UNITED Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told BRICS leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the world needed peace in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Sudan. “Across the board, we need peace,” Guterres said at the BRICS summit in the…
NORTH Korea resumed its trash-filled balloon throwing at South Korea on Thursday, with 20 such balloons crossing into the South, South Korea’s military said, according to the Yonhap news agency. In the greater Seoul area, the Joint Chiefs of…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, sought adjournment of the hearing in its fresh charge against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and two others, to November 14, 2024. Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, who appeared…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Thursday asked the Senate to confirm seven new ministerial nominees. This was contained in a letter from the executive and read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the upper legislative chamber. Trojaninsights…
A former President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator (Dr) David A.B. Mark, GCON, has condoled with the publisher and editor-in-chief of THE CONCLAVE online newspaper, Mr Sufuyan Ojeifo, on the death of his…
IN Nigeria today, things have gotten so hard that every body is experiencing one exasperating setback or another. Everyone, I repeat, everyone is affected, from the mighty to the tiny. The discomfort did not start just yesterday, it…
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has emphasised the need for prompt conviction and severe sentencing of drug traffickers to deter foreigners from bringing illicit substances into Nigeria. Marwa’s statement comes after a…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries’ headquarters near Ankara, which resulted in five deaths and 22 injuries. The assault, carried out by a male and female duo, began with a…
A technical sub-committee for the evaluation of dams in Nigeria has conducted a physical inspection of the Dadin-Kowa Dam, Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State. Speaking to journalists in Dadin-Kowa on Wednesday, Malam Ali Ibrahim, Director of…
A former presidential spokesman Dr Doyin Okupe has commended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to scrap ‘superfluous ministries’ in his cabinet reshuffle. Okupe, former Director-General of Mr Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation,gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency…
