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Boeing’s Starliner Returns to Earth Without NASA Astronauts Due to Technical Issues
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has reportedly returned to Earth, but without the astronauts it was meant to carry. According to a BBC report, the...
Paralympics 2024: Flora Ugwunwa Wins Silver in Javelin
Nigeria’s Flora Ugwunwa has won a silver medal for Nigeria in the Women’s Javelin F54 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, with a...
Nigeria’s Science and Technology Agency Allocates 71.9% Of ₦32.7bn Budget For Projects Outside Its Mandate
Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO), under the Nigerian Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, has allocated N23.5 billion, 71.9 per cent of...
Amid Attacks On Journalists, Nigerian Press Council Budgets Over N1b For Provision Of Boreholes, Streetlights, Others
The Nigerian Press Council has budgeted over N1 billion to execute projects outside its constitutional mandate, such as the provision of boreholes, streetlights,...
Information Ministry To Spend N58 million On Digitisation of Cash Books Registers
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information has budgeted the sum of N58 million for the digitisation of items such as cash books, vote books,...
Uganda: Museveni’s Opposition Bobi Wine Hit By Teargas Canister During Clash With Police
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was hit in the leg with a tear gas canister during a clash with police near Kampala, leaving...
Nigeria’s J’Tigress Beats Zimbabwe 107-30 in Group Phase Match
Nigeria’s U-18 women’s basketball team, J’Tigress, delivered a commanding performance as they crushed Zimbabwe 107-30 in the group phase of the FIBA U18...
Senegal President Plans To Dissolve Parliament; To Begin Anti-Corruption Campaign
Senegal’s president, Bassirou Faye, plans to dissolve the opposition-led parliament and launch a major anti-corruption campaign, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko announced on Wednesday....
Arrest Wike Now, Edwin Clark Tells IG Of Police
Elder statesman Edwin Clark has petitioned the Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Minister...
NNPC Yet To Lift Our Petrol, Negotiations Still Ongoing – Dangote
Dangote Group has clarified media reports that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) is lifting petrol from its refinery at N897 per litre....
Despite Denial of Subsidy Payment, FG Admits NNPC Facing Bankruptcy
Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) Limited...
Burkina Faso Government Introduces Import Quotas to Boost Local Production
The Burkina Faso government has introduced new import quotas to prioritise and protect local industries. This decision, announced after the weekly Council of...