Dozens of family members of hostages, held by Hamas, stormed a committee meeting in Israel’s parliament, on Monday, demanding a deal to win their loved ones’ release. This is coming as European Foreign Ministers joined growing international calls for Israel to negotiate the creation of a Palestinian state after the war. The developments showed the […]
From Our Correspondent Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, impeached their Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo1). Eighteen out of 26 members removed Oluomo during the plenary, presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Mrs Bolanle Ajayi (APC-Yewa South) in Abeokuta. The embattled speaker was not at the plenary but the Clerk and the […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigerian Army has trained 100 personnel of the National Park Service (NPS) in tactical operations to curb illegal activities in the parks. Dr Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator-General (C-G) of the park said, on Tuesday, in Abuja. Goni said the training was one of NPS’s cardinal strategies to ensure growth, security and […]
From Our Correspondent A socio-cultural group, “Assembly of Edo Patriots” (AEP) says it will fund the nomination of ex-Federal Permanent Secretary, Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe, for Edo Gubernatorial race on the platform of the APC. The group, in a statement on Tuesday in Benin City said Umakhihe was best qualified as APC candidate. This is because of […]
Tanzanian President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, on Monday, directed the army to ensure that the forthcoming elections were conducted in a peaceful atmosphere. Hassan gave the directive while addressing the Tanzania People’s Defense Force army commanders in Dar-es-Salaam. She said the army should prepare for any challenges that may arise during the forthcoming elections. Tanzania will […]
From Our Correspondent An appeal has gone to Gov. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State to make history by appointing the first woman to fill the vacant Deputy Governor’s position. The National Coordinator of “Nothing Without Women”, a renowned socio-political group, Alhaja (Hon) F. I Gidado, made the call during an interaction with newsmen, on Monday, […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke The introduction of a new price regime for Petrol in Nigeria last year has significantly altered the country’s socio-economic landscape. This is to such an extent that there is a visible reduction in number of cars on her roads now. The so-called market forces of demand and supply of petrol now dictate […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde It was a glorious day for the staff and students of Ife Oluwa Grammar School (IOGS), Osogbo as the 1973/1974 sets of Old Students presented a solar-powered Borehole to their Alma Mata on Saturday in Osogbo, Osun State. TheNewsZenith reports that the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, an […]
At the end of a kilometre-long, booby-trapped tunnel in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers discovered cramped cells where the military said Hamas kept about 20 hostages. They found a holding area, five narrow rooms behind metal bars, toilets and mattresses. They also found drawings by a child hostage freed during the November truce, military spokesman […]
From Our Correspondent An explosion in Kidandan village of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has killed one pupil of an Islamiyya school while ten others have reportedly been injured. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan said relevant security […]