Warplanes Strike Gaza Refugee Camp As Israel Rejects US Push For A Pause In Fighting
Israeli warplanes struck a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens, health officials said. The strike came as Israel said it would press on with its offensive to crush the territory’s Hamas rulers, despite U.S. appeals for a pause to get aid to desperate civilians. The […]
Blinken Meets Palestinian Leader In West Bank, Stepping Up Mideast Diplomacy As Gaza War Escalates
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his frenetic Mideast diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and begin to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the territory. Blinken traveled to […]
Imo Guber: LP’s Achonu Raise Alarm Over INEC’s Alleged Plan To Collate Results At The Local Government HQ
Athan Achonu, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for Imo State governor, has disapproved of the alleged plans of collating results at the local government headquarters. Achonu expressed his reservations while raising the alarm over a possible plot to rig the Imo 2023 governorship election. He argued that the collation of results should be carried out […]
Appeal Court Fixes Monday To Rule On Kano Governorship Election Tussle
Monday, October 6, 2023 has been fixed by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja to hear the appeal filed by Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf against the nullification of his election. Recall that Yusuf had appealed against the Kano Election Petition Tribunal’s nullification of his election and its declaration of All Progressive Congress (APC) […]
Lawmakers Accuses Navy Of Presidential Yacht Purchase Without National Assembly’s Consent
The House of Representatives has accused the Nigerian Navy of procuring the controversial N5 billion presidential yacht that was included in the 2023 supplementary budget without the National Assembly’s consent. As earlier reported, the Navy confirmed receiving the presidential yacht and said that it has been in the country since June 2023. Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, […]
Aircraft Conveying Minister Of Power Crash-Landed In Ibadan
On Friday night, an aircraft conveying the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and some of his aides, crashed-landed near the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Flint Aero’s private aircraft, the HS 125, made a crash landing on Friday night. According to reports, the aircraft took off from Abuja Airport […]
Lewiston Attack: Biden Meets Families In Maine After Mass Shooting
US President Joe Biden has visited Maine to meet community members personally affected by a mass shooting that left 18 people dead. The attack at a bowling alley and bar in the town of Lewiston on 25 October also left 13 people injured. Standing outside the bowling alley, Mr Biden repeated his calls for a […]
Hamas Leader’s Home Is Hit In Airstrike As Israel Presses Its Attacks And U.S. Envoy Seeks Aid Route
Israel’s military hit the family home of the exiled leader of Hamas on the outskirts of Gaza City with an airstrike Saturday and pressed ahead with attacks across in the besieged enclave where a humanitarian crisis is rapidly worsening. With food, water and the fuel needed for generators that power hospitals and other facilities running […]
Nepal Earthquake: More Than 150 Killed In Remote Western Nepa
More than 150 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday. Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts in the rugged districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of Kathmandu. Strong tremors were felt far away in the Nepalese capital and in cities in neighbouring […]
Joint Security Team Stops Imminent Boko Haram Attack On Kano State, Retrieve Weapons
A joint team from the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services (DSS) has successfully prevented an imminent Boko Haram attack on Kano State on Friday morning. The Boko Haram terrorists planned to attack Kano State, but the raid by security operatives in the state’s Gezawa Local Government Area averted the imminent attack. Brigadier […]
