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The Director of News, Television Continental (TVC), Mr Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, has urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to get rapid solutions to the security challenges facing Nigeria. Kolade-Otitoju, made the call in Abuja on Monday at a book launch to mark his 60th birthday titled, “My life and Journalist Hangout” At the launch of the book, authored by him, the multiple …

Armed assailants killed 73 people at a gold mine in South Sudan, government officials said on Monday, in violence linked to a dispute over gold extraction. The attacks occurred on Saturday near Jebel Iraq in Central Equatoria state in the south of the country, Vice President James Wani Igga said. At least 25 others were injured and some fled the …

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a yearslong push by Israel’s far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the chamber to vote yes in person. The law makes …

  …government would not subsidize electricity when it begins to generate its own independent power, saying consumers would discover that it would be cheaper to have 24-hour power supply. Abia State is set to disconnect from the national grid once a 125-megawatt gas turbine is added to Geometric Power, Aba, which currently has 141 megawatts capacity. Governor Alex Otti announced …

Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and ex-Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress.   The former Minister of Defence also registered with the party and received his membership card on Monday at Gidan Kwankwasiyya, Miller Road, Bompai, Kano. Present at the event include ADC National Chairman and former Senate …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, including desalination plants that supply drinking water, if a deal to end the war is not reached “shortly.” Iran meanwhile struck a key water and electrical plant in Kuwait, and an oil refinery in Israel came under …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has recognised the faction of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The electoral body reflected the development on its official website on Monday, where it published the updated leadership of the opposition party. Those listed include Abdulrahman Mohammed as National Chairman …

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, has announced his resignation from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) ahead of planned defections to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Kwankwasiyya Movement’s directive Kwankwaso, who was the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, said his decision to dump NNPP was due to the need for political realignment. The …

  The court issued the orders in her judgement in the suit instituted by the Nyesom Wike-aligned faction of the PDP. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday again nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, in November 2025, and barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising its outcome, including the leadership …

Following a widespread backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked “relevant authorities” to allow Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, to hold services at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre “as he wishes.” On Sunday, the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem said Israeli police prevented the church’s senior leaders from entering to celebrate Mass, citing security concerns. “For …