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Month: September 2023

518 Results / Page 15 of 58

Judiciary

Fire Guts Abuja Supreme Court 

A section of the Supreme Court in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT has been gutted by fire. The cause of the inferno which occurred on Monday morning is unknown but the offices of three Justices have allegedly been burnt down. NAN reports that the Director of Press and Information of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr. Festus Akande, who confirmed the fire incident said "The fire has since been put […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

General

NDLEA Intercepts Tons Of Laughing Gas, Other Hard Drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA says it has arrested no fewer than 13 suspects with four tons of illicit and controlled drugs including consignments of nitrous oxide popularly known as laughing gas, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine, and tramadol in seven states within one week. NDLEA in a statement by the aagency'sDirector Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi says between Monday and Wednesday, busted some forests in Ijesha Isu-Ekiti, Ikole […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

Africa

Burundi President Condemns Coup Rumours

Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye has condemned rumours of a coup against him while he was away for two weeks for meetings in Cuba and at the UN General Assembly in New York. Barely a week after the president left the country on 10 September, stories of a plot against him started circulating on social media. In his address after arriving back to the country on Sunday night, Mr Ndayishimiye blamed […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

Security

Gunmen Abduct Benue Commissioner For Information

Unknown gunmen have abducted Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, Matthew Abo barely a month after assuming office. The incident occurred on Sunday night at about 10 pm when the armed men invaded the Commissioner’s residence in Zaki-Biam, headquarters of Ukum Local Government Area of the state. A former Special Adviser on Media and ICT to the immediate past Governor of the state, Mr. Tahav Agerzua who broke […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

Africa

Google Honours Late South African Artist Matshikiza

Google on Monday unveiled a plan to pay tribute to South African jazz pianist, composer, and journalist Todd Matshikiza. Matshikiza, who died in 1968 aged 47, is regarded as one of the most important pioneers of South Africa's arts and culture. The doodle, which appears on the Google home pages as reported by the BBC was illustrated by South African-based artist Keith Vlahakis. “On this day in 1956, his commissioned […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

Africa

Somaliland Dismisses Uganda’s Unity Talks Offer

Somaliland has said it has “no plans for dialogue to discuss unity” after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's offer to mediate between the self-proclaimed republic and Somalia’s federal government President Museveni on Saturday said he had “agreed to take on the role of peace facilitator between the two” after meeting a Somaliland government envoy in the Ugandan city of Entebbe. He said Uganda did not support the breakaway republic’s secession “because […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

Africa

Heavy Fighting Reported In Historic Ethiopian City

Fighting has continued to be reported in Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region between government troops and local militias with the historic city of Gondar seeing heavy urban combat on Sunday. The BBC reported that local militias known as the Fano entered the city, one of the largest in the region, prompting intense clashes with the army. A statement published on the official Facebook page of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

Africa

Benin Acts After Dozens Killed In Fuel Fire

The Beninese government has ordered an assessment of all fuel storage facilities in the wake of the deadly explosion that killed dozens of people over the weekend. At least 34 people were killed on Saturday after an explosion at a fuel depot in southern Benin. A statement from the decentralisation and governance ministry said the order for an "exhaustive assessment" of all fuel depots was to prevent a similar incident […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

Featured

‘Rock bottom’: Australia Faces Exit After Rugby World Cup Defeat To Wales

Australia has been left in shock after their rugby team suffered their worst-ever defeat in a World Cup match and looks set to leave the tournament at the pool stage for the first time. The Wallabies, twice world champions, lost 40-6 to Wales in what was also Australia’s worst-ever loss to Wales. The team, who have already lost to Fiji, have one group match left – against Portugal. They will […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023