The Minister of Interior Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has set up a 13-man committee to conduct a need assessment on the nation’s borders. The members of the committee are drawn from officials from the Ministry; Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Fire Service, Border Community Development Agency, …
Read More »FG, others train 2,180 unemployed Ondo youths in agric-business
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development/Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises in Niger Delta Project have trained no fewer than 2,180 unemployed youths in Ondo State since 2020. The gesture was part of the efforts to encourage youths to go into agriculture for abundant provision of …
Read More »Hundreds of South Africans show solidarity for Palestinians
A cross-section of South Africans took to the streets of Johannesburg on Wednesday in support of the people of Palestine, as the deadly conflict between Israel and the militant group, Hamas, continues. Some people said they were joining in the protest to show solidarity with Palestinians who have faced decades …
Read More »Police arrest Bauchi housewife for allegedly killing step-daughter
An 18-year-old pregnant housewife has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State for allegedly beating her five-year-old stepdaughter to death for defecating on her body. The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this while parading the suspect before journalists at the command’s headquarters on Tuesday. He said …
Read More »Court convicts crypto trader for fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 6, 2023, convicted one Lawrence Success Karinate, a Peer-to-Peer crypto trader for computer-related fraud. The anti-graft agency made this known via an official statement on its website, efcc.gov.ng on Monday. According to the statement, Success was convicted on a …
Read More »Egypt polls: El-Sissi’s presidential bid gets major boot
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s re-election campaign announced on Saturday he had received the backing of 424 members of 596-seat lower house of the country’s parliament for his bed for a third term in office. El-Sissi confirmed earlier this week he will run for a new term in elections scheduled for …
Read More »Atiku seeks Supreme Court’s leave to file fresh evidence against Tinubu
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday night, sought the leave of the Supreme Court to bring in fresh evidence to prove that President Tinubu submitted a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The documents Atiku sought to tender are the academic records …
Read More »UN security council and AU peace and security meeting opens in Addis Ababa
Since Thursday in Addis Ababa, the peace and security bodies of the UN and the African Union (AU) have been discussing the financing of peacekeeping operations carried out under the aegis of the pan-African organization on the continent. The member countries of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the AU …
Read More »I missed garri, egusi when I first arrived in Europe – Matthew
Super Eagles B and FC Zurich midfielder, Ifeanyi Matthew, opens up on his journey from the domestic league to Europe and how he the ‘Naija spirit’ helped him resist bullies in Norway, in this interview with JOHNNY EDWARD How did your football career begin? I started playing football at a …
Read More »23 soldiers missing in Indian flood
The Indian army has said 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a remote valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. The army in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed thst the personnel and some vehicles submerged under the flood. “Due to sudden …
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