Global health chiefs have raised an alarm after nine people d!ed in a new outbreak of an ‘eye-bleeding’ Ebola-like virus. Marburg, one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered, has already infected ten people in the African nation of Tanzania since the country officially announced the outbreak last week. Of these infections nine have died Africa’s health agency has announced,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will organise a nationwide rally to protest the approval of a 50 percent hike in telecommunication tariff by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on February 4. The NLC announced this in a communiqué issued at the end of Wednesday’s emergency meeting convened by its National Administrative Council (NAC) and signed…
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Wednesday, January 29, sentenced four men to d€ath by hanging for conspiracy and kidnapping.  The convicts are Manager Etonzor, Daniel Derietiedei, Inimotimi Rufus and Tari Firstman.  The presiding Judge, Justice Patience Diri, in the suit numbered YHC/43c/2021, found the four persons guilty of the…
Pentagon officials have reportedly confirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has informed Retired General Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that he is revoking both his security detail and security clearance. Pentagon officials also indicated that Hegseth is ordering a review to determine if Milley should be demoted in his…
By Our Reporter  The wife of the Governor of Cross River State, and coordinator of the Renewed Hope Initiative Agricultural Support programme in the State, Bishop (Dr) Eyoanwan Otu, has kicked off the empowerment of 320 farmers and 30 schools across the State in an effort to boost food security. The Renewed Hope Initiative Agricultural…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has explained why a Max Air plane crash landed at the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Tuesday. At least 53 passengers and crew members aboard the Boeing 737 aircraft escaped death when it suffered a burst tyre and crash-landed at the airport on Tuesday night. In a…
