At least 22 miners are presumed dead following the collapse of a mining pit at an illegal mining site located within a national game reserve spanning Gashaka Local Government Area in Taraba State and Toungo Local Government Area in Adamawa State. Adamu Jamtare, a miner from Gashaka, explained that many of the deceased were from…
Australia’s prime minister on Thursday vowed to ban children under 16 from social media, saying the pervasive influence of platforms like Facebook and TikTok was “doing real harm to our kids”. The tech giants would be held responsible for enforcing the age limit and face hefty fines if regulators notice young users slipping through the…
The Osun State Government on Wednesday announced temporary closure of Old Garage to Okefia road in Osogbo, the State Capital. A statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Bashir Bello, said the closure is scheduled to last for one week, stating that it will commence at 12:00 noon on…
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday described the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, as a significant loss to the country. Makinde, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, in Ibadan, the state capital, described Lagbaja as “a patriot and one of the…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has emerged victorious in the 2024 election, securing over 270 electoral votes across seven key battleground states. Multiple media sources reported this on Wednesday, with world leaders extending their congratulations to the President-elect. Addressing a massive crowd in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump expressed gratitude to the American people, declaring,…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commended the process that led to the outcome of US Presidential election. The Republican candidate, Donald Trump defeated the Democrat candidate, a sitting Vice President Kamala Harris, to be re-elected as the 47th president of the United…
Donald Trump claimed a “magnificent” victory over Kamala Harris in the fight for the presidency on Wednesday as results put him on the verge of one of the most stunning comebacks in US political history. The Republican former president’s address to a crowd of jubilant supporters came despite the fact that only Fox News had…
The victory makes Donald Trump the first president in more than a century to win a non-consecutive second term. World leaders raced to congratulate Donald Trump as he claimed a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris, while financial markets also rose. Here are the first reactions, with the presidential election result still to be…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered rescheduling the Federal Executive Council meeting till another date to be announced. A statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy) said the meeting had initially scheduled for Wednesday, the council meeting was postponed in honour of Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of…
Five suspected illegal revenue collectors have been arrested by operatives of the Board of Internal Revenue and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Ebonyi State at the International Market, located in the Abakaliki metropolis. Our correspondent learnt that the arrest was made during a raid at the market on Tuesday while…
