By Aminu Garko Kano State Government on Saturday said a journalist working with the state-owned Television Station, Abubakar Rimi TV, attached to Government House suffered injuries from metal debris that hit him while in the premises. This is contained in a statement issued by Director-General Media and Publicity, Malam Sanusi Bature, in Kano on […]
Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters. The Director of CIA, William Burns is already in Cairo for the indirect diplomacy. The Hamas delegation arrived from the Palestinian Islamist […]
By Ibrahim Bello Former Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has identified culture and tradition as veritable tools for strengthening unity, national cohesion and integration amongst Nigerians. He stated this in a message to the 2024 Zuru Emirate Uhola Cultural Festival and Agricultural Show held in Zuru Emirate of Kebbi on Saturday. Danjuma, […]
By Ige Adekunle Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, has emphasised the need for the Federal Government to redouble its efforts at tackling insecurity in order to achieve food sufficiency. Adebayo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Ota that insecurity had impacted negatively on the nation’s food supply chain. […]
By Abujah Racheal The Federal Government has mandated all Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors (MDs) of Federal Tertiary Hospitals to procure needles and syringes solely from NAFDAC-approved local manufacturers. The new directive is contained in a circular addressed to all CMDs and MDs signed by the Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji […]
Disasters triggered by heavy rains, including landslides and lightning, killed at least 49 people and injured 79 others across Rwanda in the past two months, an official said. About 12 people were killed by lightning while others died after their dilapidated houses collapsed on them, Minister in charge of Emergency Management Albert Murasira said. He […]
A 55-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trafficking in 120kg of cocaine disguised as frozen chicken products, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Friday. The man is alleged to have been involved in an attempt to move the drugs from Melbourne to Sydney in a van loaded with frozen chickens in 2022, […]
Turkish police has detained 30 suspects over their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, local media reported on Friday. The police said it launched raids in the western province of Izmir after prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for 32 suspects believed to be members of the organisation. According […]
By Sandra Umeh A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed June 5 for report of settlement in a case against celebrity bartender, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, over alleged abuse of the naira. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on April 17 arraigned Okechukwu on three counts of allegedly […]
The death toll has risen to 36 following the collapse of a carriageway on a motorway in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. The agency reported that three more vehicles which went down with the collapsed road had been discovered. Chinese media had previously reported 24 deaths. The […]