Five months into the armed conflict that engulfed Gaza over the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by the Islamist group, Hamas, the United Nations Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding ceasefire to the war. The resolution followed the restrain by the United States from vetoing the measure of change from its initial…
Global television audiences who tuned in for their local weather reports last Thursday were in for a surprise – a special forecast from the year 2050. While the format is familiar, the forecasts – anchored by children – are not. These young TV meteorologists joined the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for its newly Weather…
Airstrikes by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft under Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and killed scores of the criminals in the Tumbuns near Lake Chad. The Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, in a statement, said the airstrikes were executed on March 24, 2024, at a…
The Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned “fifth columnist” within its fold to behave according to the party’s tenet or be shown the way out. The party said it cannot harbour stakeholders who bore ill-will against it and Governor Abdullahi Sule as the leader of the party in the state….
Airstrikes by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft under Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and killed scores of the criminals in the Tumbuns near Lake Chad. The Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, in a statement, said the airstrikes were executed on March 24, 2024, at a…
The Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned “fifth columnist” within its fold to behave according to the party’s tenet or be shown the way out. The party said it cannot harbour stakeholders who bore ill-will against it and Governor Abdullahi Sule as the leader of the party in the state….
A 25 – year – old man simply identified as Monday, escaped lynching by angry mob after being apprehended with two live goats he allegedly stole at Obio Ndot community in Oruk Anam Local Goverment Area of Akwa Ibom State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the suspect at the weekend came to the village from his base…
Ahead of official declaration of the winner in the Senegal presidential election, candidate of the ruling coalition and former Prime Minister, Amadou Ba has congratulated the leading opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory at the polls. The 44-year-old Faye’s victory is expected to change the political landscape of one of the Africa’s fastest-…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, businesswoman and philanthropist, Princess Folorunso Alakija will be conferred with the honorary degrees of the Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti. Ninety-one students of the university also emerged as first-class graduates among the 10, 894 students set to graduate from the state-owned…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has fixed April 16, 2024, for the medical screening of shortlisted applicants for the recruitment into Police Constable cadre. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, on Monday. Ani said the choice of April 16 was to allow for the completion of the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund to facilitate effective infrastructure development across the pivotal areas of agriculture, transportation, ports, aviation, energy, healthcare, and education in Nigeria. According to the statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday, the Fund will invest in critical national projects that will, among other things,…
Commuters and motorists were stranded as students and youths protested over deplorable state of Ado Ekiti-Ijan-Ikare road on Monday. The ever-busy federal highway linking Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state with Ondo, Kogi, and Abuja among other towns was blocked and barricaded by the irate youths said to be students of Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti. The…
