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Veteran journalist and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has cautioned the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to tread carefully ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning that nobody is indispensable to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Momodu said this in a post on his personal facebook page on Tuesday, predicting that internal wrangling would soon hit the ruling …

The officials include SP Loveth Uche, W/Insp. Maureen Otum, Inspector Valentine Akam, and Mrs. Nneka Akam.  The family of Mr Nweze Philip Obasi of Umuobuna Etiti Uburu in the Ohaozara Local Government area, Ebonyi State has filed a petition against four officers of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, over …

Students from The Polytechnic Ibadan, on Tuesday, protested outside the Oyo State Government Secretariat over the institution’s renaming after Omololu Olunloyo, the state’s previous governor. The displeased student carried placards with different inscriptions, asking Governor Seyi Makinde to rescind his decision and restore the polytechnic to its original name. The students, who thronged the Oyo State Government Secretariat in their …

President Bola Tinubu is reportedly preparing to reinstate the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Rivers State House of Assembly later this month, following the successful brokering of a truce between Fubara and his predecessor, current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. President Bola Tinubu and the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Photo: …

After hours of stalemate, Republicans in the US Senate have narrowly passed Donald Trump’s mega-bill on tax and spending, meaning the proposed legislation has cleared one of its key hurdles. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed with Vice-President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote after more than 24 hours of debate. It now heads back to the House, or …

*Says child is a sickle cell patient and may have had multiple blood transfusions before visiting Safe Bliss Medical Centre. * Child’s father discounts claim, says: the claim that he is a sickle cell child is laughable and to say the least, is complicating our travails and falls short of my expectations from the Ministry. *It tells me that the …

Major General Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma, retd, was in the team that led the peace mission to Sudan between 2013 and 2015. He was the Director of Military Operations in the Northeast. He led the troops that bombarded Sambisa Forest to flush out Boko Haram and recaptured the local government areas lost to insurgency. In 2016, he was compulsorily retired from …

Israel has carried out a wave of air strikes across the Gaza Strip, triggering the mass displacement of hundreds of Palestinian families, witnesses say. Rescue teams recovered the bodies of five people, while dozens of injured civilians were evacuated to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, according to local reports. Zeitoun has been repeatedly hit by Israeli strikes during the war …

CNN — Following American airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities last week, and then the imposition of a ceasefire, it’s time to step back and assess what has changed in the Middle East, and the chances of translating military success into lasting strategic gains. In a national security crisis, what does not happen can be as important as what does. That is particularly true regarding the recent conflict with …

“It is hard to ignore how new technologies have increased the destructive capacity of munitions, making the world’s killing fields far messier today.” The strikes, on 22 June, by the United States of America on facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear operations in Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan had all the wrong resonances. By threatening to extend both the reach and intensity …