At least five people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. The Israeli Army announced that a control room belonging to Palestinian militants in the refugee camp of Nur Shams had been bombed. According to Palestinian reports, a drone fired several shells…
A faculty member of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology(ADUSTECH),Wudil, Dr Mubarak Mahmoud, has invented a new method of measuring the height of a tree. The invention uses a photographic approach leveraging Mathematical principles. The Head of Information and Public Relations Unit of the University, Abdullahi Abdullahi, said this in a statement on Wednesday…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reiterated its commitment to providing credible, high-quality, and accessible data to support evidence-based policymaking aimed at driving sustainable national development and transformational change. The Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the NBS, Adeyemi Adeniran, made this known on Monday in Abuja during an event to…
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed an explosion at the Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP) at Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of the state. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s Spokesperson, made the confirmation while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. She said that details of the explosion were still…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. However, heavy Israeli air strikes on a large historic Lebanese port city have demonstrated that there was no respite. Huge clouds of thick smoke billowed above residential buildings in Tyre, a UNESCO-listed port…
Leader of the Senate Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that President Bola Tinubu was not coercing opposition lawmakers to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) contrary to public criticism. He said this during plenary on Tuesday, while justifying the defection of all the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi to the All Progressives…
Some financial experts have said the 14 per cent trade tariff imposed by the United States Government on Nigeria threatens the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Monday, the experts added that the tariff would also affect the duty-free provision. Dr Olumuyiwa…
The Acting Director-General, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), Ms Wofai Samuel, says that Nigeria is yet to fully explore its potential in technology, in spite of the sector’s vast opportunities. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, Samuel said that stable power and technology, which are crucial drivers of…
The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Michael Freeman, has expressed gratitude to U.S. President Donald Trump for facilitating the safe return of Israeli hostages from Gaza and for advancing peace in the Middle East. Freeman made this known in a statement issued on Monday by the Embassy of Israel in Abuja. He commended President Trump’s…
The Jigawa government has signed a two-year agreement with Medicins San Frontiers (MSF), to combat maternal mortality in the state. Mr Sagir Musa, the Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, said this at the end of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, on Tuesday in Dutse. He said the agreement would strengthen the campaign…
