The warring sides in the Ondo State political crisis, Friday night, agreed to sheath their swords and reunite, even as the state’s deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, agreed to close ranks with his boss, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. This followed President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the last one week eliminated 99 terrorists and apprehended 198 others in different operations across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this while briefing newsmen
There is tension in Kano as stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and those of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have fixed street demonstration for Saturday. This is as a result of the judgment of the Appeal Court which sacked Governor
BY JOSEF FEDERMAN, TIA GOLDENBERG AND SAMY MAGDY, AP JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day cease-fire in the war in Gaza — a breakthrough that will facilitate the release of dozens of hostages held by militants as well as Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, and bring
Riyad al-Maliki, the foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was also asked by the BBC about whether the PA could govern the Gaza Strip after the Israel-Hamas war. In a recent Washington Post article, US President Joe Biden argued that the PA should
The United States military struck two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran-affiliated groups in response to “continued attacks” against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon said on Sunday. The strikes were conducted against
It was more of Nyesom Wike ‘s nemesis as political volcano erupted in Rivers State, yesterday, as the upwelling crisis in the state spilt over. Sections of the state House of Assembly were burnt as 24 lawmakers made moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi
Russia is executing soldiers who try to retreat from a bloody offensive in eastern Ukraine, the White House has said.According to the US, some of the casualties suffered by Russia near Avdiivka were “on the orders of their own leaders”. Russian and Ukrainian
Israel has demanded that the UN’s secretary general retract comments he made about the Gaza war and apologise. António Guterres said in a speech to the Security Council on Tuesday that he condemned unequivocally Hamas’s deadly attacks in Israel two weeks ago but
The United Nations refugee agency, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that no fewer than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September, due to conflict, persecution and human rights violations. War