Gov Babagana Zulum of Borno has pledged support to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), to fast track successful conduct of the 2025 Hajj exercise. Zulum said this during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the commission, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman, on Tuesday in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the…
Two men, Taofeek Wasiu, 26, and Akinsola Babatunde, 21, were on Tuesday docked before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing property worth N460,000. The defendants whose addresses were not provided are facing a two-count charge of felony and stealing. They however pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them. The Prosecutor, ASP…
A driver, who is yet to be identified, crushed to death a 12-year-old student and injured her 15-year-old sister while speeding on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the incident happened on Monday at 3:35 p….
Three Chinese naval vessels spotted in international waters off Australia have moved closer to the country, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said on Tuesday. The ships have been observed conducting live firing exercises in the area, causing commercial flights to divert. The ships were now 218 nautical miles (403 kilometres) off Australia, the NZDF…
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for the revival of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada to the U.S. Trump took to his online platform Truth Social to urge the company building the pipeline to come back to America. “The Trump administration is very different, easy approvals, almost immediate start. “If…
Transcorp Power Plc has declared a revenue growth of 115 per cent in 2024, amounting to N305.9 billion and an operating profit after tax of N80.01 billion. Mr Emmanuel Nnorom, Chairman, Board of Directors, Transcorp Power Plc disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the companies’ Annual General Meeting (AGM). Nnorom said that the financial…
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has assumed the Chairmanship of the Association of African Air Forces (AAAF). Abubakar assumed the position at the African Air Chiefs’ Symposium which was held in Zambia from Feb. 16 to Feb. 22. The AAAF is a non-political organisation dedicated to enhancing airpower capability…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said “soldiers, weapons and ideology’’ are the three essential elements of the armed forces, state media reported on Tuesday. During a visit to a military and political University, Kim highlighted the “ideology-first’’ principle and that “arms without ideology are little short of ironware,’’ the state-controlled KCNA news agency…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for strengthening of public-private partnership with the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI) to promote regional integration. ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Mrs Massandjé Toure-Litse, made this known at a consultative meeting between the ECOWAS Private Sector Directorate and…
No fewer than four people had been killed after a bridge under construction collapsed in South Korea on Tuesday, news agency Yonhap reported. Six people were injured in the accident, some 80 kilometres south of Seoul, five of them seriously. Yonhap said five 50-metre-long steel beams holding up the bridge collapsed one by one as…
