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The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops of Operation Safe Haven rejected a ₦13.7m bribe offered by terrorists during a military operation in Plateau State. According to the DHQ, the troops were responding to a distress call about terrorist activities when they intercepted a suspicious vehicle with bullet holes along the Jos-Sanga Road. Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja, …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, paid glowing tribute to the late President Muhammadu Buhari during a special Federal Executive Council session held in his honour at the State House, Abuja. In his remarks, Tinubu described Buhari as a leader of “austere honour” and “quiet courage” whose legacy would endure beyond his lifetime. He praised the former president’s patriotism, discipline, and …

Syria’s interim president has said it is his “priority” to protect the country’s Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority in Suweida province. In his first televised statement since Israel’s air strikes on Damascus on Wednesday, Ahmed al-Sharaa also warned that Syrians were not afraid of war. Syrian state …

CNN — US President Donald Trump’s 50-day pause ahead of possible secondary sanctions on Russia gifts the Kremlin a window to exploit the incremental gains of recent weeks, which analysts say increasingly put key Ukrainian strongholds in the east in peril. Russia is thought to be days or weeks away from surging into a heightened summer offensive, perhaps using the 160,000 troops Ukrainian officials have said …

• Says 1999 Constitution an imposed document. • Operators are the main problem — OBJ, NLC. • Resolutions will be presented to FG, NASS — Senator Daniel. • Time running out — Obong Attah • We must return to the golden era — Awolowo Dosumu Eminent Nigerians on Wednesday expressed the need for a constitution that truly reflects the wishes …

Pope Leo XIV said on Thursday he was “deeply saddened” by an Israel strike which hit a Gaza church, killing two people, and called for “an immediate ceasefire”. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on the Holy Family Church — Gaza’s only Catholic church — killed two people. Israel said it “never targets” religious sites and was …

Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say. The method, pioneered by UK scientists, combines the egg and sperm from a mum and dad with a second egg from a donor woman. The technique has been legal here for a decade but we now have the first …

The death of former President Muhammadu Buhari has reignited speculations about the political future of his loyalists, particularly those from the now-defunct Congress for Progressive Change, the party he founded in 2009. Since the emergence of President Bola Tinubu in 2023, the influence of CPC loyalists has waned, with some key figures such as ex-Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai and former …

In a statement posted on his X handle on Wednesday, Khamenei said: “The US attacked Iran, and our retaliatory strike against it was very significant. God willing, once censorship is removed, it will become clear what Iran has truly done.” Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has declared that Iran is no longer scared of the United States, stating that …

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate in June 2025 eased to 22.22 per cent relative to the May 2025 headline inflation rate of 22.97 per cent. Looking at the movement, the June 2025 headline inflation rate showed a decrease of 0.76 per cent compared to the May 2025 headline inflation rate. Data released …