According to a survivor, the first bomber was carrying a baby on her back when she detonated the IED at a wedding venue in Tashan Mararaba, near the Fire Service in Gwoza town, on Saturday. The bomber, a young mother in her twenties, posed as a guest. During the burial of the victims, a second…
The situation in Gaza has escalated as Israeli forces intensify their operations in the Shujayea neighborhood east of Gaza City The Israeli military reports heavy fighting both above and below ground, claiming to have eliminated a large number of militants and discovered a weapons storage facility in a school compound. The air force has targeted…
Biden’s appearance at a campaign rally in the battleground state of North Carolina came amid rumblings in his alarmed Democratic Party about replacing the 81-year-old as their nominee and shortly before the nation’s most influential newspaper urged him to step aside. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly…
Senegal became the first country in the region to implement voluntary tests, suspecting that a number of the some 1,300 deaths according to a Saudi tally are down to a respiratory syndrome ailment such as Covid-19. A Togolese government statement on Friday said hajj pilgrims would have to undergo compulsory Covid tests and “limit contacts,…
A group of Nigerians deported from Turkey arrived at the pilgrims’ wing of the airport on Southwind Airlines flight TC-GRB at approximately 6:45 pm. They were greeted by multiple government agencies including NEMA, NSCDC, DSS, and military personnel. The deportees expressed anger over their treatment in Turkey, where they alleged unfair detention for over 11…
A Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has remanded a 45-year-old farmer, Gbenga Abajigbin, for raping a 65-year-old woman in the state. The police charged Abajigbin with rape. The prosecutor, Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the farmer committed the offence at Ipole-Iloro in Ekiti State in April 2024. Adeniyi said the…
In a letter written to the Governor by the Union and jointly signed by its Chairman, Com. Waidi Oloyede and the Secretary, Com. Dr. Bola Lawal through the Office of Head of Service at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the senior citizens described the appointment as a well-deserved honour, borne out of the feat recorded in the governance…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, disclosed at the Pan-African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and Taxation in Tunis that over $88.6 billion is illicitly siphoned from Africa each year. The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has disclosed that $88.6 billion is lost…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has firmly opposed the Southern Governors’ Forum’s recent stance on the national minimum wage, suggesting that states should determine their own minimum wages based on their financial capabilities. This response came in a statement released on Friday by Benson Upah, the NLC’s Head of Information and Public Affairs. NLC’s Stand…
