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Speaking to reporters on Thursday afternoon, the RMT union’s general secretary said scheduled rail strikes would go ahead after what he said was a ‘positive meeting’ with the transport secretary, Mark Harper. ‘If we called off the strikes, we’d never get a settlement,’ said Lynch, adding: ‘We did that two …

Local authorities in Crimea said Ukraine targeted the port city of Sevastopol with a drone attack on Tuesday. It was unclear if any damage was done to the city or to Moscow’s Black Sea fleet, which is headquartered there. “There is an attack with drones,” the Russian-installed governor of the …

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has discharged the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.   Kanu was prosecuted by the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja on a 15 count charge bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he denied. Kanu had faulted the …

President Vladimir Putin ordered a series of missile strikes against cities across Ukraine, killing at least 14 people. It was the broadest aerial assault against civilians and critical infrastructure since the early days of Moscow’s invasion.

North Korean state media has broken its silence over the country’s recent string of missile tests, saying they were part of simulated procedures intended to demonstrate its readiness to fire tactical nuclear warheads at South Korea.   The Kim Jong-Un regime has tested ballistic missiles seven times since September 25, …

Many have been confirmed trapped in a collapsed building located at Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. Naija News gathered that the sad incident occurred around 2pm on Friday, with yet-to-be-identified person and a child rescued. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr …

The Supreme Court has struck out a suit instituted against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over its refusal to zone the party’s presidential ticket to the southern region of the country.   A Presidential aspirant of the PDP and former Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Hon Cosmos Ndukwe …

Osiberu is the first talent in Africa to strike an overall or first-look development deal with Prime Video and Amazon Studios, joining an international line-up of talent with similar agreements, such as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jenny Han and Priyanka Chopra Prime Video today announced an exclusive overall deal with one of …

The season’s Bonnie and Clyde are two more strikes to disqualification. Big Brother has issued Sheggz and Bella one strike each for violating the house rules.

Videos of the aftermath of a 7.6 magnitude quake show cracked roads and damaged buildings. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake has struck off eastern Papua New Guinea, causing damage to buildings and spreading panic among residents. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of 61km (38 …