29 killed in arrest of El Chapo’s son

  Ten soldiers and 19 suspected criminals were killed in an operation to arrest a son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Mexico’s government said Friday, with a dramatic shootout sowing terror at an airport. Thousands of soldiers retook control of the Sinaloa cartel stronghold of Culiacan, which resembled a war zone after […]

Six-year-old boy shoots teacher in US

  A six-year-old boy opened fire in an elementary school classroom in the eastern US state of Virginia on Friday, seriously injuring a teacher, police said. No students were hurt in the incident at Richneck Elementary School in the coastal city of Newport News. “The individual is a six-year-old student. He is right now in […]

Prince Harry faces growing criticism over memoir revelations

  Prince Harry faced a backlash Friday over his memoir “Spare”, with criticism from the media, commentators, army veterans and even the Taliban, while Buckingham Palace kept silent on its widely leaked contents. Days before the official publication on Tuesday, disclosures from the book dominated headlines and airwaves after a Spanish-language version of the memoir […]

US announces $3bn in military assistance for Ukraine

  The United States on Friday announced a major military assistance package for Ukraine that is valued at more than $3 billion and includes 50 Bradleys and dozens of other armored vehicles. The assistance — $2.85 billion drawn from US inventories and $225 million in foreign military financing — does not include advanced Western tanks […]

Anambra North Elders Rejects Oduah’s Third-Term Bid

  The ambition of Senator Stella Adaeze Oduah to return to the upper chamber for the third time in 2023 elections has suffered a major setback after a group under the aegis of Anambra North Senatorial Zone rejected her bid. Rising from the general meeting the group held at Otuocha on January 2023, they said […]

Seven APC Members Perish In Fatal Accident

  Seven persons from Kwanar Dangora town in Kiru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, have died in a road accident. It was gathered that the deceased persons were returning from the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign mega rally in Kano on Wednesday. The accident occurred around 6 pm when their Golf car […]

Obasanjo can’t show way forward, Tinubu slams ex-president

  The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. According to him, Obasanjo who he claimed does not know the way cannot show others the way. Tinubu spoke during the party’s […]

DSS Denies Plot To Remove INEC Chairman Via Court

  The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday said it has no court case against the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The DSS, in a statement by its Spokesman, Peter Afunanya blamed the misconception on a newspaper, which reported a court order out of context. The statement reads: […]