THE Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan conducted nine operations across the country, seizing more than 97 kilogrammes (kg) of drugs, a spokesman for the ANF said. The spokesperson said that the force also arrested six drug peddlers during the operations…
● As state assembly dethrones Emir Bayero, others Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano, according ti a report by LEADERSHIP newspaper. This decision followed the Kano State House of Assembly’s resolution to dethrone the…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has said that it would not hesitate to invoke relevant sections of the organisation’s regulations to sanction Turkish Airlines over mistreatment of Nigerian passengers. NCAA’s Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu,…
IRANIAN president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash at the weekend, is to be buried in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday. Raisi is to be laid to rest at the city’s shrine of Imam Reza, the…
A UN official on Wednesday reaffirmed the UN’s support for a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned political process, including holding national presidential and parliamentary elections. Stephanie Koury, deputy special representative of the UN secretary-general for political affairs in the UN Support Mission…
Vital Kamerhe, deputy prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),has being elected president of the National Assembly, the country’s lower house of parliament said on Wednesday. Kamerhe won 371 of the 407 votes cast. According to the…
I am writing this week’s column from Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where I have come to deliver a talk on media theory. But this column isn’t about the talk or about South Africa. It’s about…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE North East Development Commission (NEDC) has partnered the Chad Basin Development Authority (CBDA) in reviving irrigation scheme to boost food security and farmers’ livelihoods. According to the Authority, the South Chad Irrigation Project (SCIP); has…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE member representing Hawul/Askira/Uba federal constituency, Borno state, Dr. Midala Balami; has said the deplorable condition of the Biu-Garkida-Gombi road in Borno, spanning Adamawa state, has led to lost of many lives and property, hence, he…
JUSTICE Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered all warring factions of the Lagos Country Club to maintain status quo, pending the hearing of a suit filed by its Registered Trustees to halt the conduct of…
