Muslims in Nigeria on Monday joined their counterparts around the world to mark the Eid-El-Fitr – signalling the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Eid-El-Fitr means “festival of breaking the fast” and celebrations would normally begin, depending on the sighting of the moon. The event is quite different this year from those of 2020 […]
Some residents were thrown into confusion on Monday as authorities forcibly evict them from their homes in Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. The government had marked the three-storey building as distressed and issued a 24-hour ultimatum to its occupants to vacate the structure. Residents in 100 Lagos Street off Herbert Macaulay Way, where the […]
Netflix has cancelled development of Pearl, an animated series created by Meghan Markle, in its move to cut costs. The show, which was announced last year, is one of several projects being dropped by the streaming giant. Last month, Netflix revealed a sharp fall in subscribers and warned millions more are set to quit the […]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has reached a significant preparatory stage with critical partners essential to the success of the 2022 Hajj operations. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, made the statement in his eid-el-fitr message to Muslims on Monday in Abuja. ” By the special […]
Qantas has announced it will begin operating non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York from 2025. Australia’s national carrier said it had purchased a new fleet of Airbus A350-1000 jets capable of direct flights to any city in the world. The first Sydney-London flights will depart in late 2025 and take about 20 […]
The Nigerian Air Force has graduated another set of 1,549 recruits of the Basic Military Training Course and 49 officers as part of efforts to boost the manpower needs of the military in the fight against insurgency. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, other service Chiefs, National Assembly members and the representative of […]
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi voiced support for Ukraine’s “fight for freedom” at a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on a visit to Kyiv, US and Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. “We believe that we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom… Our commitment is to be there […]
US President Joe Biden has resumed the tradition of speaking at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner after a six-year presidential hiatus. He is the first leader to speak at the event, where the president faces friendly mocking in front of an audience of journalists, since 2016. It was cancelled for two years due to […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved Medicine and Surgery and 18 other academic programmes for the Federal University, Dutse (FUD), Jigawa. This is contained in a statement by the university’s spokesman, Abdullahi Yahaya-Bello, on Saturday in Dutse. The approval is contained in a letter dated April 14, addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, […]
Stakeholders in public and private sectors have committed to the effective implementation of the second National Programme of Action (NPoA) to enhance economic growth and development. The stakeholders who spoke at the closing of a five-day workshop to finalise the NPoA document in Abuja on Friday, said a collaborative effort was needed to implement the […]