President Bola Tinubu has instructed the Federal Executive Council committee to expedite measures to reduce food prices nationwide. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, disclosed this in Abuja, noting that the directive focuses on ensuring the safe passage of farm produce across transport routes to cut logistics costs. […]
President Bola Tinubu will address the 80th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York. A revised provisional list of speakers showed that Tinubu would be speaking on the second day of the event. The high-level week will kick off on September 22nd […]
Egypt forward Omar Marmoush could miss Sunday’s Manchester derby after the Manchester City player suffered a knee ligament injury while on international duty. Marmoush was due to have an X-ray on his arrival in Cairo after he was substituted in the fourth minute of Egypt’s goalless draw with Burkina Faso in a World Cup qualifier […]
Nepali soldiers patrolled the streets of Kathmandu, seeking to restore order after protesters set parliament ablaze and forced the prime minister to quit in the worst violence to hit the Himalayan nation in two decades. Protests had begun on Monday in the Nepali capital against the government’s ban on social media and over corruption, but […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said the shooting down of Russian drones in Poland overnight was the first time this has happened in Nato territory. Speaking ahead of an emergency government meeting, Tusk said Polish airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones. He said that those who posed a threat were […]
Ugandans have expressed support for the opening of the legal proceedings against the rebel leader Joseph Kony by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began presenting evidence to support charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the court’s first-ever in absentia hearing, alleging he inflicted horrors that still […]
Some concerned residents of Ibadan have urged Nigerian youths to focus on education and self-employment as a proactive step toward reducing the high rate of terrorism in the country. In an interview with Dominion News, the residents expressed concern over the increasing involvement of young people in terrorist activities. They attributed the root cause of […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said that children of deceased officers will benefit from a new scholarship initiative beginning from September next year. The programme, introduced by the Defense and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), aims to support families of fallen personnel while fostering national unity. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, received […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will today hold its National Executive Council meeting to determine its next line of action on a pending ultimatum to the Federal Government. The association had earlier issued a ten-day ultimatum to relevant government agencies, warning that members would embark on a nationwide strike if their demands were […]
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has reviewed the progress of beneficiaries of the Renewed Hope Initiative National Scholarship Programme, two years after its launch. She urged the scholars to combine government support with self-reliance.