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  The Anwase market attack came two days after the one on Abande community, also in Kwande LGA, where at least five people, including a mobile police officer, were killed on Tuesday. Suspected terrorists have returned to Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, killing at least 13 people. The attack on Anwase Market in Mbaikyor ward came barely days …

Residents of Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara did not go to sleep last Tuesday night knowing that they would wake up to mass graves. At dusk, the village was still alive with familiar routines — farmers returning from their fields, shop owners exchanging banter, families preparing evening meals. By dawn, Woro had been reduced to ashes, …

  The concerns were raised on Wednesday during a joint hearing of the House Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, titled ‘Defending Religious Freedom Around the World.’ A United States congressional hearing on global religious freedom has criticised the Federal Government’s reported $9million lobbying contract in Washington, with lawmakers warning that the deal appeared to be …

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has expressed strong support for the real-time electronic transmission of election results ahead of the 2027 General Elections. The NSE President,Ali Rabiu, made this known while reacting to Senate’s rejection of the proposal of real-time electronic transmission of election results from polling units to INEC’s IReV portal mandatory. According to Rabiu, electronic transmission of …

Tuesday’s massacre in Woro, a remote community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, which left an estimated 176 residents dead, was not a random act of violence. Findings by Saturday PUNCH show that the attack was the result of a calculated expansion of a jihadist front that the country’s security architecture failed to halt despite prior warnings. At …

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) on Friday announced the suspension of its 84-day nationwide strike following agreements reached with the Federal Government. This is contained in a communiqué jointly signed by JOHESU National Chairman, Mr Kabiru Ado-Minjibir, and National Secretary, Mr Martin Egbanubi, in Abuja. The union said the decision followed resolutions reached at an emergency expanded National Executive …

JOS: Plateau State has recorded six confirmed cases of Lassa fever, with four resulting deaths, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Baamlong, has said. Baamlong disclosed this at a press briefing in Jos, noting that the cases were reported across Jos South, Jos North, Qua’an Pan, Wase, Shendam and Mangu Local Government Areas. He said one of the fatalities was …

  Insiders say the former minister could be prosecuted if the ICPC investigation shows that he truly forged his degree and NYSC certificates. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun an investigation into the certificate forgery scandal of a former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, PREMIUM TIMES reports. A painstaking two-year investigation …

The US negotiators will be led by special envoy Steve Witkoff (left), while the Iranian team is headed by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Senior US and Iranian officials are expected to meet in Oman for direct talks in the coming hours, amid a crisis that has raised fears of a military confrontation between the two countries. The discussions come after …

  No countries from the region are represented, and the board could fragment global conflict response systems that include the AU. The Board of Peace launched by United States (US) President Donald Trump last month has been widely criticised as an attempt by America’s leader to usurp the United Nations (UN) Security Council. For sub-Saharan Africa, there is an additional …