Four people died and six others sustained injuries in a blaze at a resort in the northern Azerbaijani city of Qusar on Sunday, emergency authorities said. Although authorities sent fire and emergency crews to the area, the blaze destroyed a two-storey wooden cottage with an area of 240 square meters at the local Park Qusar […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has called for restraint over the ongoing industrial dispute between the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) and its workers. The committee chairman, Mr Nnolim Nnaji, made the call on Monday in Lagos. Nnaji, advised the management of the company to dialogue with the union leaders. He said this […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the Warri-Itakpe rail service after a train derailed at kilometre 30 Ajaokuta-Itakpe section of the track. One hundred and forty-eight passengers and 30 crew were in the train which derailed on Sunday inside the Kogi forest. There was no fatality or casualty, but passengers said they were stranded […]
Thirteen people died when a residential building collapsed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Sunday as rescue workers are still searching for people believed still buried under the rubble, state media said. The five-storey building, in the Sheikh Maksoud district of Syria’s second-largest city, collapsed due to water leakages that weakened its foundation, government officials said. […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday, dismissed a senior cabinet ally to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified the minister from serving. Netanyahu fired Aryeh Deri, the Minister of Health and Interior Affairs, during his weekly cabinet meeting, the PM’s office said in a statement. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling […]
At least four persons lost their lives after a boat capsized in Kenya’s coastal town of Kilifi, local Police confirmed on Sunday. The boat lost control after strong waves hit it on Saturday before capsizing. It capsized in the Indian Ocean, Malindi Divisional Police Commander, Solomon Odero said. Odero added that the boat was ferrying […]
U.S. President Joe Biden has instructed Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin, to prepare emergency plan to establish a military-industrial base in Morocco, the New York Daily News has reported. They proposed the plan during a high-level meeting in December when Biden and Austin discussed America’s new global military strategy. Biden told Austin to push Pentagon to facilitate […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has deployed more staff to Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collection centres in all wards in Enugu State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Enugu. Chukwosaid it was imperative that more hands be deployed to wards and council […]
The Catholic Archbishop of Calabar, Most Rev. Joseph Ekuwem, on Sunday urged Christians to shun divisions in the body of Christ and embrace unity for national development. Ekuwem made the call during the 2023 annual Lecture of the National Missionary Seminary of St. Paul in Gwagwalada, FCT. The title of the lecture is “Missionary Cooperation […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it has, since 2020, processed no fewer than 148,000 passports and awaiting collection nationwide. Anthony Akuneme, the Spokesman for the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), said this in Abuja on Saturday. “We have precisely 148,000 uncollected passports nationwide from different locations.” According to NIS statistics, Lagos State topped the list […]