SpaceX Crew-9 was launched on 28 September, 2024, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida with Falcon 9 rocket. Instead of four astronauts – Nick Hague, Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov from Roscosmos, Stephanie Wilson and Zena Cardman – it Read More …
Arewa Tech Fest, an exhibition of technological innovations in northern Nigeria, has been held. It was held in Amana Event Centre, Tamadu Road, GRA, Kano, on 25 and 26 September, 2024, with the theme, “Empowering Innovation for Economic Growth.” Former Read More …
Cameroon says it is releasing excess water from its Lagdo dam from 17 September, 2024. It will last seven days. This is a flood alert for the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency as the released water flows into River Benue and Read More …
Residents of Mpape district in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, reported some tremors with intermittent vibrations in the ground on 14, 15, 16 and 17 September, 2024. The tremors increased in intensity and was felt in Read More …
Dangote refinery started selling petrol from its gantry to suppliers on 15 September, 2024. This was a huge national relief as the four refineries in the country are not working, and Nigeria – an oil producing nation – had to Read More …
The 2024 US Presidential election will go down as one of the most acrimonious in history. Floating garbage used for Puerto Ricans, and Donald Trump dressing in a garbage truck driver’s attire after showmanshiply, selling chips in a Macdonald’s shop. Read More …
Nigeria’s food and medicine regulator, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has stopped the sale and use of miracle water and soap from Christ Mercy Land Deliverance Ministry, a faith-based organisation. This follows petitions to Read More …
The Director -General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Grossi, on August 27, 2024, visited the nuclear power plant in Kursk, western Russia, in the theatre of the Russia-Ukraine war. He described the situation in the plant as Read More …
Twenty members of the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students who were kidnapped on their way to their annual convention in Enugu, southeast Nigeria, have regained their freedom. They were freed on 23 August, 2024, a week after their Read More …
Oil and gas accounts for 90% of export income for Nigeria. About 85% of government revenue comes from the industry. According to the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, the country earned $741.74 billion from oil and gas from 1999 Read More …
