The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has projected N1.279 trillion revenue for the 2025 fiscal year which is 40 per cent higher than N865 billion projected for 2024 and even surpassed. Managing Director of NPA, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho made this known during the authority’s 2025 budget defence before the Senate Committees …
Read More »UN Chief condemns Iran attack on U.S. airbase in Qatar
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Iran’s missile attack on the U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday. The Spokesperson to the Secretary-General said in a statement that Guterres was “deeply alarmed” by the further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. This is just as Trump confirmed that …
Read More »Yelewata Attack: 15 women deliver in camp, 122 others pregnant
The Benue Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA) says it has registered 15 births while 122 women are still pregnant at the newly created Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp for IDPs from Yelwata community, Guma Local Government Area. BSEMA Head of Administration Mr Donald Komgbenda, who made a disclosure on Monday in …
Read More »Trump announces Iran-Israel ceasefire, Iran cautious
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire after close to two weeks of violent conflict between the two countries. Trump took to his Truth Social on Monday evening to announce that both countries had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire”. According …
Read More »Final year student commits suicide in Ondo
…Police launch investigation A 28-year-old final year student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Precious Arobo, has reportedly taken his own life in Ondo Arobo, a Higher National Diploma (HND) II student, was found dead in a bush near his residence by local residents. Sources said he allegedly left behind …
Read More »US warns citizens to avoid govt buildings, military sites in Abuja
The United States has warned her citizens to avoid public places in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for undisclosed reasons. The US mission in Nigeria raised the security alert on Monday, urging citizens to avoid all non-essential visits to government and military facilities in the FCT. The advisory did not …
Read More »Iran threatened to activate US sleeper cells in response to any strike on nuclear sites – Report
Iran communicated to US President Donald Trump several days ago that it could activate sleeper-cells to attack the American homeland in response to a strike on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities, NBC reports. The message made its way to the US president during the G7 summit in Canada last week, …
Read More »Northern Senators condemn killings of Innocent travellers in Mangu, Plateau State
The Northern Senators Forum (NSF) vehemently condemns the brutal killing of innocent travellers on Friday, June 20, 2025, who were travelling in an 18-seater bus from Basawa community in Zaria, Kaduna State to Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State when they were attacked in Mangu Local Government Area. …
Read More »Food Insecurity: Wike to allocate Land for Farming in FCT
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Monday, promised to allocate lands in satellite towns to farmers for agricultural production to combat food insecurity. Wike made the promise in Abuja on Monday, during the inauguration of the newly constructed rural road from A2 Junction (Abuja-Lokoja …
Read More »Nigeria’s revenue hits N6.9trn in Q1
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, said Federal Government revenue rose to N6.9 trillion in the first quarter. Edun made this known on Monday during the Citizens and Stakeholders’ Engagement on implementing President Bola Tinubu’s priorities for the second quarter, held in Abuja. …
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