Somali National Army (SNA) said, on Tuesday, its forces arrested al-Shabab’s head responsible for explosive devices in the Mudug region, the central part of Somalia. Radio Mogadishu reported that Salman Dadir was arrested while transporting explosive devices near Amara town. It said Dadir was captured by the 21st division of the SNA backed by the […]
The INEC said, on Monday, that elections would not hold in 240 polling units across 28 states during the coming general elections. The Commission Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, announced this at a meeting with political party leaders in Abuja on Monday. Yakubu said the affected polling units had no voter register. The […]
A disaster agency official said four people died with several buildings destroyed after a 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Papua province in Eastern Indonesia on Thursday. “People strongly felt the jolts of the quake here. “The quake damaged houses, a restaurant and buildings,” Jonathan Koirewoa, manager of the operation control centre for the local disaster […]
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on joint tax audit, investigation and automatic exchange of information. Mr Johannes Wojuola, Special Assistant on Media and Communication of FIRS, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Wojuola said the CEOs of both […]
Thailand’s exports are expected to expand one to two per cent this year, the country’s shippers’ council said on Tuesday. This expectation is weighed down by slowing global demand and high production costs, the shipper’s Council added. As main driver of economic growth, exports are subject to the strengthening of the Thai baht. This is […]
The APC in Lagos State, on Thursday, held a sensitisation campaign on Electoral Law and Offences for market women, artisans and traders’ associations across the state. State party chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, said APC designed the programme to educate them on the electoral laws. It also focuses on the mode of voting and the use […]
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, says the Federal Government has no plans to strip the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of its powers. Pantami gave this clarification while making a presentation at the 19th edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Scorecard from 2015 to 2023, on Thursday, in Abuja. He refuted insinuations that the […]
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 […]
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 Gambian authorities have filed charges against eight military personnel in connection with a failed coup attempt to oust President Adama Barrow in December 2022. Ebrima Sankareh, the government spokesperson, announced on Saturday. Sankareh said that the Gambian government had filed charges against eight military men with a two-count charge of “high treason and criminal […]