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…
The Greee Climate Fund has approved 151 million dollars in financing for a major resilience programme supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The aim is to address climate vulnerability in the Horn of Africa. The AfDB’s Director for Agriculture and Agro-Industry, Dr Martin Fregene, said this in a statement posted on the bank”s website….
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that impartial electoral commissions and non-partisan security operatives are key to conducting credible elections in the West African sub-region. Jonathan made this statement on Tuesday in Abuja during his address at a two-day Reflection Conference on Democratic Elections in West Africa. The theme of the conference was ‘Strengthening Democratic…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Wednesday to Friday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja, envisaged sunny skies on Wednesday with prospects of thunderstorms over parts of southern Adamawa and Taraba States later in the day. It stated that sunny skies with few patches of clouds…
Turkey has detained nine people in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in western Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya who disclosed this early Wednesday, said that the owner of the hotel has also been detained. Yerlikaya also reported that the bodies of…
Former comptroller-general of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Shikfu Parradang has been killed by kidnappers in Abuja. According to security source, Zagazola Makama, Parradang was abducted in the Area 1 axis of Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday. Makama said after being trailed from a bank where he had withdrawn money, the assailants…
President Xi Jinping of China will attend the 2024 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Hua Chunying, Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of China, who said this in a statement on Wednesday, said the forum would be held in Beijing from Sept. 4 to 6. Hua said President Xi will deliver a keynote speech…
Renowned lawyer Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has written to Nigeria’s national assembly, describing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as an illegal organisation. Agbakoba has drawn the National Assembly’s attention to constitutional issues related to law enforcement agencies in Nigeria and factors inhibiting the Government’s objective of abolishing corruption, as stated in Section 13…
The federal government has launched a National Policy on Blockchain Technology and inaugurated Implementation & Steering Committee to oversee its implementation to fast track the adoption and utilise the gains of emerging technologies. A statement issued yesterday by the Spokesperson of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Hadiza Umar said the policy was launched…
Gov Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, his invited the state House of Assembly members to a meeting to discuss, among other things, the payment of all their outstanding remuneration and allowances. Fubara, made the invite in a letter, dated March 7, 2025, signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Tammy Danagogo and issued to…
