The UN migration agency said in a statement that at least 53 migrants, including two babies and many Nigerians, are feared dead or missing following the incident.

Another headline features fresh signs of reconciliation that have emerged in Rivers State following President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the lingering political crisis during a late-night meeting in Abuja.

Iran warned Tuesday of “destructive” influence on diplomacy ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington for talks expected to focus on US negotiations with Tehran.

THE Save Nigeria Group, SNG, USA, has condemned what it described as the horrific massacre of scores of residents in Woro and Nuku communities of Kwara State, calling for urgent security intervention by the Federal Government, expanded United States assistance and a National Day of Prayer for the country.

Traders at the Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State have said the Monday sit-at-home practice has come to stay for various reasons, despite recent directives by the state government urging a return to normal trading activities.

A group of former governorship aspirants from Kunavland in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State has thrown its weight behind Governor Hyacinth Alia, endorsing him for a second term ahead of the 2027 governorship election.

Cartoon: Animal farm

No fewer than 10 shops were completely razed by fire on Monday night at Iya Maryam Adebara Complex in the Ogunpa Market area of Ibadan.

Enugu Air, operated by XEJET, has acquired a new aircraft, an Embraer 195, marking another important step in their commitment to delivering safe, reliable and efficient air travel services.

Leader of an Igbo socio-political pressure group, the Igbo Re-invention Movement, IRM, Dr Iwuchukwu Ezenwafor, has warned that unresolved consequences of the Nigerian Civil War continue to haunt the Igbo socially, economically and politically, insisting that only unity of purpose, internal reform and a level playing field can restore the people’s lost relevance.

According to the former governor, real-time electronic transmission of results is critical to reducing electoral manipulation and improving public confidence in elections.

World’s largest platform for work with brands, International Workplace Group, IWG, is opening three state-of-the-art flexible work spaces in Nigeria in February and April.

Manchester City can ramp up the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal by cutting the gap at the top to just three points when they face Fulham on Wednesday, a day before the Gunners travel to in-form Brentford.

Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate Adewole Adebayo has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of “setting Nigeria on fire” amid controversy over the electronic transmission of election results, following the Senate’s passage of an electoral amendment bill that omitted a mandatory e-transmission clause.

He said the troops recovered weapons, ammunition, military and police camouflage, and documents, including a foreign passport, during the operations, further degrading the terrorists’ operational capability.