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Humanitarian affairs chief, Tom Fletcher has said “Sudan is an atrocities laboratory,” with the killings of civilians and aid workers. The humanitarian chief also cited sieges of cities such as El Fasher in Darfur, the denial of food, use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, and the targeting of schools and hospitals. Fletcher told the Foreign ministers from …

Amb. Dunoma Ahmed Permanent-Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,, has affirmed Nigeria’s commitment to supporting peace and stability in Sudan, as well as strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. Ahmed disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, by the spokesperson of the ministry, Kimiebi Ebienfa. The statement which was released against the backdrop of the visit by …

António Guterres has called for serious negotiations between the United States and Iran, warning that respect for international law is being trampled. He spoke to journalists at United Nations headquarters in New York City on Tuesday. Guterres said humanitarian and legal obligations were being ignored in the Middle East and elsewhere, fuelling “chaos, suffering and destruction”. He said upholding international …

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans as “key to dismantling systemic racism.” Speaking on Tuesday at the fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, he lauded the advances in racial justice and equality that have been made over the …

Mr Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Communications, has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of playing politics with the recent air strike on Jilli Market in Borno. Dare’s accusation made in his X handle account @sundaydareSD, also questioned Atiku’s patriotism. In the article titled: “ATIKU: QUESTIONABLE PATRIOT”, he said the former Vice President’s attitude was …

Prominent Russian lifestyle blogger Viktorija Bonja has drawn wide attention with a video criticizing President Vladimir Putin, with the clip attracting millions of views and more than 800,000 likes on Instagram. “Vladimir Vladimirovich, people are afraid of you,” Bonja, who lives outside Russia, told Putin in rare criticism. “The people are afraid of you, bloggers are afraid of you, artists …

Veteran Journalist and former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdul Oroh, has declared his intention to return to the National Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections, receiving unanimous endorsement from leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Owan Federal Constituency. Oroh, a pro-democracy activist who represented the constituency between 2003 and 2007, was endorsed by party leaders …

Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki on Tuesday declared that he has forgiven those who assaulted him on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Uwa Primary School, Benin, bringing a dramatic turn to an incident that stirred outrage across Edo State. Obaseki was reportedly attacked by a group of thugs allegedly led by Osaze Adun, popularly known as Kapuepue, while he had gone …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State, on Monday, impounded two truckloads of substances suspected to be cannabis, weighing 7,245 kilograms, concealed in cartons of beer. Edo State Commander of the NDLEA, Commander of Narcotics, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Benin City on Monday. He said the first truck, with registration number OYO LUY …

Freedom Ambassadors Organization, a civil society group has called on the Edo State Government to prioritize investment in modern sanitation infrastructure rather than pursue an appeal against a recent court judgment voiding restrictions on human and vehicular movement during monthly environmental sanitation exercises. The group’s position follows a March 26, 2026 ruling by Justice Isoken Urhomwen Erameh of the Edo …