The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency FEMA has explained the circumstances which led to the death of two Nigerians on Monday at the Canadian Embassy in Abuja. Spokesman of the agency, Nkechi Isa in a terse statement confirmed that a diesel tank explosion was responsible for the fire which gutted a section of the…
After winning a seventh Paris Masters at the weekend Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic extended his lead in the world ATP rankings over Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on Monday. The 36-year-old Djokovic won his 40th Masters 1000 title and stretched his winning run to 18 matches to top the rankings on 11,445 points with 20-year-old Alcaraz on…
The Ministry of Health in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, on Sunday, said that at least 9,770 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel erupted last month. The ministry said at least 4,800 children were among those killed since Israel began striking the Gaza Strip in retaliation to the October…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to unveil an electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System and Geospatial Data Repository on Wednesday. The Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, made this known on Monday at a pre-launch briefing in Abuja. According to Kwarra, the launch of the e-CRVS by Tinubu marks, “The commitment of the current…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has slashed state-regulated bus and rail transport fare by 25%. The Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority made this known in a statement on its X page on Monday. The statement titled, ‘Lagos approves 25% fare rebate for regulated bus and rail transport’, was signed by the LAMATA…
Lightning has killed three Senior Secondary School students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria gathered on Sunday. According to an eyewitness report, the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted. “The students were practising on the…
A fire has broken out at the High Commission of Canada to Nigeria in Abuja’s Central Business District Confirming the incident, the Head of Operations of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, told Punch that two people were fatally injured in the incident, while about three or four other victims had been rushed to the…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, attended the opening ceremony of the Africa International Film Festival in the state on Sunday. He shared photos from the event on his X page on Monday. Sanwo-Olu partly wrote, “Yesterday, I attended the opening of the African Film Festival (AFRIFF) in Lagos. I’ve always been extremely passionate…
Former President Donald Trump holds an edge over President Joe Biden in a series of hypothetical matchups among registered voters in four key swing states, new polling from The New York Times and Siena College shows. In Nevada, a state Biden narrowly carried in the 2020 presidential election, Trump boasts 52% support to Biden’s 41%….
At least nine people were killed during a weekend jailbreak in Guinea that saw armed commandos briefly pluck ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara from prison, officials said on Monday. Heavily armed men burst into the prison in the capital Conakry early on Saturday, taking Camara and three other former officials who are on trial alongside him…
