETURNS TO LUANDA
Agency Report Two days of violent unrest and looting in Angola have left 22 people dead including one police officer and over 1,200 arrested,...
MICHAEL JACKSON’S GLITTERY SOCK FROM 1990s CONCERT SOLD FOR OVER $8,000 IN FRANCE
Agency Report A single glittery sock worn by the late pop icon Michael Jackson during a 1990s concert in France has been sold at...
FG TO ESTABLISH CATTLE BREEDING CENTRES ACROSS SIX GEO-POLITICAL ZONES TO BOOST LIVESTOCK MODERNISATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal Government has unveiled plans to establish cattle breeding centres across Nigeria’s six geo-political zones as part of ongoing...
SEVEN DEAD AS MILITARY PLANE CARRYING INDIGENOUS PASSENGERS CRASHES IN VENEZUELAN AMAZON
Agency Report A Venezuelan military aircraft transporting members of the Yanomami indigenous community crashed in the Amazon jungle on Tuesday, killing seven people, including...
TINUBU APPOINTS GOVERNING COUNCIL, PRINCIPAL OFFICERS FOR NEW FEDERAL UNIVERSITY IN OGONILAND
By Aishat Momoh. O. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Governing Council and principal officers for the newly established Federal...
COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF EX-KATSINA COMMISSIONER RABE NASIR
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Katsina State High Court has sentenced two men to death for the 2021 murder of a former Katsina State...
UAE BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF WATER PIPELINE FROM EGYPT TO SOUTHERN GAZA AMID GROWING CRISIS
Agency Report The United Arab Emirates has commenced the construction of a major pipeline to transport desalinated water from Egypt into southern Gaza, in...
HEAVY RAINFALL COLLAPSES EIGHT BUILDINGS, DISPLACES RESIDENTS IN MAIDUGURI
By Aishat Momoh. O. At least eight buildings collapsed and several families were displaced following a heavy downpour that hit Maiduguri, the Borno State...
EXTORTION WILL NOT HALT ENFORCEMENT AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED MINING – DELE ALAKE ASSERTS
BY OWOLABI OLUWADARA The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, has asserted that the Federal Government will not yield to coercion or media assaults in...