Trump dismisses New York mayor’s threat to arrest Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump on Monday vowed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not face arrest at a UN summit in New York, after the city's new mayor said he was investigating the move.
Transport Union Crisis: Adeleke condemns violence, threatens return of park management system
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo OSOGBO — Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has condemned the violence that trailed a clash between rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state, directing security agencies to arrest a factional leader of the union, Kazeem Oyewole, popularly known as Asiri Eniba. A faction of […]
Oriire teachers were beheaded to force release of Ansaru commanders — DSS
…moves to appeal life sentences for two convicted terrorist leaders …says punishment does not fit gravity of offences By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Department of State Services, DSS, says it will appeal the life sentences imposed on two senior commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group, insisting the punishment falls short of the gravity of […]
FG: Nigeria’s debt figures inflated, Tinubu administration has not borrowed ₦80trn
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Federal Government has dismissed claims that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has borrowed close to ₦80 trillion within its first three years in office, describing such figures as exaggerated and a product of accounting adjustments and misinterpretation of debt data. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister […]
SDP: Court adjourns trial to August 17 as chairman cites strong financial evidence
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The alleged financial crime case involving some former officials of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has been adjourned to August 17, 2026, following the inability of the court to sit. The National Chairman of the SDP, Professor Sadiq Abubakar Gombe, who spoke to journalists after appearing in court on Monday, […]
105 missing as flood hits Afghan town
More than 100 people are missing and nine bodies recovered after a major flood hit the capital of Afghanistan’s Nuristan province on Monday, the governor’s office told AFP.
