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Ousted Sri Lankan president arrives in Thailand

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who last month fled anti-government protests in his country, arrived in Thailand on Thursday night on a...

Africa will decide its energy future – Obasanjo

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, — In the midst of a global oil and gas crisis, Africa must take charge of its own energy destiny,...

Train attack: Another batch of kidnapped passengers, family of six, 60 yr old woman released

A family of six — a couple and four children as well as a 60-year-old woman, who were among the kidnapped Kaduna-bound train...

US seeking country to accommodate Al Qaeda money courier and would-be suicide bomber Majid Khan

The United States government is urgently looking for a country that will take in former Al Qaeda money courier Majid Khan, who was...

Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth nearly $7bn

Chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk sold $6.9 billion of his shares in the electric car maker, his biggest sale on record, saying...

Serena Williams says she’ll soon retire from Tennis

Grand Slam 23-time winner Serena Williams announced on Tuesday that “the countdown has begun” to her retirement from tennis. “There comes a time in...

Debt-Ridden Dana Air Flies Plane Without Licensed Captain, Other Safety Infractions

``One of Dana Air’s Captain who had attained 65 years of age in July, 2021, operated several flights on the jump seat. Also,...

Breaking: Jailed ex-Plateau, Taraba governors finally released from prison

Barely three and a half months after jailed ex-Governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame were pardoned by the National Council of States, the...

Breaking: Tafa Balogun, 11th Inspector-General of Police is dead

The 11th Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mustafa Adebayo Balogun, is dead. Born on August 25,1947 in Ila Orangun,  Osun State, the late...

Just in: Yobe Commissioner dies in lone road accident

Mr Goni Bukar Lawan, Yobe Commissioner for Youth and Sports, has lost his life in a lone accident. Lawan, a former member of...

FG’s forlorn attempt at resolving five-month-old ASUU strike forces another four-week rollover

Following Federal Government officials’ failure to resolve the lingering ASUU crisis within two weeks as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the university teachers...

CBN Gov. Emefiele goofed! NNPC actually remitted $2.7bn into its CBN account from Jan. to June 2022 – PSN check

Contrary to the claim of zero-dollar remittance into Nigeria’s foreign reserve by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) by the Governor of...

Breaking: PENGASSAN, Addax Petroleum Branch, suspends ongoing strike

Orders normalcy be restored across all locations including OML 123, 124, 126 and 137 immediately

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Breaking: Eight months after, Kano school proprietor, Tanko, to face hangman for killing pupil

Abdulmalik Tanko, a Kano school proprietor, kidnapper and killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, his pupil, has been sent to the hangman. A Kano...

Nigeria, Mozambique, others seek common position on climate in run-up to Cop27 in Egypt

The continent of 1.2 billion people, making up 17 per cent of the world’s population, contributes less than 4 per cent of global...