Vice President Kashim Shettima boards NAF Presidential aircraft BY GODWIN OBI The Vice President, Kashim Shettima will depart Abuja this Sunday for Beijing, China to represent President Bola Tinubu at the upcoming 3rd Belt and Road Initiative, BRI Forum scheduled to hold from October 16 to 18, 2023. He willContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Scores of terrorists have been killed in stream-of-air strikes in their enclaves across the theatres, the Nigerian Air Force said Sunday. The air interdiction missions were carried out by the Air Components of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji, at a newly identified terrorists’ hideout at BukarContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The award for the best Federal Ministry, Department and Agency, MDA in Digital Transformation from the Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms was this weekend conferred on the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Other recipients of the Presidential recognition include the UniversityContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate has passed for first reading a bill that recommends a fine of N50,000 to parents who default in providing their children with primary and secondary school education. The Red Chamber also recommended free meals for every child in the country. The bill proposed by SenatorContinue Reading
From Uche Usim, Abuja Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has been appointed to Chair the African Governors’ Forum of the World Bank. This marks the first time Nigeria has assumed the role of Chairman in 60 years. This was disclosed on the Ministry’sContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Troops of Exercise Enduring Peace III has made a first major breakthrough in Benue state with the rescue of seven kidnapped victims in Ogumula village in Ohimini Local Government Area, (LGA), of the state. The Security Adviser to Governor Hyacinth Alia, Chief Joseph Har, PSP, disclosed thisContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead and some others injured during a fire incident that occurred at Kabong, Gada Biyu in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The fire incident, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, was attributed toContinue Reading
…As NIMASA Act Amendment Bill Passes Senate First Reading BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR has said he and his executive management are committed to the continuous development of human and infrastructural capacity growth of the NigerianContinue Reading
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South Senatorial District has dumped the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a brief plenary session on Thursday, Ubah’s defection was due to irreconcilable differences in the YPP. Ubah, however,Continue Reading
Israeli soldiers detain a man while on patrol on October 12, 2023 near Kibbutz Beeri, the place where 270 revellers were killed by Hamas militants during the Supernova music festival on October 7. – Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian HamasContinue Reading