US Vs Iran: UNESCO Finally Takes Sides, Issues Warning
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has waded into the tension between the United States and Iran. UNESCO said that both the United States and Iran must observe conventions obliging states to protect cultural sites after US President Donald Trump threatened to target Iran’s cultural heritage. Trump on Sunday issued a […]
We Are Not Leaving Iraq – American Military Insists
The US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, has said that America has no plans to pull out its military from Iraq. Following the assassination of Iranian army General, Qassem Soleimani by the US government, the Iraqi Parliament on Sunday, voted for US troops to evacuate the country immediately. However, Esper told Pentagon reporters on Monday that there is […]
INEC Reveals When Gov. Yahaya Bello Will Be Prosecuted
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed it will institute a criminal case against Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for double registration at the end of his tenure. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Voters’ Education and Information Committee, Festus Okoye, made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja. Okoye stated that Bello was currently shielded […]
C/River: APC Crisis As Faction Plans To Disrupt LGA Polls
The crisis in All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has taken a new dimension as a faction planned to disrupt the local government elections slated for March 2020 Already, another group led by APC Chairman, Etim John State working committee on Monday, said they are not part of a plot to disrupt Local […]
Us Vs Iran: Real Reason Soleimani’s Burial Was Postponed
The burial of a top Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike on Friday has been postponed. It was postponed on Tuesday due to a stampede in his hometown, the semi-official ISNA news agency reports. The report did not say how long the delay to burying Gen. Qassem Soleimani would last. A report […]
German Troops To Relocate After Soleimani’s Killings
German troops deployed in Iraq will be partially relocated to Jordan and Kuwait due to the tensions that have followed the U.S. killing of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Recall that the airstrike which killed Soleimani was an order from US President Donald Trump. Bases in the capital Baghdad and Taji, in particular, will be […]
Zamfara Govt Begs FG Not To Withdraw Military Troops
The Zamfara State government has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider its plans of withdrawing military troops from some states hit by banditry. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran explained that the withdrawal of military troops would give another chance to armed bandits and kidnappers to […]
Cooking Gas Marketers Place Demands On Nigerian Govt
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has called for a regulation on filling and retailing of industrial gases in the country. This followed the recent gas explosion in Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna State. The NALPGAM Executive Secretary, Mr Bassey Essien, who made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday in […]
Umeh, Ex-APGA Chairman Opens Up On Nigeria, Coups
Former Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Senator Victor Umeh, has said that Nigeria was a lot better under the arrangement where regional governments controlled their resources and paid royalty to the central government. Umeh, a former national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), said this in an interview with newsmen […]
Lagos BRT Fares To Be Increased – Tinubu
Primero Transport Services Ltd., operator of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, says it is planning an upward review of transport fares across all routes in the state to meet up with current realities. The Managing Director of the firm, Mr Fola Tinubu, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Hezbollah: American Troops In M/East Will Return In Coffins
The chief of Lebanon’s Iran-allied Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned that troops of the United States in the Middle East would return home in coffins. Nasrallah explained that the threat was in retaliation for the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleiman. The Hezbollah chief stated that the response to the assassination of Soleimani was […]
Persecution: CAN Cries To UN, US, Others For Help
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on the United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom, and other developed world to assist Nigerian government in securing the lives of its citizens. CAN said it has lost confidence in the ability of the Nigerian state to secure its citizens. The umbrella body […]