The Catholic Church’s cardinals issued an urgent appeal for peace on Tuesday, one day before they retreat into the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. In a joint statement, they called on all warring parties worldwide to “achieve a lasting ceasefire as soon as possible.” The statement, released by the Vatican, said the…
Nasarawa State on Tuesday, opened training camp for its athletes ahead of the 22nd National Sports Festival tagged: Gateway Games Ogun 2025, slated to hold from May 16 to May 30 in Ogun State. Mr Yakubu Kwanta, the state’s Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, while declaring the camp open, said the 10 days preparation…
Poland’s government on Tuesday accused Russia of interfering in the presidential election campaign by spreading disinformation and attacking the country’s critical infrastructure. Digitalisation Minister, Krzysztof Gawkowski, made the accusations at a defence conference in Warsaw. Polish voters would go to the polls on May 18. He said the Russian Military Intelligence Agency (GRU) has doubled…
The Kwara Government has distributed free delivery kits to the 193 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state for pregnant women. Speaking during the distribution in Ilorin, the Executive Secretary, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Prof. Nusirat Elelu, explained that the aim was to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality. According to…
Gov Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, has vowed to enforce the existing anti-land grabbing law in the state. Mutfwang said this when he received reports of the committees on Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Land Administration, on Tuesday in Jos. The governor, who decried the spate of land grabbing in Plateau, said that the…
A former Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa, Udengs Eradiri, has urged the suspended Governor of Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara, to shut his doors against those he called crisis merchants and step up his ongoing reconciliation moves. Eradiri, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Yenagoa, commended the suspended governor for heeding his…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for “maximum restraint” from India and Pakistan. While addressing newsmen at the Security Council in UN Headquarters in New York, he warned that escalating tensions over a recent deadly terror attack in Kashmir risk spiralling into military confrontation. Guterres expressed deep concern over deteriorating relations between the two South…
The Federal Government says it has trained no fewer than 200,000 Nigerians on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies in order to build a digitally skilled workforce for the country. Chief Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 10th Annual Symposium and Awards of the…
Some farmers in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe on Tuesday urged their governments to adopt new strategies to tackle crop theft and insurgents’ attacks ahead of the farming season. The farmers made the appeal when responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on their challenges ahead of the rainy season. Alhaji Umar Mohammed, a…
The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has announced that it would begin airlifting of 2025 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Hajj, May 14. The Executive Chairman of the Agency, Malam Salihu Abubakar, made the announcement in a statement by Malam Yunusa Abdullahi, its Public Relations Officer, on Tuesday in Kaduna. Abubakar disclosed that a…
