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A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, presided over by Hon. Justice B.O. Quadri, has ordered the issuance of a bench warrant and directed sureties to show cause for the absence in court of Jessica Iguodala Oghomwen and Akpes Omorodion. The people referenced here are first and second defendants respectively in the ongoing case involving the alleged suicide of …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Thugs allegedly led by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) invaded the State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benin City, Thursday. The attackers destroyed key properties within the building, including doors, windows and office equipment, carting away valuables worth millions of naira. It was reported that the thugs, who reportedly ransacked the PDP …

The House of Representatives has rejected a bill recommending a single term of six years for the Offices of the President, State Governors and Local Government Areas Chairmen by amending the 1999 constitution. The proposed bill, which seeks to alter Sections 76, 116, 132, 136, and some others of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), was sponsored by Rep Ikenga Ugochinyere …

The Senate on Thursday approved President Bola Tinubu’s loan request of $2.2 billion to partially finance the ₦9.7 trillion budget deficit for the 2024 fiscal year. The approval followed the presentation of a report by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Aliyu Wamakko, during plenary. Presiding over the session, Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau commended the committee …

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas’s military commander. A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. A warrant was also issued for Mohammed Deif, although the Israeli military …

•Tasks military on early warning mechanism•DHQ confirms killing of 5 soldiers in Borno terrorists’ ambush•Troops neutralise 30 terrorists The Senate yesterday raised the alarm that terrorists from Mali and Burkina Faso, who operate under the aegis of Lakurawa, have invaded Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, other states in the north-west and Niger State in the north-central, saying the trend now had an …

By Alltimepost.com Renowned Boston-based Nigerian-American Entrepreneur, academic giant, a devoted father and husband, Dr Osazee John Owens begins his final journey home from this world on Friday November 22, 2024, as Nigerians in Boston mourn his passing. Dr. Osazee John Owens, succumbed to the will of God on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is survived by his …

CNN — All eyes should have been on the sky over a launchpad in Texas on Tuesday as the world’s largest rocket streaked thunderously toward space. But the orbit currently getting the most attention is not in the heavens — it’s the increasingly intimate one back on Earth uniting the planet’s soon-to-be-again most powerful man and its richest man. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon …

The Federal Government has allocated more than N112 billion to ensure safety and inclusive spaces for children in the next three years. The Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday to commemorate the 2024 World Children’s Day with the theme “Advancing Children’s Rights for a Sustainable Future.” Recall that …

The High Command of the Nigerian Army (NA) has ordered thorough investigations into viral audio-visual recording circulating on social media platforms, purportedly showing a senior Army officer and two other soldiers in an altercation with a man and woman within the Abuja metropolis.  A statement by Director Army Public Relations, Maj Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, said the circumstances leading to this …