Russia has warned it could target British military sites as it announced snap nuclear weapons drills in response to “provocative” comments by Lord Cameron and Emmanuel Macron. The country’s foreign ministry summoned Britain’s ambassador on Monday to protest the Foreign Secretary’s Read more…
A Palestinian security official and an Egyptian official say Israeli tanks entered the southern Gaza town of Rafah, reaching as close as 200 meters (yards) from its crossing with neighboring Egypt. The Egyptian official said the operation appeared to be Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the pressure mounted by the political crisis in the state has been weathered sufficiently, giving way for his administration to provide focused leadership and governance to the people. Fubara made the assertion Read more…
EU member states need to make a joint decision on repatriating Ukrainians who are dodging the country’s military draft, president Vladimir Zelensky’s most senior adviser, Mikhail Podoliak, has declared. He made the remarks to local media on Thursday. Kiev has Read more…
To mitigate rising criminality in different forms, some state governments have resorted to setting up vigilance groups to complement the efforts of security agencies particularly, the Nigeria Police. There have also been regional security outfits like the Amotekun in the Read more…
LIVE Russia-Ukraine conflictPRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS AT US COLLEGES: LIVE UPDATES2 May, 2024 18:33HomeWorld News NATO state rejects €100-billion Ukraine war chest ‘madness’ Hungary has vowed to oppose a five-year funding strategy for Ukraine just floated by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg NATO Read more…
Aliko Dangote, the chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, has revealed that the devaluation of the Nigerian naira created the biggest mess for the company in 2023. Speaking at the annual general meeting of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc on Tuesday, Dangote Read more…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over Israeli officials, US State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told journalists on Tuesday, as the war in Gaza is on track to enter its seventh month. His statement followed reports that Read more…
Commercial banks in Nigeria closed 2.021 million bank accounts in the first quarter of 2024, Q1’24, to clean their books of questionable accounts and comply with regulatory orders on the linkage of bank accounts to the National Identity Number, NIN. This is Read more…
The Federal government has assured workers that the new minimum wage will take effect from, May 1, 2024, despite ongoing negotiations within the tripartite committee on national minimum wage. Addressing Nigerian workers during the May Day celebration in Abuja, Minister Read more…
Nigerian workers have presented another set of demands to the federal government towards improving their living condition. The demands were unveiled yesterday in Abuja by the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, and his Trade Union Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Nnewi office of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund(NSITF) on Tuesday held a sensitisation rally on the impact of climate change on occupational safety and health. The event was in commemoration of World Day For Safety and Read more…