The economic cost of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on Arab neighbours Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan could rise to at least 10 billion dollars this year and push more than 230,000 people into poverty, according to a UN study.

The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has urged the people of the state to remember his ailing principal and the governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu in their prayers.

The number of journalists killed in the line of duty fell this year, despite reporter deaths in Gaza in the past two months, media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said Thursday.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) announced on Thursday that the World Health Organisation, WHO, has officially granted prequalification status to its Central Drug Control Laboratory, CDCL, in Yaba, Lagos State.

Dangote Cement Plc, Ibese, Ogun State has empowered no fewer than 269 people drawn from its 17 host communities in Yewa North and Ewekoro local government areas of the State, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. (CSR).

The new Commissioner of Police deployed to Lagos State Police Command, Adegoke Fayoade, has assumed duty.

Hollywood actor, Tom Cruise has been spotted with socialite Elsina Khayrova, the daughter of a Russian MP and ex-wife of an oligarch, at a party in London’s Mayfair, fueling rumors of an affair.

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Rivers State, Prof. Zacchaeus Adango, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has resigned his office.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State has taken a swipe at the content of the 2024 budget proposal of Governor Hyacinth Alia’s administration saying it is unrealistic and based on questionable assumptions.

A former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to condemn what he described as “Horrific Attacks” on civilians living in Gaza by the Israeli Defense Forces, IDF.