The Israeli military announced on Monday that it had arrested additional members of a group in Syria believed to be controlled by Iran. According to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the targeted cell was linked to the Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Israeli forces reportedly carried…
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, says the National Assembly Infrastructure and Property Agency Bill (IPA), is a major step in strengthening institutional independence of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the agency when established would help manage every aspect of National Assembly buildings and precincts. This includes…
Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Monday rejected New Delhi’s allegation that his military received active support from longtime ally China in its conflict with India in May. Indian army’s deputy chief Lieutenant General Rahul Singh said last week that China gave Islamabad “live inputs” on key Indian positions. The “insinuations regarding external…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen has advocated harmonisation of federal and state audit systems for a unified national framework to end fiscal recklessness. Tajudeen made the call at the National Conference on Fiscal Governance, Transparency and Accountability in Abuja on Monday, organised by the National Assembly Public Accounts Committees (PAC)…
Russia bombarded Ukraine with airstrikes overnight, killing at least two people, local authorities said on Monday. A strike on the Black Sea port city of Odessa killed one man and damaged civilian infrastructure, the regional military governor, Oleh Kiper, said. The military governor of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said a 35-year-old man was…
Far-right activists in Poland plan to continue unauthorised patrols at the border with Germany amid new checks started by the Polish border guard. Robert Bąkiewicz of the so-called Border Defence Movement told dpa on Monday that his members had withdrawn from the border crossings but would still patrol the border area with mobile units. He…
The National Farmers Coalition and Grassroots Agricultural Groups have commended the disbursement of N19.5 billion to 50,000 farmers across Nigeria by the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF). The coalition made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, applauding the initiative under NADF’s Strategic Grant Programme, which it said has empowered smallholder farmers nationwide….
The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Kaduna Region, Mr Nasir Mansur, has urged communities to act fast in curtailing vandalism, saying that the firm was overwhelmed by vandalism. He made the call on Monday during a sensitisation and public awareness campaign tagged: ‘Encroachment of the TCN Right of Way and Vandalisation of High-Tension…
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has fined MultiChoice Nigeria ₦766,242,500 for breaching the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA).NDPC is a public institution that processes data in furtherance of its mandate as Nigeria’s data protection authority and rely on recognised lawful bases for data processing such as consent, legal obligation and contract.(The commission’s Head of…
Flood, caused by a heavy midnight rainfall, has sacked many residents of Dankama community, in Kaita Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State from their houses. The incident was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Sunday, by a resident of the area, Alhaji Ishaq Sarkin-Fulani. NAN reports that during the…
