Reclaiming Lands: Over 100 Buildings Demolished In Benin
Reclaiming land in Benin has resulted in the demolition of over 100 buildings in the communities of Irhirihi, Arougba, Obazagbon, and Ogheghe, resulting in a verbal altercation between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State. The APC accused the state government of lying behind the guise of developing a new […]
PDP Board Of Trustees Members Meet With Wike Today
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) will meet with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike today as part of its reconciliation mission to discuss the party’s lingering crisis. The meeting with Wike by the BoT in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, comes after the advisory body met with the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, […]
Bida-Minna Highway Bridge Collapses, Commuters stranded
The Bida-Minna Highway bridge has collapsed for the second time this year due to excessive rainfall in the area during the last several weeks, forcing users of the already congested highway to take a jungle path as an alternative route.It has become an annual practice for the bridge in Sabongida village, a few kilometres from […]
US Court Postpones Hushpuppi Sentencing Again To Nov 7
The sentencing of Ramon Abbas, a Nigerian Instagram celebrity known as Hushpuppi, who has pleaded guilty to multi-million dollar fraud charges, has been postponed again by the US Central District Court in California. Hushpuppi was apprehended in the United Arab Emirate (UAE), Dubai in June 2020 and extradited to the United States, where he pleaded […]
Angry Mbaka Followers Protest Transfer To Monastery, Chases New Chaplain Away
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Callistus Onaga, has transferred Fr Ejike Mbaka the Chaplain and spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN) to the Monastery. This decision by the Catholic Secretariat has drawn the ire of Mbaka’s followers, who protested the decision and chased the new chaplain out of the ministry. This […]
Ukraine Retakes A Key City Putin Claimed To Have Annexed
Ukraine said it had retaken full control of a key eastern city on Sunday, handing the Kremlin another stinging setback just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed that the area would belong to his country forever. The recapture of Lyman represents a symbolic and strategic victory for Kyiv, which vowed its forces would push deeper into occupied territory after forcing Moscow’s […]
UK Scraps Tax Cut For Wealthy That Sparked Market Turmoil
The British government on Monday dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners, part of a package of unfunded cuts unveiled only days ago that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows. In a dramatic about-face, Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng abandoned plans to scrap the top 45% rate of […]
Record Avian Flu Outbreak Sees 48m Birds Culled In UK And EU
Around 48m birds have been culled across the UK and the EU in the last year as a result of the largest outbreak of avian flu on record. In the UK, 161 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were detected in poultry and captive birds, leading to the culling of 3.2m birds. That compared […]
Brazil’s Lula And Bolsonaro Face Run-off After Surprisingly Tight Result
Brazil’s election is going into a second round in which left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. With almost all the votes counted, Lula had won 48% against Bolsonaro’s 43% – a much closer result than opinion polls had suggested. But Lula fell short of the more than 50% of […]
2nd Niger-Bridge To Be Launched In Q1 Of 2024 – FG
The federal government, has said that the 2nd Niger-bridge project will be ready for launch in the first quarter of 2024. Seyi Martins, the acting federal controller of works in Anambra State, made the announcement on Saturday. Recall that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government stated in November 2016 that it had awarded a sum of […]
