UN Agency Chiefs say 88 UN staff have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began last month The heads of 18 UN organizations including UNICEF and the World Health Organization said this in a joint statement late Sunday. “For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel…
Worried by the continued bombing of Gaza, the South African authorities have said that it would recall all its diplomats from Israel. A top government official Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, told a press briefing that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be asked to return for consultations, without providing further details. Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told…
Labour Party candidate in the last presidential election Peter Obi has proposed a five year single presidential tenure for each of the six geopolitical zones in the country Obi said this during a press conference in Abuja, his first since the Supreme Court affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s electoral victory. His proposal comes in response to…
Singer, Azeez Fashola also known as Naira Marley and Balogun Eletu aka Sam Larry have been granted bail by a Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State. The embattled duo were granted bail on Monday in the sum of N20m with three responsible sureties. Naira Marley, Sam Larry and two others were on October 6…
The President of the federal republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Governor of Ondo State has felicitated with Oba Victor Kiladejo, the Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom on his 70th birthday and 17th coronation anniversary celebration. The President extended his goodwill through a congratulatory letter signed and sent to the Chairman of the…
The Kenya Red Cross took to their X page on Monday, to disclose that at least fifteen people have lost their lives in Kenya as floods swept away scores of houses and destroyed farmlands following torrential rains. Apparently, heavy rainfall engulfed the country, especially the bone-dry north, in recent days, and sent water gushing into…
The embattled Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State Hudi Yunusa-Ari on Monday failed to appear in court where he was to be arraigned. This follows the failure of the police to serve the hearing notice to Yunusa-Ari. Justice Benjamin Manji of the State High Court in Yola subsequently ordered…
Anambra mourns as Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, losses father, Pa Simeon Nwankwo Soludo, (Ichie Akukananwa 1). In a statement released by the press secretary to the Governor, Hon Christian Aburime, he is said to have given up the ghost in the early hours of today; Monday 6, November 2023. Pa Simeon is survived by seven…
Residents of Igbaja Street, in the Bariga area of Lagos State, have cried out to the government on the devastating status of the only connecting road between them and other parts of the vicinity. They described the road as a colossal disaster due to its dilapidated state which has now greatly affected movement within the…
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele today [Monday] failed to appear before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. This is despite an order by the judge Justice Olukayode Adeniyi for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce him in court for hearing of his motion…
