The Labour Party presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has condemned the demolition of property across the country. In a statement on his Twitter account on Thursday, Obi urged the government to focus on addressing the economic hardships and implementing measures to lift people out of poverty. […]
The Anambra State Aids Control Agency, ANSACA, has said no fewer than 98,960 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Anambra. Dr Afam Obidike, Commissioner for Health in Anambra, gave the statistics on Thursday in Awka. It was during a media briefing ahead of 2023 World AIDS Day, observed every December 1 since 1988. World […]
No fewer than 50 suspected bandits terrorising communities across the Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State in what is a breakthrough in the fight against banditry. While the feat was achieved on Tuesday in the North-East state, the spokesman of the Taraba State Police Command Abdullahi Usman told Channels Television on Thursday […]
A Ugandan woman aged 70 has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya described her joy at the arrival of the twins who were born on Wednesday at a medical facility in the capital Kampala, where she had received fertility treatment. “This is […]
President Bola Tinubu has unveiled the N27.5 trillion budget estimates for the 2024 fiscal year. The budget was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, where it is currently undergoing scrutiny and deliberation for final approval. In his presentation, he declared, “The 2024 Appropriation has been themed the Budget of […]
Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of state for defence, has narrated how N1.219 billion cash was airlifted to Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti state governor, in 2014. Giving evidence as a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, Obanikoro told the court that he received the money from Sambo Dasuki, former […]
At least, 25 persons have been killed in an accident that occurred in Kwara state. Fifteen other persons sustained injuries in the incident which occurred on Tuesday at Peke, Okoolowo area, along Jebba-Bode-Saadu road in Moro LGA of Kwara. The accident involved a petrol tanker, a heavy-duty truck and one 18-seater bus. The petrol […]
A 37-year-old man, Uduak Moses Idimudo, has been sentenced to life in prison for raping two teenagers in Eket LGA of Akwa Ibom State. The court was told that Idimudo lured the teenagers, aged 14 and 15, into his room on the premise of giving them change for the fried cow skin meat he […]
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 Israel, amid negotiations to extend a truce over Gaza. Hamas official and former Gaza health minister Bassem Naim said the group was going through […]
A truce between Israel and Hamas will continue, both sides said Thursday, moments before the deal was due to expire, though details of any official agreement remained unclear. Minutes before the halt in fighting was due to expire at 0500GMT, Israel’s military said the “operational pause” would be extended, without specifying for how long. […]
