Mongolia’s weather monitoring agency announced on Tuesday a significant rise in the water levels of all major rivers caused by continuous heavy rainfall. “The water levels in major rivers, including Eg, Beltes, Tuul, Yeruu, Onon, Kherlen, Selenge and Orkhon have exceeded the warning levels by 40 cm to 105 cm, This was due to […]
The death toll from Monday’s landslide in southern Ethiopia has risen to 146, local government officials said on Tuesday. The deadly landslide occurred on Monday morning at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) in southern Ethiopia’s Geze Gofa district. The deaths included 96 males and 50 females, Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department said […]
A Russian court sentenced a U.S.-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to six and a half years (or 78 months) in prison for allegedly reporting false information about the army. The verdict was handed down on July 19 in a closed session, the daily newspaper Vedomosti reported on Monday, citing documents from the Supreme Court of Tatarstan. […]
The Police in Edo say gunmen involved in the attack on Monday Okpebholo, APC Governorship Candidate for Edo and the state’s reinstated deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, have gone into hiding. The Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye said this on Monday while giving an update on the investigation into the July 18 attack on Airport Road […]
By Rukayat Adeyemi The Nigerian stock market saw a positive start on Monday, with a gain of N17 billion, bringing the market capitalisation to N56.945 trillion. Specifically, this represents 0.03 per cent increase when compared with N56.928 trillion recorded on Friday. The All-Share Index which opened at 100,539.40, also advanced by 0.03 per cent […]
Yakubu Uba Maiduguri, July 22, 2024 (NAN) The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, has handed over the latest rescued Chibok Girl, Ihyi Abdu, to Borno State Government. Speaking at the hand over ceremony on Monday in Maiduguri, Shuaibu said her rescue brought to 19 the number […]
By Olawale Alabi Abuja, July 20, 2024 (NAN) Even though the 2024 Olympic Games is billed to get underway on Friday in Paris, the global event has already began in other areas. One of such is in the area of matters related to representation, with the Ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for […]
By EricJames Ochigbo Abuja, July 20, 2024 (NAN) The Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating arbitrary rise of cement price in the country has asked major producers in the industry to tender documents on cost production to justify the price of cement in the market. The committee resolved to visit production plants of the […]
By Grace Alegba The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has implemented stricter regulations for managing dormant accounts and unclaimed financial assets in banks and other financial institutions. These new guidelines, effective immediately, supersede previous policies issued in 2015. This is made known in a circular signed by John Onojah, Acting Director, Financial Policy and Regulations […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an obligation not to recognize” the decades-long occupation. The Court was responding to a request for an advisory opinion by the General Assembly on […]