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Pope Francis on Thursday  expressed concern about “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war at a New Year’s reception for foreign ambassadors to the Holy See. The head of the…

The China Development Bank (CDB) has approved a loan of $254.76 million (€245 million) to support Nigeria's Kano-Kaduna railway project. This 203-kilometer standard-gauge railway will…

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, on Saturday, commended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for its role in improving security in the state. Yahaya stated this during the Nigerian Air Force…

The Kogi Government on Friday sacked all illegal occupants of the National Housing buildings in Phases I, II, and III, located at Crusher, Lokoja. Mr Taiye Abanika, Commissioner for…

Mr Olugbenga Adewole assumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in Rivers State on Friday. He succeeds Mustapha Bala, who was recently promoted to Assistant Inspector General of…

As the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari has emerged as a transformative leader, reshaping Nigeria's energy…

The United Nations has called for immediate and flexible funding to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, where 30.4 million people—64% of the population—are projected to require aid in…

British rapper Michael Ebenazer Owuo Jr., known as Stormzy, has been banned from driving for nine months after being caught using a mobile phone while driving his Rolls-Royce. The…

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Yongning County in Yinchuan, the capital of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, at 10:01 a.m. on Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks…

Agnes Keleti, a Hungarian-Israeli gymnast, Holocaust survivor, and the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medalist, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at the age of 103. She…