Middle-aged woman shot dead in Ekiti State
Martins Owoseni A middle aged woman whose identity is yet to be ascertain has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Nigeria’s Ekiti State. The incident happened at a junction…
New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is ‘dead and buried’
ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that he is scrapping his predecessor’s controversial policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda as he vowed to deliver on…
Russian wrestlers reject Olympics invitation
Agence France-Presse Moscow – Russian wrestlers who were given permission to participate in this summer’s Olympic Games have rejected the invitation, the Russian Wrestling Federation said Saturday. After initially being…
Iran elects president who wants to revive nuclear talks with West
Bloomberg Masoud Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old heart surgeon who wants to revive the nuclear deal with the West, was voted president of Iran following a snap election that underscored major challenges…
Russia says captured village in East Ukraine
Agence France-Presse Russia on Saturday said its forces had captured a village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, as Moscow continues to advance slowly across the battlefield. The defence ministry said…
Police foil kidnap attempt in Lagos, kill 9 suspects
Bella Ifasola Lagos – No fewer than nine suspected kidnappers who were attempting to abduct a businessman in the Ladipo area of Nigeria’s Lagos State were killed by police operatives.…
Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria attack Amotekun corps in Ondo State
Ayomidele Oluwasusi Akure – Some operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun Corps have been reportedly attacked by armed Fulani herdsmen. It was learnt that…
‘Don’t donate your gratuities to churches, mosques’, Governor Sanwo-Olu of Nigeria’s Lagos State advises pensioners
Morakinyo Akinosun Lagos – Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State, Nigeria, has urged pensioners in the state to make wise use of their gratuities. Sanwo-Olu spoke on Thursday during the…
Kenya scraps First Lady’s budget, dissolves 47 agencies
Agency Report NAIROBI – Kenya is to scrap the budget of the First Lady’s office and dissolve more than 40 state-owned companies as part of austerity measures to address the…
ECOWAS finance ministers, Central Bank Governors meet to actualise single currency, ECO
Agency Report Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from across the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened in Abuja to tackle the possibility of launching the single currency,…