“Our responsible efforts are bearing fruit,” Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “So far, in Rafah, close to half a million people have been evacuated from the combat zones.” The international community, including Israel’s top ally Washington, had urged Israel to refrain from launching a ground offensive in Rafah, where 1.4 million people have sought…
The Kremlin leader also hailed recent advances on the battlefield, saying Russia’s army was advancing on all fronts, as he urged Moscow to intensify and modernise its arms production at home. “We have said many times that whoever is quicker to master the newest means of armed combat wins. We have to be one step…
While being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wahab Shittu, the witness told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba that after the money was flown to Akure via an aircraft, Fayose’s aide, Agbele was waiting with some Zenith Bank officials and a bullion van at the tarmac to take custody of the money….
According to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, Soyannwo died on Wednesday at the age of 55 after a brief illness. The statement said that Governor Sanwo-Olu, on behalf of the Government and people of Lagos, sent his condolences to the Soyannwo family. “I have lost a brother and…
President Bola Tinubu has received the Senegalese President, Bassirou Faye, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Faye, who arrived at 3:09 p.m. was received at the forecourt of the Villa on Thursday, marking his first visit to Nigeria since assuming office last month.Faye, 44, the youngest president in Senegalese history, secured victory in a delayed…
Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, convicted and sentenced two Chinese: Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi to one year imprisonment for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of solid minerals without requisite licences. The duo were arraigned on Monday, April 22, 2024, alongside their company, Ebuy…
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi and Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Thursday, May 16, 2024, bared their minds on the menace of fake news, stressing that all efforts should be geared towards fighting it. They made the disclosures in Abuja at the official commissioning of EFCC’s…
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, across the country to distance themselves from corrupt elements who advance the cause of bad governance with no consideration for the plight of Nigerians bearing the brunt of corrupt practices. He gave this charge in Abuja on…
“The National Health Insurance (NHI) is a commitment to eradicate the stark inequalities that have long determined… who receives adequate healthcare and who suffers from neglect,” Ramaphosa said at a televised signing ceremony in Pretoria. The fund established under the law will provide healthcare for all at rates to be determined by the government, in…
