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…
The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to be agents of hope in their activities by being “Good Samaritans” to one another. The bishops, in a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Ibadan, urged Nigerians to be driven by the words and actions of Jesus Christ at…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has stated that African economies will thrive when the continent is able to lawfully share secured data. He sated this in Abuja, Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA), with the theme, “Balancing Innovation in Africa: Data Protection and Privacy in Emerging Technologies” and…
Mixed reactions have trailed a court judgment permitting female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), members to wear skirts for religious reasons, with supporters hailing it as a win for rights and critics warning policy erosion. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that in a judgment delivered on June 13, Justice Hauwa Yilwa declared that…
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has officially unveiled a fleet of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for the Armed Forces of Nigeria, marking a significant step toward energy reform within military operations. The commissioning ceremony, held at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja, reflects the Federal Government’s broader clean energy strategy…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said that Ukraine has signed 28 security agreements with its partners, according to the presidential press service. Speaking at an event attended by a number of foreign leaders in Kiev, Zelensky suggested that the agreements could serve as the foundations for security guarantees in Europe. “On this initial basis,…
Two weeks before Germany’s parliamentary election, the Green Party candidate, Robert Habeck, on Monday rejected accusations of plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. In a video message on social media, Habeck, who is vice chancellor and economy minister, said that an investigation by the University of Hamburg cleared him of scientific misconduct. Allegations of plagiarism are…
The West African Power Pool (WAPP), has called for collaborative efforts across ECOWAS member states to pool resources together to advance a competitive regional electricity market. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, the General Manager, Public Affairs, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Mbah said that Mr Mamadou Coulibaly, the…
