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NATO CHIEF DISMISSES QUICK ENDING TO WAR IN UKRAINE.
NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, has warned that the war in Ukraine could be long, as Kyiv’s counter offensive against Russia continues to make only marginal gains. Stoltenberg said most wars last longer than is expected when they first start. The NATO Chief wants quick peace but says if President Zelensky and the Ukrainians give up the fight, their country would...
GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ADVISER ON CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES, FOUR OTHERS.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Titi Oshodi as the Special Adviser,Non-Cabinet Rank on Climate Change Initiative. The Governor also approved the appointments of Toyin Ogunlana, Director-General,Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau; Bilkiss Adebiyi-Abiola, General Manager, Lagos State Residents Registration Agency; Rasheed Muri-Okunola, General Manager,Motor Vehicle Administration Agency; Fatiu Adegbola Akiolu as Managing Director/Chief Executive, Lagos State Signage...
NDLEA RESCUES 5 PREGNANT WOMEN FROM BABY FACTORY IN IMO.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,NDLEA has intercepted five pregnant teenage girls suspected to be victims of child trafficking in Imo State. Its Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the victims were picked up while being relocated from their hideout in the Naze area of Owerri to the Ikenegbu area of the State. According to him, the victims would be handed over to...
PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES JAMILA BIO IBRAHIM AS MINISTER OF YOUTH.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Doctor Jamila Bio Ibrahim as Minister of Youth and Ayodele Olawande as Minister of State of the ministry. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known saying the nominations were subject to confirmation by the Senate. Bio Ibrahim most recently served as the President of the Progressive...
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT ACCEPTS KIM JONG UN INVITATION TO NORTH KOREA
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation from North Korea's Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea after the two leaders held their first face-to-face summit in four years. Kim is in Russia’s far east as Putin looks to reinforce alliances amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, and as the North Korean leader continues to advance his country’s military...
LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER SUSPENDS LEARNING FOR TEN DAYS.
The Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba has suspended learning countrywide for ten days, in a show of solidarity with Libyans affected by eleventh September floods. Libya’s internationally-recognised Government of National Unity, which is based in the capital, Tripoli, made the announcement. The announcement added that the suspension of learning would allow schools to be used...
SHETTIMA LEAVES ABUJA FOR SUMMIT IN CUBA.
Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Nigeria to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77 China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba, holding from fifteenth to seventeenth of September. The Office of the Vice President, in a statement, said Shettima would join other world leaders, including the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres, at the Summit,deliberate on developmental issues facing members, mostly...
HUMANITARIAN AGENCY DESCRIBES SITUATION IN LIBYA AS BEING DISASTROUS.
Prominent humanitarian organisation, the Norwegian Refugee Council,NRC, has described the situation in Libya as being disastrous. Storm Daniel caused devastating flooding across the North African country, including its major cities of Benghazi and Derna. NRC's country director for Libya, Dax Bennett Roque said the rescue team on the ground in Benghazi, said tens of thousands of people were displaced with no...
REPUBLICAN LAUNCHES BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
United States Republican House of Representatives Speaker, Kevin McCarthy set to launch an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, in a bid to remove the Democratic president, following two impeachments of former President Donald Trump. McCarthy's move sets the stage for months of divisive House hearings that could distract from congressional efforts to avoid a government shutdown and could supercharge the...
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INAUGURATES FREIGHT SERVICE ON APAPA-IBADAN CARGO RAIL.
The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali has inaugurated the first cargo movement from the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor during his first official tour of the rail corridor. The minister kicked off the tour at the Ebute Meta station before proceeding to Apapa for the launch, then travelled to Ibadan, using the one hundred and fifty-seven kilometer rail corridor. The Nigerian Railway Corporation,...
