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  The Defence Headquarters has attributed the recent spate of violent attacks on communities in Benue, Plateau, and other parts of the country to foreign herders who have infiltrated Nigeria through porous borders.   Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Markus ...

  Bauchi State Government has signed a financial agreement for the implementation of the Value Chain Programme in the state.   According to a press release issued on Thursday by the Special Assistant on Media, Bauchi Deputy Governor’s Office, Muslim Lawal, the $158 million Value Chain project is designed to ...

  The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has issued a formal letter of sanction to Kenya Airways following multiple violations of consumer protection regulations involving three passengers, including Gloria Omisore.   The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, made this announcement on his official X ...

  The United States of America’s National Transportation Safety Board has linked the unfortunate helicopter crash that killed the former Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, alongside his family, to ‘pilot’s spatial disorientation.’   The NTSB report further indicted the helicopter company, accusing it of “inadequate ...

  President Bola Tinubu has arrived at the Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri, Anambra State, for an official visit to the state.   On the President’s entourage was the special adviser on security, Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu, among others.   The Nigerian leader arrived on board the Nigerian Air Force Airbus ...

  With a population of 23.6 million sheep and 5.3 million people, there are about 4.5 sheep for each New Zealander, the statistic showed.   According to the statistics, that’s down from 22 sheep per person in 1982, when farming sheep for meat and wool was New Zealand’s biggest earner. ...

  More than 120 endangered vultures died after eating an elephant carcass poisoned by suspected poachers in South Africa in one of the single largest such spikes in the region, wildlife officials said Thursday.   Another 84 vultures were evacuated by road and helicopter for treatment and monitoring after the ...

  The member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State in the House of Representatives, Amobi Ogah, has dismissed his purported suspension from the Labour Party, insisting his loyalty to Governor Alex Otti remains unwavering.   The Julius Abure-led Labour Party faction recently suspended Otti and all LP lawmakers in ...

  Black smoke billowed from a chimney over the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel for a second day Thursday as cardinals meeting in conclave once again failed to choose a new pope.   Thousands of the faithful and curious were awaiting the smoke in St Peter’s Square on the morning of the ...

  The Director of Public Communications, Lagos Catholic Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Anthony Godono, on Thursday confirmed that the 133 Cardinal-electors for the new Pope would return to the Sistine Chapel to elect a new Pope after their first ballot on Wednesday failed to produce a new Pope.   Godono, spoke ...