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…Reshuffle cabinet to inject competent, selfless and patriotic characters into his government …Says only radical policies can ameliorate the plight of Nigerian masses By Igbotako Nowinta Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – As the crippling, choking, social-economic situation unleashed on the Nigerian masses by the current political leadership at the center continues, a renowned religious leader, Rev. Harry Osayande has called …

Nigerians were jolted by a new price regime for premium motor spirit (PMS) and it created a huge discomfort in Edo State as many motorists and vehicle owners did not prepare for it. Before the increases, petrol stations apart from the NNPC retail outlets were selling fuel between N691 and N980 in Benin City, the state capital while it was …

Colt Gray, the 14-year-old charged with four counts of felony murder after Wednesday’s mass shooting at Apalachee High School, will face additional charges, Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith said Friday. Four people were killed and at least nine were hospitalized after the school shooting in Winder, Georgia. Smith said the upcoming charges will be filed after investigators speak with injured victims. …

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank by Friday morning, after a more than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction. Israeli soldiers shot and killed an American woman participating in an anti-settlement protest elsewhere in the West Bank, a witness said, The White House …

The Police Force headquarters in Abuja has said categorically, that what President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, approved for the IGP Kayode Egbetokun’s regarding his appointment “is not an extension of tenure, but rather the proper application of the law governing the tenure of the office of the IGP. The Force headquarters made the clarification in response “to various misleading reports and …

NEW YORK — A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also weighing a defense request to overturn the verdict on …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Arthur Esene and Anselm Ojezua,  to disqualify the party’s candidate for the upcoming September 21 governorship election. Asue Ighodalo in the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/863/2024, Esene and Ojezua had urged the Court of Appeal to overturn the April …

Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark has made history at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games by breaking the Paralympic record in the women’s 61kg powerlifting category, with a lift of 147kg. Mark’s performance surpassed the previous record held by fellow Nigerian Lucy Ejike, marking an iconic achievement for Team Nigeria. With one lift remaining, Onyinyechi Mark has all but guaranteed Nigeria’s first gold medal of …

Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel of Georgia state senators convened to study potential laws aimed at keeping firearms safely locked up and out of the hands of children. A day after a 14-year-old was charged in a deadly shooting at his Georgia high school, that same panel gathered again Thursday to discuss safe gun storage policies. The lawmakers are still talking …

Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Hon. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa has urged Federal Government and authorities of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to take urgent steps to revert to the old pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol. Hon. Ado-Doguwa’s clarion call came on the heel of public outcry against the recent upward review …