Rock-throwing Iraqi militias quit U.S. embassy after protests
Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran. The demonstrators, angry at U.S. air strikes against the Tehran-backed Kataib Hezbollah group that killed at least 25 people, threw stones at […]
2020: Sanwo-Olu’s wife welcomes first babies in four Lagos hospitals
By Juliet Umeh Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, today, welcomed and presented gifts items to the first babies of the year in four state-owned health facilities. The facilities include Ijede General Hospital, Agbowa General Hospital, Ketu-Ejirin General Hospital and Lagos Island Maternity Hospital. A baby boy who weighed 2kg delivered at exactly […]
2020: AANI urges Nigerians on patriotism to promote national devt
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI), Wednesday, urged Nigerians to be more patriotic in the New Year, 2020, to promote national development. This was stated by the Publicity Secretary and Chairman of Public Relations Committee, AANI, Dr. Ogbonna Onyeisi, mni, in a media chat with journalists in Abuja […]
Host community protest alleged NB’s divide and rule tactics
UMUEZEANI community, Amaeke –Ngwo, in Udi local government area of Enugu state has protested an alleged divide and rule tactics of one of the factories cited in the community, the Nigeria Breweries Plc.
Breaking: Lagos First Lady welcomes first babies of year 2020 in four Lagos hospitals
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, today, welcomed and presented gifts items to the first babies of the year in four state-owned health facilities.
Nine dead after Indonesian capital hit by New Year flooding
Nine people died after Indonesia’s capital was hit by its deadliest flooding in years, authorities said Wednesday, as torrential rains on New Year’s Eve left vast swathes of the megalopolis submerged. Thousands were evacuated to temporary shelters as electricity was switched off in scores of waterlogged neighbourhoods across greater Jakarta, home to about 30 million […]
