Obaseki set to host Rema’s Homecoming Concert in Benin
The festive season is set to reach new heights in Benin City, the Edo State capital as Governor Godwin Obaseki unveils plans to host Edo-born musical prodigy, Divine Ikubor, popularly…
Day-Long Extension Of Israel-Hamas Truce Agreed
A truce between Israel and Hamas was extended on Thursday just before it was due to expire, the two sides announced, with mediator Qatar reporting it would continue for one…
25 Killed In Kwara Inferno As Tanker, Truck Crash
Twenty-five persons lost their lives while about 15 others sustained varying degrees of injury in a fire disaster at Bode Saadu in the Moro Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara…
Israel President To Discuss Hostages On COP28 Sidelines
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is due to attend the UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates Thursday where he will hold talks with diplomats on the release of hostages…
Demolitions: Don’t Multiply Poor People’s Pain, Obi Tells Govt
With the ongoing gale of building demolitions in Lagos State and other parts of the country, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has urged governments…
‘N1.2bn Airlifted For Fayose’s Election’, Obanikoro Tells Court
A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja that the sum of N1.219 billion cash was airlifted…
‘Designed To Strangulate Poor Nigerians’, PDP Faults Proposed N27trn 2024 Budget
Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the ‘Budget of Renewed Hope’ presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, saying the N27.5trn…
Henry Kissinger, US Diplomat, Dead At 100
Henry Kissinger, the relentlessly ambitious US diplomat whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.…
Hamas Says Ready To Swap All Detained Israeli Soldiers For Palestinian Prisoners
A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday the Islamist movement was ready to release all the Israeli soldiers it is holding captive in exchange for all Palestinian prisoners held in…
Military beef up security at INEC office in Lokoja following siege by mob
The military beefed up security around INEC’s headquarters in Lokoja on Wednesday following a siege laid on the premises by a mob. Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Bethrand Onuoha…