Alhaji Shehu Yahaya Jalam, Chairman of Information and Publicity Committee of the Bauchi State Pilgrims Welfare Board for the 2026 Hajj Operation, has died at Al-Noor Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, following a brief illness.

Israel struck eastern and southern Lebanon on Sunday, state media reported, despite a fragile ceasefire as Hezbollah called US-brokered talks between the two countries a “dead end”. Two Israeli strikes hit the town of Sohmor in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) said, adding that others took place across southern Lebanon. […]

In a dramatic scene that left political observers stunned, Mr. Bless, the Director General of the Desmond Elliot 4th Term Campaign Organisation, publicly withdrew support for the incumbent lawmaker at the declaration ceremony of Barrister Barakat Odunuga Bakare, announcing his full defection and support for the latter. The announcement, made right on the declaration ground, […]

The proposed arrangement, currently awaiting the approval of President Bola Tinubu, is designed to address years of agitation and protests by police retirees over poor pension payments and welfare challenges under the CPS.

Frank, who serves as the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and the Middle East, made the appeal in a statement issued on Sunday.