•US military The U.S. has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria, the general in charge of the U.S. command for Africa said yesterday. This is the first acknowledgement of U.S. forces on the ground since Washington was struck by air on Christmas Day, reports Vanguard. President Donald Trump had ordered airstrikes on what […]
•South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (R) and First Vice President Riek Machar South Sudan’s opposition called today for a mobilisation of its supporters to carry out regime change in response to plans to put their leader on trial for treason and crimes against humanity. A fragile power-sharing agreement from 2018 between President Salva Kiir a...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Organised Labour through the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has forced the Federal Government to reduce telecommunications tariff hike from 50 percent to 35 percent. It was gathered that the reduction followed a meeting of the 10-man committee comprising government and NLC representatives at the office of the National ...
•Tinubu Over 50 firms in the chemical and non-metallic products sub-sector of the nation’s economy are in a dilemma as multinationals, medium and small-scale enterprises, SMEs, and member companies are either exiting, on the verge of shutting down or operating at low-capacity utilisation. It will be recalled that the employers, under the umbre...
The Unicef and European union have today join forces to poster Child friendly justice in Sokoto state. The two bodies commenced a two day training of Sharia court judges, police, and Hisbah group in Sokoto on child protection act with a view to access justice for children below the age of 18 that came in […]
An outbreak of measles has been reported and confirmed in two schools located in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. The Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Henry Ayuk confirmed the outbreak, identifying the two schools as Navy Secondary School and Penniel Primary Schools, both cited in the area, reports The Nation. [&he...
•Terrorists A heavily armed bandit gang wielding sophisticated weapons including AK-47 rifles, has attacked a joint military camp at Nahuta village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina. The attack was reportedly carried out at about 11:30 pm yesterday Sunday, January 14. A security source from the camp disclosed the details of the incid...
Israeli forces were encircling southern Gaza’s main city today, battling Hamas militants through streets and buildings in some of the most intense combat of the two-month war. The focus of the conflict has shifted into the besieged territory’s south following fierce fighting and bombardment that reduced much of the north to rubble and forced n...

