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Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds, effective from 6 a.m. local time on Friday, offering a potential respite from a six-day military conflict with the Sudanese army. The capital, Khartoum, was rocked by bombing and shelling earlier on Friday. There was no immediate comment from the army and […]
Comedian Oluwaseyitan Aletile, popularly known as Seyi Law, has expressed anger at the ongoing ‘Yoruba for Yoruba jobs’ protest in Southwest states. It started when Tonia Somaga, a graduate from Anambra State and a Labour Party supporter who drives one of the Lagos State blue rails, was called out by some residents, urging the […]
The Delta government has inaugurated the first batch of 45-man livestock management operatives in line with the provision of the law to regulate open grazing. Godfrey Enita, chairman of the livestock management committee and commissioner for agriculture and natural resources, inaugurated the operatives at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) headquarters in […]
The Delta State Government on Thursday said 6 persons have lost their lives to rainstorm and windstorm recorded in Oko Community in Oshimili South Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who confirmed the sad development at a news conference in Asaba, said 5 others who sustained […]
Some nursing mothers whose children are admitted to the Special Care Baby Unit at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital have complained of poor power supply in the hospital. The mothers, who gave birth earlier than their expected date, alleged that when there is a power outage in the hospital, the children in […]
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his election victory inviting him to visit war-torn Ukraine after inauguration. The congratulatory message is coming two months after the former Lagos State governor was declared winner of the presidential election. “Please accept my sincere congratulations on your election […]
The Federal Government has declared Friday 21st and Monday 24th April, 2023, as Public Holiday to mark this year’s EIdil-Fitr Celebration. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, in a statement signed by Shuaib Belgore,the Permanent Secretary. The minister congratulated all Muslims, for the successful completion […]
At least 78 people were crushed to death in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa as hundreds gathered in a school to receive aid on Wednesday night. Evening Standard also disclosed that dozens more were reportedly left injured, including 13 who were in critical condition. Witnesses said hundreds of people had crowded into a school to receive […]
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil, amounting to over $2.4 billion and crude oil export to China from 2014 to date, has said it has uncovered payment of $200 million allegedly made as consultancy fees in whistleblower recoveries by the Attorney General of […]
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has called for increase in security measures against banditry in the country during the transition period. The Governor made the call on Wednesday, during the presentation of a security report by the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government […]
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