THE death from an Israeli airstrike on an area in southern Lebanon has risen to 10, among them two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry and state-media said on Saturday. Those killed were mostly Syrian nationals, the ministry said. The National News…
THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has demobilised 54 “graduates” that were illegally mobilised for youth service by the University of Calabar. The Director-General, NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the…
THE Acting Governor of Niger, Yakubu Garba, has felicitated with former Military President Ibrahim Babangida on his 83rd birthday. Garba in a statement by his Press Secretary, Hajiya Ummikhaltume Kuta, in Minna on Saturday, described IBB “as a bridge builder…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s former head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on his 83rd birthday. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Saturday in Abuja.…
EBONYI State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, is an uncommon young turk blazing the governance trail quietly without the usual fervent fanfare and the flames of self idolization associated with Nigerian politicians with his unparalleled achievements in less than two years in…
THE African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) through its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme has announced the release of the much-anticapted Extended Play (EP), One Drum. Oscar Mdlongwa, popularly known as Oskido, made this known in a statement made available to the…
NIGERIA and Equatorial Guinea have indicated the desire to deepen economic cooperation to advance their common interests. President Bola Tinubu and President Obiang Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea disclosed this on Friday in a statement jointly signed by Nigeria’s Minister of…
Alhaji Sa’idu Ibrahim, the newly deployed National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator to Katsina State has promised to operate an open door policy. The coordinator stated this in Katsina on Friday while taking over from Hajiya Aisha Muhammad, who proceeded…
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned water producers, patent medicine dealers and other manufacturers of regulated products against selling fake and substandard products. Mrs Roseline Ajayi, NAFDAC Southwest Coordinator, gave the warning during…
THE government of Gabon and Société d’exploitation du Transgabonais (SETRAG) have signed an agreement to launch the second phase of the Trans-Gabon Railway modernisation project. This extensive upgrade will focus on two key sections of the 648-kilometre railway, which…
