Singapore recorded 129 cases of murder, attempted murder, robbery, rioting, and serious harm involving knives as of November 2024, the Ministry of Home Affairs said Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling announced that the list of regulated weapons will be expanded to include flick knives and knuckledusters in the first half of…
The issue of the U.S. nuclear fuel at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) most likely to be included in the agenda of the next consultations between Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev told RIA Novosti. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi will probably take place…
University lecturers in Nigeria have warned of renewed strikes unless the federal government moves swiftly to implement reforms recommended by the Yayale Ahmed report, submitted in February after years of negotiations. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ibadan Zone, issued the warning on Monday, accusing the government of employing “delay tactics” and ignoring agreements…
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned his position with immediate effect. In a letter dated December 1 and addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Badaru said he was stepping down on health grounds. A statement by Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said President Tinubu has accepted the resignation and expressed gratitude for…
Bayelsa has recorded a 98 per cent coverage in the first round of the 2025 National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDs) programme conducted from the May 3 to May 6. Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, deputy governor of the state, disclosed this during a meeting of the state’s taskforce on immunisation in Yenagoa on Wednesday. He said that…
Tensions have emerged within Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after its acting National Chairman, Alhaji Umar Damagum, publicly repudiated recent comments by the party’s spokesperson regarding procedural correspondence with the country’s electoral body. National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, had told journalists that the party was under no legal obligation to inform the Independent National Electoral…
The Catholic Church on Sunday says the selection process of a Pope, is usually done all under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Rev. Fr. Anthony Thompson, the priest in charge of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Tedi, Ojo, Lagos, gave the clarification during the celebration of the Feast of Pentecost. The News Agency of…
Nigeria’s Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has suspended the Action Democratic Party (ADP) over its refusal to sign the council’s binding constitution, escalating tensions within the nation’s coalition of political parties. The suspension was confirmed in a letter issued by IPAC National Secretary, Barrister Maxwell Mgbudem, following an emergency session of the council’s General Assembly held…
The National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has indefinitely postponed the screening of aspirants ahead of its 2025 elective national convention. The screening exercise was initially scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 28 October. However, in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, the NCOC Chairman and Governor of Adamawa…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu, with two giant music speakers, used in concealing four large parcels of methamphetamine. This is contained in a statement by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs weighing 2.700kilograms,…
