Wednesday, 10 June, 2026

Month: June 2021


Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett have put together a governing coalition to oust PM Benjamin Netanyahu, just minutes before time ran out. For the first time in history, an Arab-Israeli party will be on board. Lapid, who leads the Yesh Read more…


Gunmen have razed the Omuma Divisional Police Headquarters in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. The torching of the police building came after the fleeing gunmen razed the Isu Divisional Police Headquarters in Amandugba on Monday. The Read more…


Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has described the recent killing of Ebonyi and Benue indigenes by herdsmen at the border between both states as a wicked and satanic act. He spoke on Tuesday when he visited victims of the Read more…


Bandits have killed six persons in an attack on communities in Jema’a, Birnin-Gwari and Giwa Local government areas of Kaduna State on Tuesday morning. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed in a statement, also said Read more…


Zamfara state governor, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle has suspended the Emir of Dansadau in Maru local government area, Alhaji Hussaini Umar with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Alhaji Zailani Read more…


The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says those who want to destroy his government will be receive the shock of their lives as his administration will do everything possible to ensure they fail. He spoke on Tuesday after meeting Read more…


Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds were married on Saturday, his office said, confirming earlier tabloid reports about the ceremony held at Westminster Cathedral. The two “were married yesterday afternoon in a small ceremony” in the cathedral, a spokesman Read more…


The convener of the #RevolutionNowMovement, Omoyele Sowore, has narrated how he was shot by a policeman during a rally in Abuja on Monday. While speaking after being discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, Sowore said claims made by the police Read more…


Financial analysts have expressed divergent views over the proposed plan by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to acquire 20 per cent equity stake in the Dangote refinery. They spoke in a separate interview with the News Agency of Nigeri in Lagos State Read more…


Sicilian mafia boss Giovanni Brusca, dubbed the ‘people slayer’, has been released from Rome’s Rebibbia prison on parole after serving 25 years for his role in more than 100 murders. The move has been heavily criticized in Italy. The mafia Read more…


The Coalition of Northern Group (CNG) has rejected the recently concluded zonal public hearings on constitution review organised by the Senate across the country.\ In a statement issued by the group’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, on Sunday, the group described the Read more…


No fewer than 15 people including two policemen and an Islamic cleric have been killed by bandit in in Beri village, Mariga local government area of Niger State on Monday. LEADERSHIP gathered that about 600 bandits on motorcycles invaded the Read more…