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The top 10 contributing sectors to Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023 are lead by Crop production, while other services completed the list. Ripples Nigeria previously reported on Friday that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed Nigeria’s GDP grew by 2.51 per cent in real terms in Q2 this year, compared to …

Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, Chief of the Air Staff, stated on Saturday, that the service has received two of the six T-129 ATAK helicopters that the federal government purchased. He stated that the helicopters would shortly be added to the NAF’s inventory. According to a statement from Air Cdre Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information, the CAS revealed …

Luis Diaz scored a late equaliser for Liverpool in their 1-1 draw with Luton Town in a Premier League clash on Sunday. Diaz, who had had an emotional week with his father missing, came on as a substitute to salvage the point for his team. Diaz’s father remains missing after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia, and the forward lifted …

The air components of Operation Hadarin Daji and Operation Hadin Kai have killed several suspected terrorists in air raids in the Northern part of the country. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja the airstrikes conducted between October 31 and November 1 specifically targeted the …

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to freeze the processing of visas for all government officials seeking to travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly without proof of direct participation in UNGA’s official schedule of activities. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Mr Ajuri Ngelale said in …

The Edo State government on Monday disbanded the media crew attached to the Office of the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. In a statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, the government said the Ministry of Communication and Orientation would henceforth cover the deputy governor’s activities. This development was the fallout of the rift between Governor …

President Bola Tinubu has stopped government officials without evidence of direct participation in the 78 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from travelling to New York. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, who confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the directive was part of ongoing efforts to …

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State on Wednesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to stop the incessant attacks and carnages occasioned by the governorship campaign in the state. The Director-General, New Media, SDP Campaign Council, Isaiah Ijele, made the call at a media briefing on Wednesday in Lokoja. He was reacting to Tuesday night attacks by suspected political …

• counter-terrorism, agric, environment, infrastructure to be priority targets, says Ngelale President Bola Tinubu is set to take his investment drive to Arab nations as he participates in the Saudi-Africa Summit and Arab-Africa Summit this week. Briefing State House Correspondent on Sunday ahead of the President’s departure to Riyadh on Wednesday, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, explained …

Foremost technology leader, owner of Tesla, and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has suggested the possibility of artificial intelligence (AI) taking over jobs such that “there will come a point where no job is needed.” The business leader, who owns X, the company formerly known as Twitter, and the newly formed AI startup xAI, stated this at an event at Lancaster House, …