A group of members of the House of Representatives have rejected calls for the removal of the Group Chief Executive Officers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, and the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Reg…
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The Nigerian Army says the viral video on social media alleging poor feeding of soldiers from the 159 Battalion in Kanama, Geidam Local Government, was not created by the Battalion’s soldiers but recorded by a police officer stationed with the troops …
The Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN has announced the destruction of two of its transmission towers in Igbooghene community of Bayelsa state, southern Nigeria.
TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah who made this this known in a s…
The Nigerian government has restated its resolve to lead collaborations that would set the stage for transformative trade policies that will resonate across the African continent and beyond.
This was disclosed at the 2024 African Caucus Meeting, bein…
The civil war in Sudan has pushed a camp housing about 500,000 displaced people near the besieged Darfur city of el-Fasher into famine, an independent group of food security experts says.
The 16-month conflict and restrictions on aid deliveries were …
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr. Abbas Tajudeen has congratulated Nigeria’s former vice-president, Mr. Mohammed Namadi Sambo, on his 70th birthday.
The Speaker described him as a nationalist who served his country with zeal and dedicat…
Mr Jude Okpor, Ebonyi state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, has said that the best approach to combating hunger in Nigeria is to go back to agriculture.
The commissioner made the call in a statement issued to reporters in Abakaliki on T…
The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru has commended the National Council for Civil Society of Nigeria for not participating in the ongoing protests, highlighting the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s numerous initiatives to turn the economy around for …
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has placed all police commissions across the country on red alert as the #EndBadGovernance# protest enters day 2 tomorrow.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, IGP Egbetokun said the call became necessa…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has placed all police commissions nationwide on red alert as the #EndBadGovernance# continues, to respond swiftly and decisively to public safety and order.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, IGP Egbe…
According to the country’s information technology regulator, Turkey has barred access to social media network Instagram without specifying why or for how long. The suspension also rendered the platform’s mobile app inaccessible.
The move follows comm…
Striking video game voice actors and motion-capture performers held their first picket on Thursday in front of Warner Bros. Games and said artificial intelligence was a threat to their professions.
‘The models that they’re using have been trained on …
Nigeria’s Anuoluwapo Opeyori is out of the men’s Olympic Badminton event after falling 0-2 to the world’s number six, Li Shifeng of China.
The 17-21, 17-21 defeat was Opeyori’s second loss in the Group N of the men’s singles event.
The loss also end…
Grammy winner and superstar, Tems has postponed the release of her music video amid nationwide protests.
The music star made the announcement on X ( formerly twitter).
The singer didn’t disclose a new date for the video’s release. This video is for …
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh will be buried today in Qatar, as his killing raises fears that Israel’s war with the Palestinian militant group in Gaza could spiral into a fully-fledged Middle East conflict.
US President Joe Biden said the ass…