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23/06/2024

President and founder of , Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has said the fire incident at the church’s headquarters was not an accident but an avenue for bigger and better things.

22/06/2024

First Hajj flight leaves Jeddah for 🇳🇬

22/06/2024

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu delivered the opening remarks at TEDx Lagos 2024 themed “The Future We See!”

He commended the organizers and encouraged them to continue pushing the boundaries of innovation and creativity, as their contributions play a vital role in shaping the economic landscape of not just our state, but the entire country.

21/06/2024

US has recorded 6 mass shootings, killing 88 people in the month June 2024.
21 June: 10 people shot in Fordyce, AR
19 June: 15 people shot in Oakland, CA
15 June: 16 people shot in Round Rock, TX
15 June: 9 people shot in Rochester Hills, MI
9 June: 10 people shot in Madison, WI
2 June: 28 people shot in Akron, OH

20/06/2024

Lagos state government meet with the management team of Rungis International Wholesale Food Market in Paris, France to discuss the crucial role markets play in addressing the complexities of modern food systems, as well as exploring potential collaborations for the Lagos Food and Logistics Hub project.

During the meeting, both parties were established a concrete plans for effective collaboration between Rungis International Market, renowned as the world’s second largest wholesale food market, and the Lagos State Government.

20/06/2024

EFCC, Flutterwave partner to combat financial crimes.

20/06/2024

VIDEO: President Bola Tinubu and President Cyril Ramaphosa briefing media on their engagement following Nigerian president attendance at the Inauguration of South African President which took place at the Union Buildings in Tshwane.

20/06/2024

VIDEO: President Bola Tinubu in a bilateral meeting with the newly elected president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa in Johannesburg.

20/06/2024

President Bola Tinubu in a bilateral meeting with the newly elected president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa in Johannesburg.

regards as a strategic partner in the context of bilateral relations, the West Africa region, and the continent in the pursuance of the African Agenda, South – South cooperation and in the promotion of a rules-based International System.

President Tinubu is in South Africa where he attended the Presidential Inauguration yesterday to witness the swearing-in ceremony of President Ramaphosa.

20/06/2024

BREAKING NEWS
Extreme heat kills over 1,000 Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, most of them unregistered: Report.

2024 death toll has exceeded 1,000, more than half of them unregistered pilgrims who worshiped in extreme heat in , a report by AFP said.

This year, the Hajj pilgrimage began on June 14. As per the report, the new deaths deported on Thursday (June 20) included 58 from . As per an Arab diplomat, who provided a breakdown showing that of 658 total dead from Egypt, 630 were unregistered. Around 10 countries have reported 1,081 deaths during the annual this year.

20/06/2024

Protesters in clash with police over controversial tax bill.

19/06/2024

🇳🇬 to send first to space—aims to foster the development of critical technologies and infrastructure required for human missions beyond earth, will see a Nigerian land in space.

19/06/2024

President Bola Tinubu at the president-elect Cyril inauguration in .

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19/06/2024

Governor Simi Fubara swore in Caretaker Committee Chairmen for all 23 Local Government Councils in Rivers.

1. Hon. Madigai Dickson - Abua/Odual LGA
2. Hon. Happy Benneth- Ahoada-East
3. Hon. Daddy John Green - Ahoada-West
4. Barr. Otonye Briggs - Akuku Toru LGA
5. Barr. Reginald Ekaan - Andoni LGA
6. Hon. Orolosama Peter Amachree - Asari-Toru LGA
7. Alabota Anengi Barasua - Bonny LGA
8. Anthony Soberekon - Degema LGA
9. Brain Gokpa - Eleme LGA
10. David Omereji - Emohua LGA
11. John Otamiri Nkugbo - Etche LGA
12. Kenneth Kpeden - Gokana LGA
13. Hon. Dr. Darlington Orji - Ikwerre LGA
14. Amb. Marvin Yobana - Khana LGA
15. Amb Ihunwo Chijioke - Obio/Akpor
16. Hon. Princewill Ejekwe - ONELGA
17. RT. Hon. Evans Bipi - Ogu-Bolo LGA
18. Princess Ib Ogan - Okrika LGA
19. RT. Hon. Promise Reginald - Omuma LGA
20. Hon. Enyiada Cookey-Gam - Opobo/Nkoro LGA
21. Hon. Gogo Philip - OYIGBO LGA
22. Hon. Ezebunwo Ichemati - PHALGA
23. Hon. Matthew D**e - Tai LGA

19/06/2024

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, predicts that thirteen states will experience heavy rain in the coming days. The affected states could experience flash floods on roads, bridges and low-lying areas which can disrupt vehicular traffic.

The public is therefore advised to take necessary safety precautions; do not walk through fast-flowing runoff waters.

The predicted states are Niger, Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, Taraba, Delta, Imo, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Ekiti and Osun. Moderate to Heavy rainfall is also anticipated over parts of Zamfara, Kano, Borno, Gombe, Adamawa, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Enugu, Ebonyi and Anambra.

The development is as a result what is known as the Madden-Julian Oscillation which is expected to be strong within the week over the West African region.

19/06/2024

Vladimir Putin said and pledged to help each other if either nation is attacked, in a “breakthrough” new partnership agreed during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state. Thousands of North Koreans chanting “welcome Putin” lined the city’s wide boulevards brandishing Russian and North Korean flags and bouquets of flowers, as kicked off his first visit to North Korea in 24 years.

19/06/2024

Bayelsa residents butcher big whale
On Sunday, the 28th of July, pictures and videos of people hacking at a in went viral on social media. This attracted widespread condemnation from Nigerians, but the natives of insist the sea mammal was dead before it was washed ashore. All that is left of the beast is the carcass after the flesh was gleaned from it.

19/06/2024

President Bola Tinubu arriving at Waterkloof Air Force Base for the Inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa, President-Elect of the Republic of South Africa.

regards as a strategic partner in the context of bilateral relations, the West Africa region, and the continent in the pursuance of the African Agenda, South – South cooperation and in the promotion of a rules-based International System.

18/06/2024

ranks 2nd as Africa domain name registrations hit 4.33 million - Nigeria moved up to second place in the Africa Domain Name Industry, according to the latest study commissioned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ) in collaboration with PowerSoft Africa. Similarly, African country code Top-level Domains report shows 4.33million registrations as at November 2023 and additional 1.4 million generic top level domain registrations from African entities.

15/06/2024

BREAKING NEWS
8 people including a children have been injured after an incident involving an active shooter at a splash pad in US on Saturday evening.

15/06/2024

Trafficked Nigerian Girls in Ghana arrived Lagos - 9 teenage Nigerian girls trafficked to have arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, , following a visit by the Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission , Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa. The girls are undergoing proper rehabilitation and counseling courtesy The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons ( ) and the governments of Imo and Plateau states.

14/06/2024

Nigeria, US seeks stronger collaboration to fight cybercrime and terrorism - President Bola Tinubu has called for stronger collaboration between Nigeria’s law enforcement agencies and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the fight against cybercrime, terrorism, and other related crimes.

15/04/2024

If you strike back at Iran, you'll do it alone, US tels Israel amidst Hamas-Israeli conflict.

15/04/2024

Ten Years Since Chibok - Nigeria Will No Longer Pay the Price - Present Bola Tinubu.

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