Analysts believe Netanyahu had hoped for a Trump return to the White House, given the longstanding personal friendship between the two as well as the former president’s hawkishness on Israel’s arch-foe Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Sunday he had spoken three times with US President-elect Donald Trump over the past few days…
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State says it took him a year to decide to join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 2013. Soludo disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka while welcoming 15,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra, who defected to APGA. He said: “The first political party I joined…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that this could be the “last opportunity” to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by militants. Blinken spoke at a morning meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog before later holding talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “This is a decisive moment,…
Parents of Zamfara State students studying in Cyprus under a scholarship scheme have accused Governor Dauda Lawal Dare of abandoning their children. The programme was launched by former Governor Bello Matawalle to sponsor Zamfara’s youths to study abroad. Parents say it gave students access to world-class education and the chance to return home with skills…
A civic group, Zamfara Good Governance, has accused Governor Dauda Lawal Dare of plunging the state into what it described as “reckless borrowing” amounting to ₦28bn in just nine months. The group, in a statement by its spokesperson, Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Gusau, on Tuesday, said the figure was reported by The Punch and warned that…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday held a private working lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris. The meeting formed part of Tinubu’s 10-day working vacation in Europe, which includes stops in France and the United Kingdom. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga confirmed the engagement in a captioned photograph released to the…
Tributes have continued to pour in for former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday at a London clinic. The Chinese Government through its embassy in Abuja released a statement on X, formally Twitter, eulogizing the late former Nigerian leader and commiserating with the government and people of Nigeria over the loss….
The Police in Osun on Tuesday arraigned a 30-year-old fake Naval officer, Oyetunji Samuel, before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court, for an alleged impersonation and assault of a 13-year-old girl. The Police Prosecutor, ASP Olusegun Elisha, told the court that the defendant committed the offense sometime between the months of February and March within Osogbo metropolis….
The United Nations’ top human rights official has issued a grave warning about the rapidly deteriorating conditions in Gaza, urging the international community to act decisively to prevent further loss of life and suffering. Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered his remarks on Monday at the opening of a session of…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service is seeking collaboration with Yakubu Gowon University to enhance the rehabilitation of inmates through skills acquisition and education. Controller of Correctional Service, Mr Christopher Jen, said during a courtesy call on Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adamu Matthew, that the goal was to keep inmates productively…
