NSCDC Seizes 20,000 litres of Stolen Crude in Abia
The Commandant General Special Intelligence Squad of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five suspects and recovered 20,000 liters of crude oil stolen from Abia State. The NSCDC disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Afolabi Babawale, and posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday. The statement partly read, […]
2024 Nigeria Basketball League Season to kick-off Friday
The 2024 Nigeria Basketball Federation Men’s Premier Basketball League season is set to kick off from October 25 to November 3. 16 top clubs are expected to compete in both the Atlantic and Savannah conferences of the league. The Savannah Conference will take place in Jos, Plateau State, while the Atlantic Conference, will be held […]
Elon Musk Promises $1m-a-day Giveaway in the Swing States
Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, has called on law enforcement to investigate billionaire Elon Musk for his promise at a weekend pro-Trump rally to give away $1 million each day until Election Day.Musk who is promising to give $1 million each day to someone who signs his online petition, to guarantee freedom of speech and […]
NERC to Investigate Into Incidences of National Grid Collapse
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says plans are ongoing to conduct an investigative public hearing on the recurring incidences of grid disturbances and nationwide outages. According to a statement on its social media handles yesterday, the NERC stated that the hearing would be held Thursday, October 24 at its Hearing Room, Fourth Floor, Plot […]
VP Shettima To Represent President Tinubu At CHOGM 2024
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has mandated Vice President Kashim Shettima to proceed and lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). VP Shettima will join King Charles of England and other world leaders from 56 member countries at the first CHOGM to be held in the Pacific small island of […]
Senators Vote Confidence in The Senate President
Senators have passed a vote of confidence on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; a day after he debunked social media reports that some of his colleagues had plans to impeach him. Raising a point of order at plenary, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, drew the attention of his colleagues to a publication which claimed that northern senators […]
Senate Denies DSS Invasion of NASS Over Alleged Impeachment Moves
The Nigeria Senate has debunked rumours of impeachment plot against the President of the Senate by unknown “aggrieved Senators. Reacting to an online publication which claimed that there were underground moves to remove him from office, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio Described such reports as fake and should be totally disregarded. Our correspondent, Raliat Adenekan reports […]
President Tinubu Orders Probe into Jigawa Tanker Explosion
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to lead a Federal Government delegation to Jigawa in response to Tuesday night inferno in Majia town, to assess the situation and visit injured persons in the hospital. The President, who further directed that emergency aid, including medical […]
El Niño Drought Devastates Southern Africa
The United Nations’ food agency says months of drought in southern Africa – triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon – have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region’s worst hunger crisis. The World Food Program spokesperson, Tomson Phiri, said yesterday that this is the worst food crisis […]
US Gives Israel 30 day Ultimatum to Boost Gaza Aid
The US has written to Israel, giving it 30 days to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some US military assistance cut off. The letter, sent on Sunday, amounts to the strongest known written warning from the US to its ally and comes amid a new Israeli offensive in northern Gaza that […]
