Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned Iran against attacking Israel in response to the American killing last week of senior military commander Qassem Soleimani.“We’re standing steadfast against those who seek our lives. We’re standing with determination and with force. Whoever tries to attack us will receive a crushing blow in return,” he declared
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Immediate-past Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi, has assumed duty at her new job at the United Nations.A UN spokesman, Mr Farhan Haq, made this known to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Tuesday.Haq said Ogunbiyi, who was appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on
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A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 carrying 176 people on Wednesday crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing everyone on board.The circumstances of the crash are not fully known. The Iranian state news media cited technical problems on the plane, which was bound for Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.The disaster happened against the backdrop of the escalating tensions
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Air Peace has received its third International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification.Mr Stanley Olisa, the Corporate Communications Executive of Air Peace, stated this in a statement he released to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos.He said that the new certification had reaffirmed the airline’s commitment to safety and set the tone for
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has continued to give directives that deepen its cashless policy with its new rule for e-payment channels, especially the Point of Sale (PoS) machine. This new directive is coming barely a month after the CBN ordered that customers should no longer be charged N50 for transactions on the
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, met behind closed doors with the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Mela Kyari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the agenda of the meeting was unknown as of the time of filing this report.NAN reports
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Nigeria’s Supreme Court will rule on four different governorship election trials today.The states are Delta, Abia, Taraba and Niger.A seven-man of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, has fixed judgment for 2pm for Taraba and Abia, while hearing is ongoing for Niger and Delta.Abia State governorship dispute is between Okezie Ikpeazu
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