The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Benue Sector Command, has said that 411 Nigerians lost their lives while scooping fuel from fallen tankers in 2024. The Sector Commander, Mr Steve Ayodele, made the disclosure in Makurdi on Tuesday at a town hall meeting with trailer and tanker drivers on crash prevention. Ayodele said that the…
A Madrid court on Wednesday handed down a one-year sentence and a €386,000 ($375,000) fine to Brazil coach, Carlo Ancelotti, for failing to pay tax on his image-rights revenues when he was Real Madrid manager in 2014, the court said in a statement. However, ESPN reports that Ancelotti is likely to receive a suspended sentence…
List framework for suspected discriminatory measures and other practices violating market trading principles regarding Xinjiang-related products are set to be probed. China’s Ministry of Commerce disclosed on Tuesday that it would probe into PVH Corp. of the United States (U.S.) under the unreliable entity. The U.S. Company is suspected of boycotting cotton products from China’s…
Stakeholders in Daura Local Government Area (LGA), under the umbrella of Concerned Daura Citizens, have distanced themselves from the endorsement of Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, for re-election. The group reacted on Tuesday in Daura to the endorsement of the governor by stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. Speaking on behalf of…
African Union(AU) Agenda 2063 Ambassadorial Assembly, an NGO, says there is a need to prioritise the empowerment of children as a fundamental strategy for realising the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Dr Elizabeth Emeka-Onwucheka, Chairperson, Education and Mass Literacy Committee, AU Agenda 2063 Ambassadorial Assembly, made the call at the 2025 Children’s Day Celebration organised by…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has delivered 574 infrastructure projects nationwide in the last two years as part of efforts to enhance its operational capacity and improve personnel welfare, according to the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the commissioning of the new NAF Headquarters…
The World Food Programme (WFP) is investigating two of its top officials in Sudan over allegation This is according to 11 people with knowledge of the probe which comes amid the nation’s dire hunger crisis, considered one of the world’s most severe food shortages in years. The investigation by the WFP’s Office of the Inspector…
NATO Secretary-General, Mark Rutte on Wednesday announced that allies would agree on new defence capability targets at the upcoming meeting of the alliance’s defence ministers. According to Rutte, these targets will set out what forces and concrete capabilities the allies need to provide to strengthen our deterrence and defence. ”Air and missile defence, long-range weapons,…
Alfa Designs Nigeria Ltd., a leading oil and gas company, says it is set to deploy Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cascade to proximity areas to spur its availability in the country. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Quadri Fatai, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Thousands of families displaced by devastating floods in Yobe State have received relief supplies from Nigeria’s North East Development Commission (NEDC). The commission announced on Sunday that 2,261 households across 21 communities in Potiskum, Nangere and Jakusko council areas were supported with food items such as rice, spaghetti and vegetable oil, alongside non-food items including…
