Bandits Terrorists Neutralized As Troops Invade Sokoto Hideouts
Several bandits were killed during a gun duel with the military at Katanga village in the Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto state on Thursday. Newsmen gathered that the village was under the control of bandits before the crisis. A local told newsmen that Katanga and Satiru were hitherto under the control of bandits loyal […]
PMB Postpones Visit To Ogun Indefinitely
President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed his planned one-day official visit to Ogun State, indefinitely. Buhari was billed to visit the State for the commissioning of some of the projects completed by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The visit was scheduled for December 21, 2021. Some of the projects listed for commissioning were the Gateway City Gate, GCG; […]
President Buhari Celebrated His 79th Birthday In Turkey During An Official Assignment
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently on official assignment in Istanbul, Turkey, celebrated his 79th birthday on Friday. The President cut a birthday cake decorated in the country’s colors of green, white, and green, which was presented to him by his advisers. According to Mallam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and […]
Ex-President Jonathan, Other Eminent Nigerians Celebrate Buhari At 79
Eminent Nigerians, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, amongst others, yesterday, paid glowing tributes to President Muhammadu Buhari, on his 79th birthday on Friday, December 17. Leading the pack, Jonathan, while praying […]
Remaining Missionaries Kidnapped In Haiti Released By Gang, Says Justice Minister
The remaining 12 hostages kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti two months ago were released Thursday, according to the country’s justice minister Berto Dorcé. Seventeen missionaries representing Christian Aid Ministries (CAM), including 16 Americans and one Canadian, were kidnapped by armed men on October 16 while driving through the suburb of Croix des Bouquets, […]
COVID News: Biden Calls For Nationwide Vaccine Mandate For Health Care Workers To Be Reinstated
Due to rising COVID cases, the Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a nationwide vaccine mandate for health care workers. They’re asking it be reinstated while legal challenges continue. Ten Republican-led states have sued over the rules which apply to medical facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients and accept government funds. […]
North Shropshire by-election: Has Boris Johnson Lost His Winning Touch?
How did the Conservatives lose one of their safest seats to the Liberal Democrats, in one of the biggest upsets in recent electoral history? Questions over Christmas parties in Downing Street undoubtedly ignited the North Shropshire by-election campaign, but before that opposition parties had already picked up a sense of people in this safe, rural, […]
No-Work-No-Pay: PMB Orders Payment Of Doctors’ Salaries
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday directed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to release the salaries of doctors and other health workers, seized to enforce the no-work-no-pay rule. Addressing reporters after meeting with the president, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said Buhari authorized the authority letter to release the funds of the resident doctors for […]
North Korean Government Bans Citizens From Laughing, Drinking For 11 Days
North Koreans have been restricted from laughing or drinking for 11 days to mark the tenth anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death. Government authorities have ordered the public not to show any signs of happiness while North Korea commemorates Kim Jong Il’s death, DailyMail reports. Kim ruled North Korea from 1994 until he […]
Millions At Risk As Super Typhoon Rai Slams Into Philippines
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the Philippines as “one of the world’s strongest storms” of the year made landfall in mid-eastern parts of the island nation. The Philippine’s weather bureau, PAGASA, said Typhoon Rai made its first landfall in Surigao del Norte’s Siargao Island at 05:30 GMT. It […]
