Ukraine asked international partners to provide any evidence they may have to help investigators probing a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran, as US media reported it was mistakenly shot down by a missile. All 176 people on board died when Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737NG went down on Wednesday, shortly after Tehran launched […]

The ruling party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), saying the party represents the single biggest obstacle to good governance and change in the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement […]

Britain’s parliament finally approved Brexit on Thursday, allowing it to become the first country to leave the European Union by the end of this month, ending years of arguments that toppled two governments and divided a nation. The House of Commons erupted in cheers after MPs ratified Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s divorce deal with Brussels […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday his administration would give more attention to improving personnel and infrastructure of universities to produce quality graduates. He assured that education would, henceforth, be a top priority in the developmental goals of the country. President Buhari stated this when he received the leadership of Academic Staff Union of […]

The Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia, Mr Onyekachi Okoro, is dead, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area has confirmed. Okoro was said to have slumped at a private residence in Umuahia around 1pm on Thursday and died before he could get medical help. The PDP […]

A Kosovan woman has been detained for 30 days while police investigate her for inciting terrorism after she urged revenge for the US assassination of a top Iranian general, a Pristina court said on Thursday. The woman, identified in a court’s statement only as IH, was arrested on Tuesday after she condemned Qassem Soleimani’s killing […]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it has treated 10 wounded victims of the Monguno attack at its Surgical Ward in Maiduguri Specialist Hospital, Borno State. The ICRC Head of Delegation in Nigeria, Mr. Eloi Fillion, disclosed this through several tweets shared by the Committee Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Dawobe, […]

United States President Donald Trump clashed with congressional Democrats Thursday before lawmakers hold a largely symbolic but politically charged vote to rein in his ability to take military action against Iran. With the resolution triggering a scalding debate about presidential war powers amid heightened tensions with Iran, Trump insisted he does not need lawmakers’ blessings to […]

Poultry farmers in Edo State have hailed the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration and the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), on the success of the pilot phase of the Edo State poultry production scheme. The Edo State Agripreneur programme is being implemented by the Governor Obaseki-led administration with support from the Central […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Thursday urged the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited to respect the demands of its Nigerian workers. PENGASSAN’s President, Mr. Ndukaku Ohaeri,  told journalists in Lagos that it was important for the management of the oil giants to “respectfully reconsider the protesting workers’ demands”. […]

Iran on Thursday ruled out a missile strike as the cause of a Ukrainian passenger plane crash near Tehran, saying such a scenario made “no sense”. The plane crashed shortly after take off Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, shortly after Iran fired a volley of missiles against military bases in Iraq housing US personnel. “Several internal […]

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had “suspicions” about the crash of a Ukrainian airliner outside Tehran as US media reported it had been mistakenly shot down by Iran. Unnamed officials told American media that Iranian air defence systems likely accidentally shot down the airliner Wednesday, killing all of the 176 people on board. […]

Corps members who are indigenes of Edo State and winners of the President’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Honorary Award have pledged support for the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s drive to foster youth-focused development across the state. During a courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House in Benin City, one of the awardees, […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday paid a courtesy visit to the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, at his Oke-Mosan office in Abeokuta. The former President arrived at the governor’s office at 11:45 a.m. and left at exactly 12:45 p.m., during which he held a closed-door meeting with Governor Abiodun. […]

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