Saudi Arabia on Saturday helped to block a bid by Arab and Muslim countries to militarily and economically isolate Israel, according to Israeli media reports. Apart from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Mauritania and Djibouti also opposed the measures. Most of the states present at an Arab League and Organization…
The Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, like other police leaders has vowed to withdraw police officers from the nation’s Very Important Personalities, VIPs, as part of President Bola Tinubu’s mandate to transform the system. Suleiman-Ibrahim disclosed this on Monday during a two-day management retreat at the Ministry of Police Affairs. The…
Troops of the 1 Mechanised Division and Operation Whirl Punch of the Nigerian Army have killed three suspected bandits during a clearance operation in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A statement by the acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations Officer of the division, Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, said the troops…
The trial of controversial singer, Naira Marley, who was charged with alleged cybercrime, has stalled due to the absence of the judge meant to give a verdict in the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State. The court scheduled to sit on Monday, November 13, for the trial, failed because the the trial judge, Justice…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Robert Clarke has blamed the lawyers of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for his political woes. He insisted that Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has never had a case against President Bola Tinubu, adding that he was ill-advised by his lawyers that he had a…
Nigeria’s female Major-General, Aderonke Kale (Rtd) has passed on at the age of 84. She rose through the ranks in the army, becoming a colonel and deputy commander of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps by 1990. Her role was initially as chief psychiatrist to the army. Later, she became Director of the Nigerian Medical…
Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka said technology is creating new generations of illiterates in Nigerian society. Soyinka stated this at the CANEX Live Theatre closing ceremony of the 3rd Intra-African Trade Fair, IATF 2023, in Cairo on Friday. The fair was convened by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the African Union and…
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man’s luxurious private jet is for sale. The aircraft is one of the finest anyone can travel in, with space for at least 14 people. Dangote initially acquired the ultra-long-range jet for $45.5 million thirteen years ago to commemorate his 53rd birthday. The aircraft, repainted in July 2014 by Jet…
A 32-year-old woman identified as Tiffanie Lucas has been jailed for allegedly shooting her two children, ages 6 and 9, to death inside their home on Wednesday, November 8. Lucas was charged with two counts of murder and taken to the Bullitt County jail. This was disclosed in a post shared on the New York…
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the husband of Mrs Toluige Olokoobi, mother of “mummy calm down” boy, days after news broke that she committed suicide. An X user broke the news of Olokoobi’s death on Monday. The X user, who said he was at the scene of the incident on…