President Bola Tinubu has sent out a congratulatory message to Nigeria’s table tennis pacesetter, Aruna Quadri, after winning the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Cup title. Quadri achieved a resounding victory in the final match of the 2024 ITTF…
Singapore on Wednesday swore in Lawrence Wong as its new prime minister Wednesday, replacing Lee Hsien Loong following two decades in office, with the new leader warning that the trade-dependent city-state faced a riskier, more conflict-ridden world. Wong, formerly deputy…
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday revealed that President Bola Tinubu’s administration had subsidised the cost of the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage with N90 billion. Mr Shettima made this known at the inauguration of the 2024 National Hajj operation, held at…
A man has been indicted for aggravated murder and remanded in custody after a dismembered body reportedly stuffed into a suitcase was found under a bridge in Paris at the weekend, prosecutors said Wednesday. The dismembered body was found on…
The police have arrested a man who allegedly detonated a bomb that killed a worshipper and injured 24 others in a mosque in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident occurred early Wednesday morning when the worshippers were…
A public sculpture in Dublin billed as a real-time visual bridge between the Irish capital and New York has been suspended after a week due to “inappropriate behaviour” by users. Designers of the sculpture are “investigating possible technical solutions to…
National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official X handle of Mr Ribadu] …inter-agency collaboration is the cornerstone of a robust national security strategy. By working together, security institutions can achieve a clearer threat picture, eliminate wasteful redundancy, optimise resource…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it arrested 13 fake Bureau-de-Change (BDC) operators in Lagos State. EFCC, in a statement on its official X handle, @officialEFCC, said the suspects were arrested for operating BDCs without appropriate…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia has inaugurated the 10.98 km Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo road which is expected to shore up economic activities in Rivers.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project was executed at the cost of N6.7 billion. The…
Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, yesterday, decried the education system that produces certificates without skills, even as he expressed support for the Federal Government’s approval of the NCE-B.Ed. certificate model for colleges of education. Olaopa, who was…