Taiwan approved to buy Harpoon missile system from U.S.
Taiwan’s government appreciated the United States on Tuesday for its plans to sell a coastal defence cruise missile system with 100 Harpoon anti-ship missiles for 2.37 billion dollars. Presidential spokesman Xavier Chang said Taipei expressed sincere gratitude to the U.S. after the official notification of the sale to Congress was issued by the U.S. State […]
Breaking: Irate youths defy 24-hour curfew, vandalise Taraba Radio station
Hundreds of irate youths on Monday defied the 24-hour curfew imposed on Jalingo, invaded and vandalised the State Radio station. The state Commissioner of information and reorientation,Mr Danjuma Adamu, who visited the Taraba State Broadcasting Corporation (TSBS) premises to inspect the damage done to the station, condemned the action of the youths, saying the destruction had […]
2019 Financials: Value of NNPC’s oil, non-oil assets grew by 19% to N4.67trn
By Michael Eboh The net asset value of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s, NNPC, oil and non-oil assets appreciated by 18.53 per cent to N4.67 trillion in 2019, from N3.94 trillion recorded in its 2018 financial year. NNPC’s oil and non-oil assets, according to its recently published 2019 Audited Financial Statement, included evaluation and exploration […]
BREAKING: Petrol station on fire in Lagos as another building collapses
By Bose Adelaja There is a fire outbreak, Tuesday involving a petrol station along Ajayi Road, Ogba, Lagos State. Eye witnesses’ account said emergency responders are at the scene. In a related development, a building in Isiu Town, in Ikorodu has reportedly collapsed but Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, are on their […]
FG feeding 282,529 pupils in Zamfara – Minister
A total of 282,529 pupils are currently being fed under the Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Zamfara, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya-Umar Faruk, has said. The minister made the disclosure at a town hall meeting in Gusau on Monday. She said the scheme was being carried out in […]
Pogba denies quitting France team over Macron comments
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba on Monday denied media reports which said he quit the France national team over comments made by the country’s President Emmanuel Macron. The comments were perceived to be against Islam. The French leader this month had declared war on “Islamist separatism”, which he believes is taking over some Muslim communities […]
