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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the first crack in a 10-day siege on the territory. Palestinians reeled from a massive blast at a Gaza City hospital that killed hundreds the day before and grew increasingly desperate as food and water …

Edo State Commissioner for Communications and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, has said that 706, 398 commuters have benefitted from Free Bus Ride Scheme initiated by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led State Government which covers both intra and inter city services operated by the State-owned Edo City Transport Services (ECTS).  The scheme is part of support to Edo people following soaring cost of living occasioned by …

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on what it identified as ten key Hamas terrorist group members, operatives, and financial facilitators in Gaza and elsewhere including Sudan, Türkiye, Algeria, and Qatar. This action targets members managing assets in a secret Hamas investment portfolio, a Qatar-based financial facilitator with close …

•Says Tinubu’s foreign policy drive boosting investors’ confidence Vice President Kashim Shettima has stressed the need to scale up Nigeria’s strategic partnership with China, which he said was key to Africa’s development. Shettima, pointed out that  since assuming office, President Bola Tinubu has strategically tinkered with the country’s foreign policy to drive and boost investors’ confidence. To augment this, the …

Africa’s stability is inextricably linked to international peace and security. For that reason, the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meet annually as part of their partnership agreement. But considering current threats to global security and heightened risks of coups and terrorism in Africa, the 6 October gathering produced little of substance. …

• 1,209 out of 1,280 elective offices to be decided by court verdict• Free, fair, credible elections held in only 71 polls, representing 5.55%• 24 out of 28 guber cases for court validation• Umpire earmarked N3 billion to defend decisions in court• Electorates blame INEC, politicians, lawyers for flawed democracy• We had 600 pre-election cases in several courts, Yakubu says Outcomes …

…Ndume kicks against Akpabio’s alleged procedural errors, storms out of session The brewing crisis in the Senate came to a head, yesterday, as the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, stormed out during plenary to protest the refusal of the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, to address alleged procedural errors. To prevent the situation from degenerating, Akpabio requested that his colleagues meet …

President Joe Biden arrived in Israel Wednesday for one of the most complicated diplomatic trips of his presidency, an extraordinary high-stakes trip to a region gripped by violence, including an explosion at a Gaza City hospital that he said appeared to be done by “the other team.” “I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday. And …

An early version of an Army Tactical Missile System is tested December 14, 2021, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.CNN —  The US secretly provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, according to two US officials, providing Ukraine with a significant new capability that could allow its forces to hit new Russian targets that were previously out of reach. The confirmation …

President Joe Biden will make a landmark trip to Israel Wednesday, a show of “ironclad” support as Washington tries to prevent the escalating war in Gaza from spilling over into regional conflict. The trip comes just days after Gaza-based Hamas fighters broke through Israel’s heavily fortified border, shooting, stabbing and burning to death more than 1,400 people, most of them …