Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Monday claimed strikes against Bahrain and Oman, saying they destroyed radar systems in Oman and targeted US military facilities on the southern edge of Manama.

“As part of the fresh review process, the Ministry will engage extensively with examination bodies, state ministries of education, school proprietors and administrators, parents’ associations, organised labour, education stakeholders and other critical partners,” the statement said.

“Jurassic Park” star Sam Neill died in Australia on Monday aged 78, his family said in a statement that described the beloved actor’s death as “sudden and unexpected”.

He was further accused of presenting a bogus National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate during his ministerial screening process in 2023.

According to the NUPRC, the improved operational environment increased production uptime and enhanced the efficiency of crude oil evacuation.

“For years, families in Benue, Plateau and other communities across Nigeria have lived under the constant shadow of fear, violence and displacement. Mothers have buried their children, children have become orphans overnight, farmers have abandoned their lands, and entire communities have been left devastated. We cannot continue to accept this tragic cycle as though it were normal. It is not,” Obi said.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni A resident of Lagos State, Muhammad Armayau has commended the Lagos State emergency responders for acting swiftly to save his dying seven-month old daughter. Armayau, a resident in Badagry area of the state narrated his experience to journalists on Monday, saying his daughter fell seriously sick in the middle of the night, […]

Lamine Yamal is hoping to emulate Kylian Mbappe by winning the World Cup as a teenager, but first his Spain side will have to get the better of France and their superstar captain in Tuesday’s semi-final.

According to the victim’s son, Mr Abiola Owoade, his father was returning from a visit to his farm when he was intercepted and abducted by the armed assailants.

The police in Benue have confirmed the killing of eight persons in a suspected terrorist attack on a rural community in the Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — The Nigeria Police Force on Monday said its operatives rescued 12 kidnapped victims, arrested 15 suspects and recovered firearms, ammunition, stolen vehicles and other exhibits in coordinated operations across 11 states within the last 24 hours. According to a police situation report, the operations targeted kidnapping, armed robbery, vandalism, impersonation […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has commended Nigeria’s security forces for the successful rescue of abducted schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State, while mourning an Army officer who lost his life during the operation. In a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, the party […]

The Federal Government has approved the reviewed Scheme of Service for the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), a move aimed at strengthening the agency’s career structure, improving staff welfare and enhancing its capacity to deliver on its meteorological mandate. The approval was conveyed to the Director-General of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike, in a letter dated July […]

By Steve Oko UMUAHIA—Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Ibeama Primary School, Ndume Otuka, the alma mater of Nigeria’s first military Head of State, the late Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, as well as the road leading to his ancestral home. Otti gave the directive at the weekend during a civic […]

By Shina Abubakar OSOGBO — THE Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the August 15 Osun governorship election, Mr Benjamin Adereti, yesterday, described Governor Ademola Adeleke as a religious hypocrite, whose religous identity is questionable. Adereti, who spoke at the 70th anniversary celebration of Union Baptist Church, Osogbo, said the APC […]