THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy activities across the country from Sunday to Tuesday. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Saturday, forecast thunderstorms over parts of Borno, Jigawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Bauchi, and Gombe States in the northern…
THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described as “shocking and very sad,” the death of former Nigeria international goalkeeper Christian Obi. TRUTHNG reports that Obi was involved in a ghastly automobile accident on Friday, involving players and officials of his…
FC Porto have secured the signing of Samu Omorodion from Atletico Madrid for a reported fee of €15 million. The deal involves Porto acquiring 50% of Samu Omorodion’s commercial rights, with Atletico Madrid retaining the other 50%. There are also provisions…
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, on Saturday, commended the rescue of the medical students recently abducted in Benue State and the prospective corps members kidnapped in Zamfara in August 2023. Obi…
THE Nigeria Police Force has obtained court approval to detain 124 individuals arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest, extending their remand for 60 days while the investigation is ongoing. Trojan News reports that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, in a…
THE Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, on Saturday evening tendered his resignation letter to President Bola Tinubu. Trojan News had earlier reported that the letter was presented to the President at the Aso Rock Villa,…
BERHANE Abrehe, Eritrea’s former finance minister, has died in custody after nearly six years of imprisonment, according to the UK-based Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE). The 79-year-old former official, a veteran of Eritrea’s war for independence from Ethiopia, had been held incommunicado…
RWANDA’S Cabinet has approved the second National Strategy for Transformation (NST2), a comprehensive five-year plan designed to accelerate the country’s socio-economic progress from 2024 to 2029. The strategy, announced on Friday by the Office of the Prime Minister, aims to…
GLOBAL credit ratings agency S&P downgraded Kenya’s credit rating on Friday from ‘B’ to ‘B-,’ citing concerns over the country’s fiscal outlook following the recent repeal of the 2024/2025 Finance Bill. The downgrade comes after President William Ruto decided to abandon…
KENYA’S government has announced plans to open its first nuclear power plant by 2034 along the Indian Ocean coast, a move aimed at boosting the country’s energy capacity. The announcement comes ahead of a US-Africa summit on nuclear energy set…
