No Single Person Can End Nigeria’s Insecurity – Defence Minister
NO SINGLE PERSON CAN END NIGERIA’S INSECURITY — DEFENCE MINISTER CALLS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has stated that no single individual, security agency, or military service can single-handedly solve the country’s security challenges, stressing that…
Congolese man convicted over murder of Nigerian student in UK
A 28-year-old Congolese man, Benjamin Katabana, has been found guilty of murdering a UK-based Nigerian student, Uchenna Okirie, following a fatal stabbing at a shared accommodation in Norwich, England. This was contained in a statement obtained from the website of…
Nigeria’s First Female Professor of Mass Communication, Chinyere Okunna, Bags AMTY’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Nigeria’s First Female Professor of Mass Communication, Chinyere Okunna, Bags AMTY’s Lifetime Achievement Award Life & Style The organisers of the Anambra Man of the Year (AMTY) Awards have nominated Professor Chinyere Stella Okunna for the Lifetime Achievement Award category…
MOBO Awards Founder Kanya King Dies at 57
MOBO Awards founder and CEO Kanya King CBE, an influential figure of the British Black music scene, died on Wednesday. She was 57. The cause of death was colon cancer. A statement from the MOBO Awards said that King “was…
Ireland issues travel bans for two Israeli ministers
Travel bans on Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, are being introduced by the Irish justice minister, Jim O’Callaghan, the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin has confirmed.Ben-Gvir is the Israeli national security minister and Smotrich is the…
Fifa regrets free ticket error but demands fans pay
Fifa has admitted an error on its website allowed 60 fans to purchase World Cup tickets for free. Football’s world governing body has cancelled the tickets with incorrect prices, and given the affected fans the opportunity to re-purchase the tickets…
More than 1,000 Nigerians seek return from South Africa after attacks, Nigeria says
Over 1,000 Nigerians Seek Repatriation from South Africa Amid Rising Xenophobic Attacks More than 1,000 Nigerians living in South Africa have expressed their desire to return home following a fresh wave of xenophobic attacks and anti-immigrant violence in parts of…
Dangote Refinery raises processing capacity to 700,000 barrels per day
Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has increased its crude oil processing capacity to 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), surpassing its official nameplate capacity of 650,000 bpd. The achievement was confirmed during a performance test conducted by the refinery’s process licensors…
Oyo Speaker Rules Out Talks with Bandits Over Abducted Pupils and Teachers
Oyo Speaker Rules Out Talks with Bandits Over Abducted Pupils and Teachers The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has rejected calls for the state government to negotiate with bandits responsible for the abduction of schoolchildren…
How Wike’s aide got access to Emeka Ike’s voter details – INEC
The INEC spokesperson said an investigation by the commission and the police revealed that the screenshots were shared with Mr Olayinka by an electoral officer in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained…