British Military Trains 150 Nigerian Special Forces Called Panthers, Set for Deployment Against Terrorists
A British Military Advisory Training Team, in partnership with the Nigerian Air Force, has trained 150 Advanced Special Forces operatives to be deployed to troubled areas to help in tackling security challenges in the country. The Special Forces, known as Nigerian Air Force Panthers, graduated on Friday at the Regiment Training Centre Annex, Special Operations […]
Tour Boat With 26 Missing In Japan After Distress Call
A tour boat with 26 people aboard was missing in rough waters off northern Japan on Saturday after issuing a distress call and reporting to be sinking, the coast guard said. No survivors have been found after more than seven hours of an intense search involving six patrol boats and four aircraft. The 19-ton Kazu […]
French Election: Macron And Le Pen Trade Taunts As Campaigning Ends
The two candidates fighting for the French presidency have launched bitter attacks on each other in a final bid to win over millions of undecided voters before Sunday’s election. Centrist Emmanuel Macron is aiming to become the first sitting president to win a second term for 20 years. He said Marine Le Pen’s far right […]
Okonjo-iweala: I’m Worried About Another Pandemic… The World’s Not Prepared Yet
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says she’s worried that the world is not ready to handle another pandemic. The WTO DG said this on Friday during a panel discussion on ‘Preserving Open Trade: Subsidies, Geopolitics, and International Cooperation at the ongoing spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/ World Bank […]
Alaafin Of Oyo Passes Away At 83, After Over 50 Years On The Throne
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has passed away. He ‘joined his ancestors’ at the age of 83, after almost 52 years on the throne and as the longest-reigning Alaafin of all time. According to reports, Alaafin Adeyemi passed away in the late hours of Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado […]
Only Death Can Make Me Step Down From The 2023 Presidential Race – Gov. Wike
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has maintained that he will not step down from the 2023 presidential race. Wike, who is a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, said this during an interview with BBC Pidgin. Newsmen had recorded that some chieftains of the PDP had demanded that the presidential candidate of the […]
VP Osinbajo visits Olubadan Of Ibadan
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday visited the Olubadan of Ibadan, Olalekan Balogun, at his Alarere Palace in Ibadan. Mr. Osinbajo left the palace around noon. He moved to the Ibadan Civic Center where he met with his support groups and key members of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo state. The meeting observed a […]
Jonathan Gives Condition To Run For 2023 Presidency Under APC
Everything appears to be in place for former President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his desire to run for the president in 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It was learned that Jonathan may have caved in to pressure from certain high-rankingg members of the ruling party and close supporters of […]
US Says Nigerian Students Can Renew Visa Without Interview
Nigerian students currently studying in the United States may now renew their student visa without interview. A statement by the US Embassy on Thursday read: “If you are currently studying in the United States, you may be eligible to renew your student visa without an interview when you return to Nigeria this summer. “To qualify […]
The Battle For Donbas: Why The Weapons The US Is Rushing To Ukraine Are So Critical
As Russia’s military gears up for what it hopes will be a decisive victory over Ukraine in the eastern part of the country, the U.S. is rushing to send weapons and equipment needed to hold off the larger invading force in the rural and open Donbas terrain — a far different battlefield from the urban fighting where […]
