The Rivers Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has charged Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) participants to provide practical solutions to insecurity issues in their study tour reports. Ibas gave the advice when the Senior Course 47 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, paid him a courtesy visit in Port Harcourt on…
A second batch of 550 Hajj pilgrims from Nigeria’s Kano State has departed Saudi Arabia, marking a continued phase of return journeys following the conclusion of the 2025 Hajj. The flight, which left King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, is headed to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. It included pilgrims from six local government areas…
The former star prosecutor has defiantly refused questioning three times over a bungled martial law decree last month and remained holed up in his residence surrounded by hundreds of guards preventing his arrest. Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared set to evade arrest ahead of a Monday night deadline after anti-graft investigators asked…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has denounced the brutal killing of a senior member of the main opposition party Chadema, who was kidnapped, beaten and doused with acid. On Friday, Mohamed Ali Kibao, 69, was forced off a bus by suspected security agents while travelling from the country’s biggest city, Dar es Salaam, to his…
A 27-year-old scavenger, Faruk Sarkinpwa, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Life Camp Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly stealing aluminium windows. The police charged Sarkinpwa, who resides in Gwagwa village, Abuja, with criminal trespass and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Mrs Charity Nwachukwu, told the court that on July 16, the complainant, Olu Lawal…
Nigeria’s fight against climate change has received a boost with a £19 million (approx. $24 million) funding package from the United Kingdom to strengthen vital health and education infrastructure. The investment, channelled through the Climate Resilient Infrastructure for Basic Services (CRIBS) initiative, will provide 39 health centres and 45 schools built to withstand flooding, droughts,…
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to preserving and scaling the gains of The Challenge Initiative (TCI) model to ensure lasting improvements in urban health and family planning across Nigeria. Dr. Binyerem Ukaire, Director and Head of the Family Health Department at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, made this known on…
The Israeli military said on Monday it had gained control of airspace over Tehran and destroyed a third of Iran’s surface-to-surface missile launch pads. The casualties mounted on the fourth day of the conflict between the two regional powers. Military spokesperson Effie Defrin said that more than 50 Israeli fighter jets and precision missiles were…
Nigeria’s Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has ordered the withdrawal of criminal proceedings against Ms Comfort Emmanson, an air passenger accused of disruptive behaviour, following her expression of remorse and interventions from respected figures. Minister Festus Keyamo said on Wednesday that Ibom Air, the airline involved in the 10 August incident, had agreed to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has adopted indirect primary mode to pick its governorship candidate for the Nov. 8, Anambra governorship election. The party’s National Secretary, Mr Ajibola Basiru, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of its NWC meeting on Thursday in Abuja. “Our meeting considered the processes in…
