Sen Eteng Williams (APC- Cross River) has empowered 34 law graduates from his constituency with N8.5 million grant. Williams representing Cross River Central Senatorial District offered the grant to the law graduates who have gained admission into the Nigerian Law School for the 2025 academic year. In his remarks during the presentation, the lawmaker said…
At least 14 paramedics have been killed in Israeli airstrikes over the past two days, Lebanese officials reported on Sunday. The Israeli military targeted areas near a hospital in the Bekaa Valley in the east, forcing its temporary closure, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. The ministry condemned the strikes as a violation of international law,…
The National Youth Vanguard of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected allegations made by Honourable Aminu Sani Jaji, who accused the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Muhammed Matawalle, of orchestrating claims of anti-party activities against him. In a statement issued on Saturday, the group’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr Adeniyi Wale, described Jaji’s…
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike for opening the newly constructed Karmo District Market for business. Some of the residents, especially those living around the Karmo district, including traders, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the official commissioning of the…
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, received Sen. Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, into the APC fold. Nwoko formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), recently decamped to the APC citing deep divisions and factionalisation within the party at the state and national level as…
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…
More than 60 million adults in Nigeria remain without basic literacy or numeracy skills, a situation described by officials as a “daunting national challenge” that undermines economic inclusion and social progress. Professor Musa Garba-Maitafsir, Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), disclosed the figure in Kano on Tuesday…
Australia’s new cabinet has been formed following the general election and would be sworn in on May 13, reelected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday. “I intend to recommend to the governor general, Her Excellency Sam Mostyn, the following makeup of the ministry to be sworn in tomorrow at 9 a.m. (23:00 GMT)….
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the United States have renewed their defence partnership with a focus on precision targeting, inter-agency collaboration and safeguarding civilian lives during military operations. The reaffirmation came during a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday between Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, and a U.S. Institute of…
Opinion poll on Monday showed that Ghana’s main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama may win the presidential election. The poll placed him ahead of his main challenger, ruling party candidate Muhamudu Bawumia. Former president Mahama, 65, and current Vice President Bawumia, 60, are the two main contenders for the Dec. 7 election to replace President…
