Labour decries worsening power supply across Nigeria
By Victor Ahiuma-Young National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has decried the worsening electricity supply across the country eight years after the privatisation of the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. President of NUEE, Engr. Martin Uzoegwu, in Lagos, contended that the only workable and practicable option for resolving the challenges […]
Buhari leaves Abuja for Maiduguri
Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday morning left Abuja to the Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital on an official visit. The President’s chopper left the Presidential Villa about 10:04 am at the time the Vice President was presiding over the extraordinary virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, […]
UPDATED: Queen Naomi’s alleged separation from Ooni-of-Ife not true — Palace
Following the rumoured separation by Queen Naomi from the Ooni of Ife, Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi, the palace has faulted the claim saying “it is not true.”
BREAKING: Queen Naomi separates from Ooni of Ife
The queen of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi has announced her separation from the monarch, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
Visitors return to Afghan’s once ransacked National Museum
Afghanistan’s national museum is once again welcoming visitors and exhibiting pre-Islamic artefacts with the Taliban’s blessing — a stark contrast to when the hardliners ransacked and shuttered the facility during their last stint in power. A trickle of citizens made their way around the sprawling exhibit rooms in Kabul when AFP recently visited, marvelling at […]
Myanmar Landslide: 1 dead, 70 missing at Jade Mine
A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar yesterday killed at least one person, injured 25, and left dozens missing, a member of the rescue team told AFP. Scores die each year working in the country’s lucrative but poorly regulated jade trade, which uses low-paid migrant workers to scrape out a gem highly coveted […]
