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The newly appointed Director General of National Institute for Sports, Comrade Philip Shaibu has assumed duties at the headquarters of the Institution in Lagos on Monday 16th June,2025. The Director General and immediate past Deputy Governor of Edo State was received on arrival by management staff of the institution. He was joined by the Directors at the conference room where …

The lingering crisis over the installation of a new Okuokpellagbe of Okpella in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State may not end soon, as members of the Ukhomuyio Community on Friday protested the planned installation of one Michael Sado as the monarch of the limestone-rich Okpella town. The protesters said the selection of Sado was in violation of …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – Great Benin King, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has received from the Netherlands Government, 119 pieces of repatriated Benin artefacts, which are part of the thousands of priceless treasures looted by the British Government during its invasion of the Kingdom in 1897. While receiving the artefacts from the Netherlands government’s emissaries, Oba …

Donald Trump has approved plans to attack Iran, but has not made a final decision on whether to strike the country, the BBC’s US partner CBS reports. The US president held off from initiating strikes in case Iran agreed to abandon its nuclear programme, a senior intelligence source told CBS. Trump is reportedly considering a US strike on Fordo, an underground …

Israel’s defence minister says Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, “can no longer be allowed to exist” after the Soroka hospital was hit during an Iranian missile attack, according to local media and the AFP news agency. Speaking to journalists in Holon, near Tel Aviv, Israel Katz reportedly said: “Khamenei openly declares that he wants Israel destroyed, he personally gives the …

Israel’s emergency response service said three people were seriously injured by Iranian strikes overnight across the country, with two “moderately” hurt. Some 42 people were impacted by shrapnel injuries while another 18 were hurt on their way to shelters, Magen David Adom said in a post on X. A staff member walks along a damaged area at the Soroka hospital complex …

A former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has arrived at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, at Maitama, ahead of the scheduled arraignment of the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Ezekwesili, who repeatedly rose in public defence of the embattled female lawmaker, was joined in the courtroom by other notable rights activists, including Aisha …

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede,  has vowed that the Commission would never allowed the re-looting of  recovered assets.  Olukoyede stated this yesterday during a visit to the main campus of the newly established Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, Kaduna State.  The institution initially known as Nok University was a  established in 2021 as a private institution …

President Bola Tinubu said yesterday the issue of land-grabbing would be confronted head-on, if that was the cause of the frequent killings by armed herdsmen in Benue State. He also spoke of the constitution of a committee of elders, including ex-governors and two prominent traditional rulers in the state, to work for peace in Benue, and directed the Inspector General …

The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, in Abuja for her arraignment over alleged defamation. Akpoti-Uduaghan entered the courtroom at approximately 10:30 am, ahead of the session scheduled to commence at 11:00 am, awaiting the entrance of the presiding judge. Natasha arriving the court. Credit: Deborah Musa …