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Israeli military acknowledges destroying Ottoman-era bathhouse while targeting Hamas in Gaza The Israel Defense Forces struck a centuries-old Ottoman-era bathhouse when it targeted a claimed “Hamas terrorist squad” in mid-December, the IDF confirmed Sunday.  The Hamam al-Samra, in the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood of northern Gaza, was said to have been built in the 14th century and was the only public bathhouse in the Gaza …

The Senate on Saturday, December 30, called on all service chiefs to appear before it to explain the events that led to the deaths of nearly 200 Nigerians on the Plateau on Christmas Eve. The Nation reports that the house minority caucus had raised an alarm three days ago demanding for a halt on the bloodlettings in the state. The caucus recommended …

The presidency on Saturday predicted that Nigerians will witness economic prosperity and breakthroughs through the policies and programmes of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the year 2024. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Public Affairs, Temitope Ajayi explained that the president was committed to fulfilling his renewed hope agenda for the country in the new year …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON  A new Commissioner of police, Funsho Adegboye has assumed duties in Edo State, succeeding CP Mohammed Dankwara as the 46th commissioner of police in Edo State. The official hand over ceremony held at the state police Command headquarters in Benin City on Friday, December 29, 2023. Available records indicated that CP Funsho Adegboye was among the 40 …

The Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy has announced the commencement of applications for teaching positions under its Build-A-Thon initiative programme. This was announced on the Ministry’s “X” handle on Thursday. The programme which was launched earlier in December, according to the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, will promote early-technology adoption among senior secondary students. The programme …

*Fourth shipment  on the way, company gearing up to commence operations at 350,000 bpd The much-awaited Dangote refinery near Lagos has received its third shipment of 1 million barrels crude oil feedstock, with a fourth one expected to arrive before the end of the year.It was gathered that the latest cargo came from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited …

Governors of the six states of the southwest of the country including, Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, and Ekiti under the aegis of Southwest Governors Forum will be collaborating with their Ondo state counterpart to give the late governor of the state, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu a befitting burial. The Forum said it has communicated the same to the family of the late governor, …

Invaders have threatened fresh attacks on a community in Plateau State on Friday (today), barely four days after they killed 195 persons in 17 communities across the state. The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum, Stanley Kavwam, in an interview with Arise Television on Thursday,  said the terrorists had sent a letter of an imminent attack to …

•Propose 3-6 months imprisonment for defaulting employers The House of Representatives is proposing a Bill to criminalise delay and non-payment of salaries of employees by individuals and corporate bodies in the country. The Bill, entitled: Employees Remuneration Protection Bill, 2023, is sponsored by a member representing Agege federal constituency of Lagos State, Wale Hammed. The Bill, which has passed first reading …

The recent rejection by the National Council on Establishment of the proposed 65-year retirement age for workers is the right call. It is a welcome recognition of the imprudence of changing the status quo in a society with an explosively high population of unemployed youths and shrinking job opportunities. The NCE rightly noted that the proposed upward review of the …