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The UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what’s seen as an effort to counter China. It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by the US. The pact, to be known as Aukus, will also cover …

  The Bayelsa State Government has reiterated its commitment to evacuate people living with mental health disorders from the streets of Yenagoa and other locations across the state to a temporary psychiatric ward for proper medical treatment. Governor Douye Diri had inaugurated a committee to evacuate people living with mental …

Contrary to notions held in some quarters, the former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has not joined the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC). APC’s deputy national publicity secretary, Yekini Mabena made this known to The Guardian amid speculations that the former President had dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nabena …

Nigeria largest indigenously-founded telecoms company, Globalcom will reconstruct 64 km Ota-Idiroko road in 2022, under Federal Government’s Tax Credit Scheme. This was disclosed by Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, during an inspection tour of the ongoing reconstruction of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday, according to Newsextra24. He added …

Female players from Afghanistan’s junior national soccer team have crossed the border into Pakistan. The girls had spent the past month in hiding amid fears of a crackdown on women’s rights by the Taliban. Members of the senior women’s side flew out of Kabul last month but the youth team …

The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has signed into law the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state. The bill, which was passed by the Osun State House of Assembly on Thursday, August 12, prohibited a minor from grazing and provided for establishment of ranches. The Speaker of the Osun …

  “…. Only last weekend, we piloted yet another innovation in the Isoko-South-1 State Constituency bye-election in Delta State. We introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for efficient human recognition through a biometric verification mechanism using both fingerprint and facial recognition of voters. The result of the pilot in …

The Southeast caucus of the National Assembly has resolved to intervene in the issue of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The caucus resolved to seek political solution over Kanu’s matter. To this end, the caucus resolved to set up a committee to interface with the …

Southeast caucus of the National Assembly has condemned the killings and destruction of property in the region by some criminal elements, calling on the security forces to fish out perpetrators and persecute them, Newsextra24 reports. This was part of resolutions reached on Wednesday after an extraordinary meeting of the caucus …

  Osun State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Engr, Oluremi Omowaiye on Wednesday said Senator Ademola Adeleke, the former governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state cannot defeat him in any election, not to talk of defeating Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. Adeleke who left Nigeria shortly after …