West Warns Of Possible Attack At Afghanistan’s Kabul Airport Amid Airlift
Western nations warned Thursday of a possible attack on Kabul’s airport, where thousands have flocked as they try to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the waning days of a massive airlift. Britain said an attack could come within hours. Several countries urged people to avoid the airport, but with just days left before the evacuation effort […]
General Marwa: NDLEA Confiscated N100 Billion Worth Of Hard Drugs In Eight Months
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), General Buba Marwa (rtd), has revealed that two million kilograms of different hard drugs have been seized in Nigeria by the agency from January 2021 till date. Marwa, who was in Yola, Adamawa State capital, on a solace visit to the family of Late Ahmed […]
Zamfara Governor Redeploys Permanent Secretaries
Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle has authorized the redeployment of some Permanent Secretaries in the State. According to a press statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Zamfara State Head of Service (Administration), Alhaji Yusuf Abdulahi Bakura, Kabiru Sani changed the role of the Ministry of Works to the Ministry of Education. The statement […]
Presidency: Ortom Is Provoking Ethnic, Religious Hatred
The Presidency on Wednesday came hard on Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom over his ceaseless diatribe on President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of national security. Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu accused the governor of promoting sectarianism and ethnicity to cover up his political shortcomings. The chastisement came on a day a group advised the governor to cease […]
Israeli PM Bennett To Meet Biden As Mideast Tensions Grow
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s meeting with President Joe Biden comes in the midst of heightened tensions with its regional arch-enemy, Iran, and as Israel grapples with a gradual resurgence of hostilities on its southern border with the Gaza Strip. Bennett, in his first state visit overseas since taking office, was scheduled to meet Wednesday […]
Uganda Receives First Group Of Afghanistan Refugees
Uganda has received the first group of 51 evacuees from Afghanistan. The group landed at Entebbe International Airport aboard a private chartered flight on Wednesday morning, Uganda’s foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministry says the group is transiting through Uganda and will move on to the US and other countries. It is not […]
NDA Invasion, Dishonor On Nigeria’s Territorial Integrity –Kaduna Speaker
Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Zailani, has described the invasion, killing, and abduction at Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) as a dishonor on the country’s territorial integrity. Zailani, who stated this in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Danfulani, in Kaduna, on Tuesday, said that the incident […]
Payment Of Office Rent, An Issue For Federal Agencies In Bayelsa
The Association of Heads of Federal Parastatals in Bayelsa has complained about the office accommodation challenges faced by Federal Government agencies operating in the state. The state chairman of AHFP, Mr. Obaro Ologbo, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Government House, Yenagoa, on Tuesday, according to a statement issued […]
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 655 New Cases, 5 Died On Tuesday
Nigeria has recorded five additional deaths from the coronavirus pandemic with 655 new cases reported across eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was contained in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night. The data indicate that Nigeria’s total infection from the […]
Bandits Invade Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna, Kill Two Officers, Abduct One
Armed bandits have invaded the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Afaka in northern Kaduna state, killing two officers. The identity of the officers killed is yet to be confirmed but reports suggest an undisclosed number of officers were also abducted in the raid. Sources within the barracks said the bandits also abducted two majors. ARISE News […]
