Early today according to local and defense officials, an explosion at an explosive ordnance storage site inside a US military installation on Okinawa on Monday injured four Japanese servicemen, as reported by AP. The wounds are not thought to be life-threatening. Within the munitions storage area of Kadena Air Base, […]
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House of Representatives Speaker Rt. Abbas Tajudeen claims to have retracted the contentious Compulsory Voting Bill. Musa Abdullahi Krishi, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said Monday that the Speaker had “decided to withdraw the Bill to Amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting mandatory for all […]
During his re-examination, the prosecution’s attorney urged the prosecution witness to compare Amotekun’s and ESN’s actions. In the current trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the second prosecution witness informed Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja that, in contrast to Amotekun, which is legally supported, Kanu’s […]
Seven weeks after their appointment on April 2, 2025, President Bola Tinubu has sworn in the board and administration of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. At a short ceremony on Thursday afternoon at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, Ahmadu Kida, the board’s non-executive chairman, and Bashir Ojulari, the […]
Additional mop-up exams will be administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to applicants who were unable to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the Board, an estimated 5.6% of candidates missed their exams. To make up for this, a special mop-up exercise will be […]
According to the Lagos State administration, in 2024, fire occurrences throughout the state caused the loss of property valued at N19.52 billion. This was revealed by Mr. Olugbenga Oyerinde, the Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, at the current ministerial press briefing on Wednesday to commemorate the second year […]
The police expressed their profound regret for the terrible occurrence, which happened at approximately 7:45 am during a combined operation with the Oyo State Traffic Management Authority (OYTMA), in a statement released on Tuesday by CSP Adewale Osifeso, the command’s spokesperson. One of the cops who unintentionally shot and killed […]
Senior government officials gathered in a delegation to greet the president. A group of high-ranking government officials met him when he landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Tuesday night. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje; the Secretary to the Government of […]
Tragedy struck early Friday morning when a speeding vehicle, allegedly driven by suspected internet fraudsters, plowed into a group of soldiers conducting routine physical training near Myoung Barracks in Lagos. Eyewitnesses report that several soldiers may have lost their lives in the incident, which has sent shockwaves through the military […]
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will endure extended power outages starting today, Monday, January 6, as announced by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). In a statement shared via its X handle on Friday, AEDC revealed that the outages are due to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) […]