Former U.S. president Joe Biden has expressed his gratitude for the goodwill he has received following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis. “Cancer touches us all,” the 82-year-old wrote in a post on the online platform X on Monday. He said that he and his wife Jill, like so many others, had found that they…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria-China trade value has hit N7.38 trillion as at June. Shettima said this at the China-Africa Interbank Association Forum (CAIBA) 2024 in Abuja on Wednesday organised by First Bank Plc. The vice-president, represented by Dr Aliyu Modibbo, the Special Adviser to the President, General Duty, said that China remained the country’s…
The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has apprehended six suspected kidnappers in Doma Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. SP Ramhan Nansel, the Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) stated this in a statement on Sunday in Lafia. The PPRO said that the operation was a significant breakthrough in its ongoing fight…
Pep Guardiola has insisted he will “not give up” in his attempts to oversee a turnaround in Manchester City’s fortunes after Savinho and Erling Haaland scored to give his team a much-needed 2-0 victory at Leicester City yesterday, the champions’ first win in five Premier League games. City’s second win in 14 games across all…
Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has described the death of a former Guardian Cartoonist, Mr Olaseinde Obe, fondly known by his signature ‘Obe Ess’, as a great loss to the media industry. Obe Ess, 68, was a legendary figure in Nigerian journalism. He spent many years at The Guardian newspaper, where his cartoons became…
Taiwan’s coastguard detained a Togo–registered freighter and its Chinese crew on Tuesday over suspicions it was involved in the cutting of a key undersea telecommunications cable. Taiwanese Cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee Hui-chih told dpa the matter was being investigated to determine whether deliberate sabotage was involved. The state-owned Central News Agency (CNA) reported that the…
The Police Command in Enugu State, says it has arrested seven suspects for alleged armed robbery and conspiracy. The Command’s Spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that the suspects were apprehended by detectives attached to the command’s Criminal Investigation Department. He explained that the arrest of…
The Republic of Türkiye has expressed its sadness and solidarity with the Federal Government over the recent floods, deaths and destructions in Mokwa community of the North-Central state of Niger. This is contained in a statement issued by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has announced that the CEO of Qatar Airways, Mr Temi Birdzell, along with four senior officials of the airline, will be arraigned before Nigeria’s Federal High Court on 7 October 2025 for alleged breaches of the country’s consumer protection laws. The arraignment, originally scheduled for Tuesday, was…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the former speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odo, and Mr. Muhammad Tahir, as governing council members of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Odo was named the South East representative in a list of key appointments released on Tuesday by the Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga….
