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BENIN CITY: The Edo State Government has appointed Hon. Peter Odibo as the substantive General Manager of Bendel Newspapers Corporation Limited, publishers of The Observer titles. Odibo, who hails from Uwesan Ward III in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State, has since assumed duty at the corporation’s headquarters on Airport Road in Benin City. Before his appointment, he …

LAGOS: The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is steadily sliding into political irrelevance across Nigeria. The APC said the opposition party appeared to be counting down to its “expiration” due to persistent internal crises and lack of ideological direction. The party’s spokesman in Lagos, Seye Oladejo, made the …

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera. The decision, which came as much of the country’s attention was focused on the war with Iran, closed a flashpoint case that has bitterly divided Israel since the …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war, saying that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used, and that attacks on Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbors will continue. Khamenei did not appear on camera. Israeli intelligence assessed that he was likely wounded in the war’s opening salvo. See key quotes from Khamenei’s …

  According to an internal police wireless communication dated March 10, 2026 and obtained by SaharaReporters, the Force has assigned officers to key departments, namely the Force Intelligence Department (FID) and the Department of Logistics and Supply (DLS). The Nigeria Police Force has announced the posting of senior officers to different positions in the Force, following orders issued by the …

  The two countries filed their separate declarations of intervention on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court. The Netherlands and Iceland have officially intervened in the ongoing genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The two countries filed their separate declarations of intervention on Wednesday, …

  The recent slaughter of over 100 soldiers in the North-East and the metastasizing terror in Kwara and Ondo are not merely “security lapses.” They are the bloody dividends of a security architecture that has transformed the war on terror into a flourishing enterprise—a Transactional Frontier where sovereignty is bartered for budget and lives are traded for mineral rights. Late …

Oil prices climbed back above $100 a barrel and stock markets fell after three more cargo vessels were hit in the Gulf and Iran’s new supreme leader vowed to keep blocking the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Brent crude rose by more than 9% on Thursday to $101.59 before easing slightly to $99.44. The jump came despite the International …

The Forum of Ayatutu Professors (FAP) on Thursday condemned the continued attacks on communities in Benue, resulting to the killings and displacement of hundreds of innocent residents. This was contained in a press statement jointly signed by Prof. Tor lorapuu and Prof. Simon Irtwange, Chairman & Secretary, Board of Trustees & Council of Management, which was made available to newsmen …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, gave the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the go-ahead to access and analyse the electronic devices recovered from the residence of former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik granted the order following an ex-parte motion moved by ICPC’s lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, to the effect. Akponimisingha, …