I Survived Four Assassination Attempts – Dino Melaye
The Peoples Democratic Party, gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming election in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, on Thursday, claimed that he survived four assassination attempts in the state. Melaye while featuring on Arise Television blamed the attempts on the All Progressives Congress, APC, stressing that violence is in the DNA of the party. The former Kogi […]
EU Opens Investigation Into X Over Alleged Disinformation
The EU is investigating Elon Musk’s X over the possible spread of terrorist and violent content, and hate speech, after Hamas’ attack on Israel. The investigation, the first under the EU’s new tech rules, will also look at the way complaints are handled. X, formerly known as Twitter, said it had removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated […]
French Police Break Up Pro-Palestinian Demo After Ban
Police in the centre of Paris used tear gas and water cannons to break up a pro-Palestinian rally, after the French government banned such demonstrations. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said those defying it should be arrested as “they are susceptible to disrupt public order.” Despite the ban, thousands of protesters gathered in Paris, Lille, Bordeaux […]
Israel Orders Unprecedented Evacuation Of 1 million In Gaza As Possible Ground Offensive Looms
Israel’s military told some 1 million Palestinians on Friday to evacuate northern Gaza and head to the southern part of the besieged territory, an unprecedented order applying to almost half the population ahead of an expected ground invasion against the ruling Hamas militant group. The U.N. warned that so many people fleeing en masse would be calamitous. […]
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah Defects To APC
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South Senatorial District has dumped the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Ubah who officially defected to the ruling party in a visit to the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, in the company of Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja […]
Tinubu Appoints Olukoyede New EFCC Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ola Olukoyede as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Thursday, he said by the powers vested in President Tinubu as […]
Reps Demand Compulsory Free Education For Girls
House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Education to drastically eliminate the number of out-of-school girls by providing compulsory free education for girls across the country. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Kafilat Ogbara on the heels of the Commemoration of the 2023 International Day of the Girl […]
Tinubu Approves 260 Emergency Road Repairs, Reconstitution Of FERMA Board
The Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi, on Thursday, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved more than 260 road repairs interventions across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. He disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday after meeting with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Umahi, […]
Palestinians Rush To Buy Food And Struggle Under Strikes As Israel Readies Possible Ground Operation
Palestinians lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on Thursday after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pulverized neighborhoods darkened by a near-total power outage. Israel launched new airstrikes and said it was preparing for a possible ground invasion. International aid groups warned that the death toll in Gaza could mount after Israel […]
Blinken Visits Israel To Show US Support After Hamas Attacks
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel in a show of support after the weekend’s deadly attacks by Hamas. Mr Blinken is expected to seek the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas, some of whom are American. He will also urge restraint and seek safe passage for Gaza’s civilians ahead of a […]
