Pope Francis urges global dialogue to prevent world war
Pope Francis on Thursday expressed concern about “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war at a New Year’s reception ...
Month: January 2025
Oxford Dictionary adopts Japa, 419, suya, agbero, 17 other words in latest update
Twenty Nigerian words have made entries into the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) following its latest updates. The new 20 entries ...
Zulum donates N300 million to families of killed soldiers
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has donated N300 million as a succor to the families of soldiers who were ...
Joseph Aoun voted Lebanon’s new president, ending two years of deadlock
Lebanese lawmakers have elected army chief Joseph Aoun as Lebanon’s new president, ending a two-year-long political deadlock in the crisis-hit ...
Foreign countries funding, training Boko Haram terrorists – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has asked the United Nations to investigate the funding and training ...
China approves $255 million loan for Kaduna-Kano rail project
The China Development Bank (CDB) has granted a $254.76m (€245m) loan in support of the 203-kilometre Kano-Kaduna railway project in ...
Court summons two ministers over proposed expatriates’ tax regime
Justice Inyang Ekwo, of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, ...
Two brothers remanded for alleged firearms possession
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered the remand of two brothers in a correctional facility for alleged unlawful ...
No chance of NATO meeting Trump’s 5% spending target- German vice chancellor
Robert Habeck has said that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s demand that NATO allies increase their defence spending to 5 percent ...
Tinubu directs probe of soldiers killings in Borno
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a thorough investigation into the attack by Boko Haram terrorists on Forward Operating Military Base, ...