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U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. The meeting was the second high-level negotiation between the two countries since last week. The initial 10-day ceasefire, which took effect last Friday, had been due to expire Monday. SOIRCE: ASSOCIATED …

President Bola Tinubu has expressed Nigeria’s solidarity with Gulf nations affected during the US/Israel conflict with Iran, reaffirming support for peace, diplomacy, and regional stability. He commended the countries for their resilience and restraint amid rising tensions, noting that measured responses remain vital to preventing further escalation in an already fragile global environment. Tinubu reiterated that Nigeria would always stand …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has warned that inaccurate, incomplete, or sensational reporting of court proceedings could undermine the rule of law. The CJN, who was represented by the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, stated this in a message to the 2026 annual conference of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC), …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has revised 2027 election timetable of the party, shifting its presidential primary to May 23. The adjustment was confirmed to journalists in Abuja on Thursday by Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Duro Meseko, after the party’s 186th NWC meeting. He said the presidential primary earlier fixed for May 15 has …

An alleged illegal orphanage reportedly used for an adoption scam has been uncovered in Afuze, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, leading to the arrest of its proprietress, one Mrs. Grace Efe Uwadia. The facility, operating under the name Uwadia Children Home, was shut down following a complaint that exposed alleged irregularities in its adoption process. The Edo …

Nigeria must urgently dismantle decades-old structural and mental barriers that have trapped it in an “entrepreneurship wilderness” and stunted its economic independence, a Professor of Business Administration, Prof. Patrick Stephen Ohikhena, has declared. Delivering the 3rd Inaugural Lecture of Wellspring University, Benin, on Thursday, Ohikhena warned that Nigeria’s dependence on oil and foreign systems has left it a vulnerable, consumption-driven …

Edo State will host a major youth-driven political mobilization as the City Boy Movement, a support group for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, prepares for its official launch amid growing national expansion. The founder of the movement, Seyi Tinubu, arrived in Benin on Thursday to a rousing reception by youths and supporters at the Benin Airport, marking the …

Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has called for a strategic partnership with patent medicine vendors, identifying them as critical agents in the fight against substance abuse through strict adherence to ethical dispensing practices. The Commander of Narcotics, Mitchell Ofoyeju, made the call during a one-day anti-drug abuse workshop organized for members of the National …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted four persons in Edo State, with a ransom demand of N30 million placed on two of the victims. The abductions were said to have occurred in Itsorkwi and Imeakabu communities in North Ibie, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state, heightening tension among residents. Sources disclosed that two of the victims …

It’s a sombre gathering in the backstreets of one of China’s biggest manufacturing hubs, where workers are smoking under a tree in front of storefronts advertising temporary factory jobs. “No-one understands what our life is like,” says one man who is unwilling to be named. “We work and work and have no life. Please help us,” another adds – a …