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The Naval Flying Unit, Port Harcourt, which is tasked to operate helicopters in support of the Nigerian Navy surface fleets in the Niger Delta region, has expressed satisfaction over the improved successes so far recorded in the ongoing fight against crude oil theft in the region. This is just as the Navy vowed that there

Six foreign nationals were found dead in a luxury hotel room in central Bangkok on Tuesday, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said, with police suspecting they were poisoned. “There were no signs of a struggle,” Srettha told a press conference at the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in the upscale Pathum Wan district, where the incident

Elon Musk on Tuesday said he would move the headquarters of SpaceX and X, formerly Twitter, to Texas after a Californian law blocked schools from forcing teachers to notify parents about changes to a student’s gender identity. “This is the final straw. Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics says it has not started negotiations with the Federal Government to address contentious issues in the new scheme of service. ASUP Zone D Coordinator, Dr Iloma Richard, who stated this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said that the proposed document could severely harm polytechnic education

Access Bank Plc has signed a syndicate Tier II Facility agreement of N442.50bn($295m) through the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, FMO. In a statement on Tuesday, Access Bank said this latest agreement is the third of its kind arranged by FMO for Access Bank and goes beyond a mere financial transaction to serve as proof of

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, commended NOVA Bank Limited on the opening of its new business office in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. Sanwo-Olu gave the commendation at the commissioning of the office, which is NOVA Bank’s first commercial banking branch, on Tuesday. He said, “We need to commend them. We need

Fear gripped residents of Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area as gunmen kidnapped eight persons including a Naval Rating in the community. It was gathered that the victims were reportedly abducted Monday night at the Classic Point Hotel, Ibaka, where they were relaxing According to sources close to the community, the victims were taken away

The ruling All Progressives Congress has said President Bola Tinubu has been fair to all regions of the country regarding appointments to key offices. APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, made this statement on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today. PUNCH Online reports that Tinubu has been criticised for not being

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Tuesday, barred the Peoples Democratic Party from conducting its congress in the state. The court gave the order in a suit PHC/2282/CS/2024 filed by Hon. David Chiinedu Omereji, Hon. Prince Solomon Eke, Isodoye Tobin, Goddy Manfred Pepple, Okiah Precious Chigozirim, Hon. Orolosama

No fewer than eight persons suspected to be gunmen in Anambra State have been arrested by the operatives of the Anambra Vigilante Services in Awka and its environs. The state Commissioner for Homeland Matters, Chief Chikodi Anarah, confirmed the arrest to journalists in Awka, on Tuesday, adding that the vigilantes also recovered some arms and