FG Distributes 2000 CNG-powered Tricycles To Nigerian Youths The Federal Government has distributed 2,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered tricycles to youths as part of commitment by President Bola Tinubu to alleviate the daily struggles of young persons. The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Ibrahim, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during the first phase distribution of the tricycles. Ibrahim said the tricycles would go a long way in easing the transportation challenges faced by citizens across the country. She added that “in this crucial time of economic reforms, this intervention will serve as a great relief to our people,…
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JUST IN: VIDEO: Popular National Assembly Lawmaker’s Residence Set Ablaze The residence of a former Senator, Frank Ibezim and some facilities in a study centre of National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN at Ezeoke-Nsu community in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State have been set ablaze by persons suspected to be arsonists on Tuesday. The dastardly attacks were coming on the heels of a viral video report that the Federal Government planned to renovate the NOUN facitlity as a training ground for repentant Boko Haram insurgents. The video followed a recent inspection visit by the Federal Commissioner, National…
BREAKING: FG Increases Retirees’ Pension Sequel to the salary adjustment by the federal government via its set up committee to review the new minimum wage, retirees are now entitled to N32,000 increment in their monthly pensions. This was made known in a memo by the National Salaries, Wages, and Income Commission (NSWIC). In accordance with the memo, dated 27, September 2024, signed by Ekpo Nta, the NSIWC Chairman, noted that the affected retirees are those who retired under the salary schemes for doctors, health workers, lecturers, police, paramilitary, armed forces and others. The memo reads: “Consequent upon the implementation of…
Iran Preparing Missile Attack On Israel The United States is warning of a potential imminent ballistic missile attack from Iran against Israel. A senior White House official confirmed the news to Fox News on Tuesday, stressing the urgency of the situation. “We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran,” the official stated. This warning comes after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, referring to him as “the flag-bearer of resistance” in the region. “The blood…
BREAKING: Dozens Feared Dead, Hospitalised As Bus Carrying Students, Teachers Catches Fire Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, was rocked by tragedy when a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip burst into flames, leaving 25 people feared dead and 16 hospitalised. The police could not immediately confirm the number of injuries or deaths. According to Reuters, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul 25 told reporters about 25 people were beloved to have to have been killed without elaborating. Sixteen students and three teachers were sent to a hospital for treatment, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said, adding the causes of the incident…
Marketers Take Fuel To 774 LGAs At Cheaper Rate The Association of Mega Filling Station Owners of Nigeria (AMFSON), has called for a stronger partnership between the association and the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. This is just as the association said it can transport fuel to the 774 local government headquarters in the country at a cheaper rate in order to make the product available to the people at the grassroot levels and apparently reduce the current pump price. In a statement made available to journalists in Kaduna by the President of AMFSON, Davidson Nwankwo…
WATCH: Woman Arrested For Stealing 7-Day-Old Baby At Naming Ceremony Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested a female suspect, Khadija Aliyu for stealing a 7-day-old baby girl at a naming ceremony in Keffi. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel who confirmed the arrest said the incident occurred behind the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Keffi on Saturday September 28, 2024. According to the statement, the suspect who has been claiming to be pregnant was arrested by police operatives attached to Keffi Division of the Police Force. “While the event was…
How Army Colonel Drugg£d, Rap£d Me – Female Soldier Ruth Ogunleye, the female soldier who was discharged from the military for accusing a senior officer, Colonel I.B Abdulkareem, of sexual harassment, has narrated how she was drugged and rapped for days. Daily Trust reports that Ogunleye had in January this year on her TikTok account accused Col. IB Abdulkareem, Col. G.S Ogor, and Brig. Gen. I.B Solebo, of making her life unbearable. But giving an update about the matter, the spokesman of the land forces, Onyema Nwachukwu, said the allegations were false. Nwachukwu, a Major-General, stressed that the conclusion was…
BREAKING: Israeli Airstrike Wipes Out Entire Family In Eastern Lebanon Tragedy struck in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Sunday as an Israeli airstrike devastated a family of 17 in the town of Zboud, according to Lebanese media reports. Rescue teams are scrambling to search for potential survivors amidst the rubble. The deadly strike, confirmed by Lebanon’s state news agency NNA, has sent shockwaves through the region. Emergency responders are racing against time to locate anyone who may have survived the devastating attack. The Israeli army has launched a series of airstrikes on Lebanon, targeting what they claim are Hezbollah strongholds,…
BREAKING: Israel Bombs Yemen’s Seaport, Power Plants, Others, Video Israel has launched airstrikes on Yemen’s Ras Issa and Hodeidah areas, targeting Houthi infrastructure in a bid to block Iranian supplies from reaching the region, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday. In a statement on Sunday, the military said it had targeted Ras Isa and Hodeidah. The IDF said, “The IAF(Israeli Air Force) struck military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime in Yemen in response to their recent attacks against Israel. “The targets included power plants and a seaport, which were used by the…