Nigeria’s representative, Chidimma Adetshina, has finished as the first runner-up at the 73rd Miss Universe Competition held in Mexico. The final moments of the prestigious event, announced early Sunday morning, saw an electrifying face-off between Nigeria and Denmark, as the two women stood poised to claim the crown. The competition, described as one of the…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the ban of hazardous pesticides off the streets and shops as one of the measures to arrest food poisoning after 22 children were recently killed from suspected harmful chemicals – food poisoning. President Cyril Ramaphosa says scientific tests established deaths of 6 children in Soweto could be attributed…
The remains of Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), have touched the military wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, Nigeria. This is part of the preparations to transport the body to Abuja in line with the detailed arrangements. President Bola Tinubu had ordered a state burial for…
…Victims were aged between 18 and 30, says official No fewer than 13 people were killed when a mining site collapsed on the Plateau State, northcentral Nigeria. A government official in the state, Joshua Riti, reportedly told the press on Tuesday that the victims were aged between 18 and 30 and belonged to the Bassa…
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu SAN, was elected chairperson of the African Asset Recovery Practitioners’ Forum (AARP-F) by the interim council members of the forum, comprising representatives from African regional blocks, ARINs, and AAACA, in an election held in Arusha, Tanzania, on November…
The late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, would be buried in Abuja on Friday. His immediate elder brother, Moshood Lagbaja, disclosed this in Osogbo, Osun State during a condolence visit by St Charles Grammar School Osogbo Old Boys Association (SCOBA). This comes as the military has yet to announce a date…
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in East African country said over 379,000 people displaced by devastating flooding. OCHA said on Saturday the devastating flooding in South Sudan affected around 1.4 million people, and displaced 379,000 others. “About 1.4 million people are affected by flooding in 43 counties and the Abyei…
The last patient of the Marburg virus disease in Rwanda was discharged on Friday after one month the country declared an outbreak of the disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) disclosed on Saturday. The last patient although discharged, their contacts, along with those of previously discharged patients, will continue to be followed up until the…
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two Chinese siblings: Wang Jiang and Wang Richard for allegedly making efforts to export some solid minerals without requisite permit. This was contained in a press release by the Head, Media & Publicity for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale. According…
The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, which crashed on October 24,2024 has been recovered. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), in conjunction with the Search and Recovery partners NNPC, NIMASA, the Nigerian Navy, and HydroDive recovered it, according to a statement released on Friday. The statement…
