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Brazil’s long-running casino legalisation saga faces another setback after senators rejected an urgent vote request this week. The long wait for Brazil to legalise land-based casinos will go on after a request for an urgent vote on the matter was denied. On Wednesday, the Senate plenary rejected the request for…

Credit: Iceye WASHINGTON — A joint venture between Germany’s Rheinmetall and Finnish synthetic aperture radar satellite maker Iceye has secured its first major contract, agreeing to operate a space-based surveillance constellation for Germany’s armed forces under a deal worth more than $1.9 billion. The venture, Rheinmetall Iceye Space Solutions, said…

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and gubernatorial aspirant, Dr Ololade Usman Bakare has joined the progressives families to remember the enduring legacy of late former governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. Bakare said 76th posthumous birthday of Senator Ajimobi offers a deep reflection to honour architect…

Elderly residents of Oyo State on Tuesday benefited from the third edition of the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme (RHIESS) as the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, rolled out a N50 million intervention aimed at improving the welfare and wellbeing of senior citizens…

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … McGuinty 'confident' Canada will hit NATO spending targets Defence Minister David McGuinty says he's confident the federal government will hit its NATO def Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian…

BERLIN/KYIV, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine has relinquished its aim to join the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday as peace talks got underway in Berlin...Read More

The President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has been appointed as a National Patron of the Tinubu House-to-House Network just as he projected over 75 percent Northern votes for the President in 2027 election. The appointment, according to a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Dr. Ezrel…

Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji has been confirmed as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Osun State. His emergence following the party’s primary election conducted in Osogbo. The emergence was by affirmation. During the exercise, a motion was presented for other aspirants to step down in favour of Oyebamiji.…

Barring any last-minute change in plans, ambassadorial nominee Reno Omokri may have his nomination rejected over some of his past negative actions and utterances against President Bola Tinubu. Behind the alleged plot is an influential senator from one of the states in the South-South who has reportedly vowed to thwart…

The Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has died after collapsing suddenly in his office. Family sources confirmed that he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Kanyi Daily News earlier reported that the Former Senator slumped in his office around midday and was immediately rushed to the Federal Medical…