The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed concern over what it described as the “quiet abandonment’’ of the Safe School Initiative by government authorities across the country. Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday after a meeting of party leaders in Abuja, the ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said the neglect of the programme had…
EU foreign ministers adopted sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine on Monday. Diplomats told dpa that the EU sanctions target companies and individuals involved in Iran’s ballistic missile programme and the delivery of these and other weapons to Russia. The European Union had previously warned Iran several times…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has defended his actions during the last elections, saying he never worked against his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike while speaking at his monthly media chat in Abuja on Monday, argued that if he had really betrayed the PDP, the party would not have…
After 72 days of entertainment in reality shows, the Big Brother Titans will come to an end on Sunday, April 2, 2023 and a winner will emerge garnering a prize worth a hundred thousand dollars. The life of who takes the cash prize will definitely not be the same again. Six housemates namely Tsatsii,…
A State High Court in Lokoja on Monday sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu, gave the order in a judgment he delivered in Lokoja with a charge to Ahmed-Anaje not to parade himself as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. NAN reports that Daudu Adeku-Ojiah, Hussain Yusuf and Abdulrahaam Suberu had in…
Donald Trump has called his rival in the 2024 election vice President Kamala Harris a liar in the concluding parts of his campaigns. Donald Trump’s final rally on Saturday was in North Carolina, in the city of Greensboro, a state that voted for him in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. He began by saying…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), says it has sealed 19 illegal Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and category D cooking gas outlets in Delta. The Coordinator, NMDPRA in the state, Mr Victor Ohwodiasa disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri. Ohwodiasa said that the illegal outlets were sealed within the last…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has provided healthcare and other humanitarian services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue. The agency has so far supported 10 safe deliveries at the International Market IDP Camp in Makurdi, Benue, and attended to more than 368 pregnant women who came for antenatal care visits. UNFPA Humanitarian/Sexual and…
An emerging gospel artist, Yemisi Atteh, has called on the federal government and the private sector to set up an investment fund for the development of emerging artists in the country. Atteh made the call in Abuja, during a live worship/video recording to celebrate her 40th birthday. She described the entertainment industry as a “job…
The police command has confirmed the killing of three people following the collapse of a mining pit in Ebonyi. Confirming the death on Sunday, Joshua Ukandu, the command’s spokesman, said, “Three people were killed on Saturday when a mining pit collapsed in Enyim Agalegu, a community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi state. ”We…
