Israel and Hamas brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce Saturday as air strikes pounded militant targets in Gaza and Palestinian groups launched volleys of rockets. Smoke again clouded the sky over the north of the Palestinian territory, whose Hamas government said 240 people had been killed since a pause in hostilities […]
Israeli air strikes killed two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers and two pro-Hezbollah fighters when they hit sites belonging to the Lebanese group near Damascus Saturday, a war monitor said. The strikes near the Syrian capital came less than 24 hours after the end of a seven-day pause in fighting between Israel […]
An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State has upheld the election of Governor Alex Otti in the March 18 governorship poll in the state, stating that the exercise conformed with the provisions of the Electoral Act. It dismissed the appeals brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC), and their […]
Nigeria will continue to engage with the government of Niger Republic to ensure the release of the country’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar has said. Bazoum has not been released since the junta struck in the West African country earlier in the year. But Tuggar said Nigeria, which […]
Three traditional rulers from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been confirmed dead in an auto crash in the state on Friday. Nine other persons were also said to have been injured in a separate accident on the same day. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Online that the affected monarchs lost their lives in […]
The office of the Head of Service office located within the federal secretariat complex in Abuja has been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire remains unknown as thick smokes billowed into the sky. However, firefighters from the Federal Fire Service made their way to the scene to extinguish the fire which reportedly […]
Eleven inmates of the Enugu Correctional Centre have been released under the federal government prison decongestion programme. The eleven inmates were drawn from the Enugu, Nsukka as well as Oji River and Ibite-Olo custodial centres. The inmates were handed over to the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who was in Enugu on Saturday […]
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has disclosed that there will be power outage in some parts of Anambra State for four days. In a statement issued by Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh on Saturday said the planned outage will take place from 2nd to 6th December, 2023. According to Eze,the outage is […]
The United Nations (UN) security council has voted to remove the restrictions on weapons sales to Somalia, more than 30 years after a ban was first imposed on the country. In 1992, the security council imposed an embargo on Somalia to disrupt the supply of weapons to warring warlords who had ousted Mohamed Siad […]
Israeli air strikes killed two Syrian pro-Hezbollah fighters when they hit sites belonging to the Iran-backed group near Damascus early on Saturday, a war monitor told AFP. The strikes near Damascus came less than 24 hours after the end of a Gaza truce between Hezbollah ally Hamas and Israel. “Two Syrian fighters working for […]
