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Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General TAOREED LAGBAJA, has identified inadequate funding and manpower as well as lack of a viable industrial base as some of the challenges hampering the contribution by the Nigerian Army to address the nation’s security challenges. LAGBAJA spoke in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, while delivering the 2024 distinguished personality lecture, titled, “The roles and contributions of the Nigerian Army to national development”....

President BOLA TINUBU has declined assent to a bill seeking to extend the tenure of service of legislative officers at the National Assembly, as well as the 36 state Houses of Assembly from 35 to 40 years and their retirement age from 60 to 65 years.The president’s declined assent was conveyed in a letter read on the floor of the Senate by the President of the Senate, GODSWILL AKPABIO.The harmonized controversial retirement age ...

North Korea secured a record-equaling third victory in the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup on Sunday, beating Japan 1-0 in Bogota.They became the joint most successful side in the football tournament's history, equaling powerhouse nations Germany and the United States.North Korea stormed their way through the tournament, dispatching the likes of Argentina, the Netherlands and Brazil en route to the semis.North Ko...

Justice BINTA NYAKO, the presiding judge in the trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), NNAMDI KANU, has recused herself from the trial.Justice NYAKO withdrew from the trial after KANU made an oral submission accusing her of non-compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court.KANU took up submission to the court after his counsel, ALOY EJIMAKOR, tried to appeal to the judge to suspend the trial to enable h...

The death toll from record levels of rainfall that hit the northern part of Japan’s Noto peninsula has risen to seven.Deadly flooding and landslides due to torrential rains left a trail of destruction in Ishikawa region where more than 540mm of rainfall has been recorded in just over 72 hours. The flooding from the recent rainfall has overwhelmed emergency shelters housing victims of the 1 January earthquake. Ab...

Libya will host Nigeria’s Super Eagles at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium on Matchday 4 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON qualifiers. Before their clash in Benina on October 15, both teams will meet on Matchday 3 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on October 11. The match in Uyo is scheduled to kick off at 5 p.m., while the encounter in Benina will start at 8 p.m. Nigeria time.Libya remains at the bottom...

The 79th United Nations General Assembly has yielded a significant breakthrough for Nigeria after the US Chamber of Commerce pledged $320 million to support mortgage financing, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and other key sectors.At a US-Nigeria Executive Business Roundtable hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce, NISHA BISWAL of the American International Development Finance Corporation announced that with a portfolio of $1 billion, it was investing $200 million in mortgage r...

President BOLA TINUBU has formally requested the Senate to confirm Justice KUDIRAT KEKERE-EKUN as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria.During Tuesday’s plenary session, the request was presented in a letter read by the Senate President, GODSWILL AKPABIO.KEKERE-EKUN has been serving as the Acting CJN since August, following the retirement of Justice OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA.The senate president subsequently referred the nomination to the Committee of the Whole for deli...

Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, in Edo State, KELLY OGBALO, has alleged that the party would have won the governorship election if it were free and fair.OGBALO said this in an interview with newsmen in Benin, the state capital. He added that the election was marred by irregularities, including open vote-buying that the security agencies failed to check.OGBALO alleged that the Labour Party won the election but was not allowed to take possession.When asked if LP would cha...

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja has said she is going to “rescue” herself from Nnamdi Kanu’s case. ...