Israel announced the closure of its Gaza border crossings on Thursday in response to daily rocket fire from the enclave over the past week after U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital stoked Palestinian anger.

Amidst calls to declare a state of emergency in the Education sector, the Principal, Corona Secondary School (CSS), Agbara, Mrs. Chinedum Oluwadamilola has called for cleansing of the sector as was done in the banking sector. She regretted that education inspectors are almost always behind the time. “One of my dreams is that one day; there will be a thorough cleansing of the education sector just like the banking sector by Prof. Soludo.”

A state lawmaker in Kentucky, U.S., Rep. Dan Johnson, has committed suicide after report emerged that he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. Reports say the 57-year-old lawmaker, a preacher and a Republican, shot himself on a bridge in Mt. Washington, southeast of Louisville. His body turned up on a riverbank near the […]

Mr Akin Fakorode, the Commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Rivers, says crime rate  has dropped to the barest minimum in the upland region of the state.

The police in Ogun say they have arrested a 29-year-old driving instructor, name withheld, for allegedly raping and killing one Ms Modupe Taiyese, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Abeokuta, Ogun.