A U.N. human rights official accused Israel on Friday of mistreating Palestinian detainees in Gaza, saying he had met men who had described being held for weeks, beaten and blindfolded, with some released in diapers. Ajith Sunghay, a U.N. human Read more…
Five of the six sisters of the Al-Kadriyar family who were kidnapped by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja recently have regained their freedom on Saturday night. As of the time of filing this report, our correspondent could not Read more…
The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned French Ambassador Pierre Levy in the aftermath of a deadly missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkov that killed more than 60 foreign mercenaries, predominantly French nationals. Moscow has summoned the French envoy Read more…
carrying out airstrikes in three countries across the Middle East. It has sent billions of dollars in military hardware and is providing tactical support for its closest ally in the region, which is embroiled in a war against one militant Read more…
A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after meeting up with his bail condition, PUNCH Online gathered. Our correspondent learnt that Agunloye was released on Friday. The spokesperson for the Read more…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of a suspected notorious kidnapper, Chinaza Philip, who had been terrorising the FCT and its neighbouring state. The suspect, who was arrested on Thursday, Read more…
The Federal Government has for the third time amended the criminal charges it filed against the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. In the latest amended charge taken before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Read more…
The Oyo State government on Thursday said the number of fatalities from Tuesday’s explosion in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, had risen to five. This was as a group of stern-looking soldiers, on Thursday, took over the site and barred Read more…
Russia’s elimination of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine hurts the West because it demonstrates how Moscow can inflict “huge losses” with single precision strikes, Finnish news editor Janus Putkonen has told RT. The Russian military said that it targeted a “temporary assembly point of Read more…
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday dug in against President Joe Biden’s efforts to revive stalled legislation to send aid to Ukraine, saying the Republican-led House would not entertain it unless Democrats agreed to a far more severe crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico Read more…
Residents of Adeyi Avenue in Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State, have blamed Malian illegal miners for the explosion that rocked the ancient city on Tuesday night. The explosion left at least three persons dead, scores of others injured, and property worth Read more…
NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS ANAMBRA STATE COMMAND NEWS BULLETIN 17TH JANUARY 2024 The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, ( NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi mni, OFR, in an administrative reshuffle for operational effectiveness has Read more…