Thursday, 21 November, 2024

Month: August 2023


Russia’s Luna-25 probe is heading toward the Moon after successfully leaving Earth’s orbit, state space agency Roscosmos said on Friday. The lunar mission is Russia’s first in almost 50 years, and was launched earlier in the day from the Vostochny Read more…


Chief Douglas Mbonu (Akaezunwamadu), is the Obi of Mbaefo family of Okpuno Nnewichi Nnewi. In his capacity as the Obi, that by implication, makes him the traditional head of the vast Mbonu extended family, and the entire Mbaefo dynasty. Chief Read more…


The Russian space program has launched a probe to the moon for the first time since 1976. Luna-25 blasted off from the Vostochny spaceport in the Amur Region and is aiming to touch down in the southern polar region by Read more…


More organisations, including Islamic leaders and Christian leaders, have voiced their support for a peaceful approach to resolving the crisis in Niger Republic following the military coup d’état that ousted President Muhammed Bazoum. Yesterday, both the Nigerian Supreme Council for Read more…


A Chief Magistrate Court in the Federal Capital Territory has ruled that the presiding pastor of the Abuja chapter of the House on the Rock, Uche Aigbe has a criminal case to answer over the prohibited firearm found in his Read more…


The governors of the southeast, the House of Representatives ad hoc committee, and security agencies including the Chief of Army Staff, yesterday, met at Enugu and Abuja respectively over the biting insecurity in the southeast. The Reps ad-hoc Committee in Read more…


ECOWAS said all efforts made to dialogue with Niger Republic military junta have been defiantly rejected by coup leaders as they condemn continuous detention of President Mohamed Bazoum and his family members. The resolution partly reads, “Direct the committee of Read more…


When a Jalingo-based teacher, Joseph Gimba was returning from a civil society meeting in Abuja on Thursday, March 2023, he never had any premonition of what the future tragically held for him. Nothing in the world spared him the details of Read more…


By Ekuson Nw’OgbunkaAbuja.Members of Abuja Scrap Dealers Association in Section C, Abuja International Building Materials Market, Dei – Dei, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have Wednesday, elected new executives to lead and oversee affairs of the association. In a free, Read more…


Police in Germany have arrested a military officer suspected of passing classified information to Russian intelligence. The officer is the third German in less than a year to allegedly carry out espionage for the Kremlin. The man, a military procurement Read more…


The European Union is preparing to impose sanctions on the new military government in Niger, European sources told Reuters on Wednesday. An EU diplomat and an official involved in formulating the sanctions confirmed the bloc was devising criteria for punishment, Read more…


The officials in Ukraine’s partner countries have become increasingly aware of the growing unrealism of their initial expectations for the Ukrainian counteroffensive, no longer anticipating major progress on the battlefield by autumn and fearing a “blame game” on Ukraine’s part. Read more…