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  Two Brazil returnees have excreted a total of 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine they ingested after days in observatory custody following their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The agency said one of the suspects, Ofoma Sunday, aged 46, […]

  Governor Siminalayi Fubara has attended his first Sunday church service since his reinstatement as Rivers State Governor. The governor, who was in the company of his wife, Valerie and various stakeholders at the Saint Paul’s Anglican Church in his hometown of Opobo, in the Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area, called on the Church to remain […]

   Britain, Australia, and Canada on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state in a seismic shift in decades of Western foreign policy, triggering swift Israeli anger. Portugal was also to recognise Palestinian statehood later Sunday, as Israel came under huge international pressure over the war in Gaza triggered almost two years ago by the October 7, […]

  Botswana on Sunday made a bold statement at the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo by beating defending champions USA to the gold medal. The quartet of Lee Bhekempilo Eppie  Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori and Busang Collen Kebinatshipi ran a time of 2:57:76 to beat the American teams’ season best of 2:57:83. READ ALSO:  Kenya’s […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the creation of a Palestinian state would endanger Israel’s survival, pledging to oppose such efforts at the United Nations next week. “We will also need to fight, both at the UN and in all other arenas, against the false propaganda directed at us and against calls for a […]

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will on Monday, September 29, swear-in 57 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria. The ceremony is part of programmes lined up to formally mark the 2025/2026 legal year of the Court. It is expected to hold at the main courtroom of the apex court. This was disclosed […]

  President Bola Tinubu on Sunday celebrated his wife’s 65th birthday, saying Nigeria owes the First Lady a lot. In a statement, the President described Oluremi as the love of his life and a steadfast source of strength through years of political struggle and public service. He said his wife had been his anchor during […]

Thousands of Filipinos marched in Manila on Sunday to vent their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Rage over the so-called ghost infrastructure projects has been mounting in the Southeast Asian country since President Ferdinand Marcos put them centre stage in a July state […]

  Britain and Portugal were on Sunday expected to recognise a Palestinian state, ahead of a key week at the UN’s gathering where a suite of nations are set to do the same to pressure Israel over Gaza. A growing number of longtime Israeli allies have shifted positions in recent months as Israel has intensified […]

  US President Donald Trump and top officials in his administration will lead tributes to Charlie Kirk on Sunday at a stadium gathering in Arizona, after the influential conservative activist was gunned down last week. Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck on September 10 while speaking at a Utah university as part of […]

  The White House issued a major clarification Saturday to its new H-1B visa policy that had rattled the tech industry, saying a $100,000 fee will be a “one-time” payment imposed only on new applicants. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in announcing the major fee increase on Friday, said it would be paid annually, and […]

  In an unprecedented twist, Thelma Lawson and Bright ‘Morgan’ Mbata were evicted from Big Brother Naija Season 10 immediately after the Saturday night party, leaving housemates and fans stunned. This marks the first time this season that eviction occurred on a Saturday. Viewers had expected the regular Sunday live show, making the announcement even […]