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The Department of State Services (DSS) says there are plans by suspected terrorists to carry out attacks on places of worship and recreational centres before and during the Eid-el- Kabir celebration. In a statement on Thursday evening, Peter Afunanya, spokesperson of the DSS, called for more vigilance prior to the Islamic festival. […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says Indomie noodles manufactured in Nigeria is safe for human consumption.  The agency said the noodles do not contain ethylene oxide. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide in Indomie’s special chicken flavour noodles. Ethylene oxide […]

President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is now ready for global business as ongoing reforms will be sustained for a more competitive economy that attracts foreign direct investment (FDI). Tinubu spoke on Thursday, in separate meetings on the sidelines of the New Global Financial Pact Summit in France’s Palais Brongniart. According to a […]

OceanGate, the diving company responsible for the Titanic tour trip, says all passengers aboard Titan, the submersible, are dead. The company made the announcement in a statement on Thursday evening after debris believed to be from Titan was found near the Titanic by rescue teams. Also, John Mauger, a US coast guard, […]

OceanGate, the diving company responsible for the Titanic tour trip, says all passengers aboard Titan, the submersible are believed to be dead. The company made the announcement in a statement on Thursday evening after debris believed to be from Titan was found near the Titanic by rescue teams. More to follow… Source: […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima says the federal government will put structures in place to undo Nigeria’s poor immunisation rate. Shettima spoke on Thursday at a parley with Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote group, Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) at […]

President Bola Tinubu has set up an inter-agency committee to resolve the lingering row between the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), TheCable understands. According to sources, the committee was set up to resolve NNPC’s failure to remit funds into the FAAC account.  “I can […]

Hassan Bala Abubakar has assumed office as the new chief of air staff. Oladayo Amao, immediate former chief of air staff, handed over the flag to Abubakar at an event on Thursday. On Monday, President Bola Tinubu approved the immediate retirement of all service chiefs, including the inspector-general of police and […]

The US Coast Guard (USCG) says an underwater vessel has located a debris field near the Titanic in the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard. Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information, USCG added. Three vessels, including the one that has technology that can detect and map […]