Israeli police said they had arrested 10 suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in the occupied-West Bank over the weekend, including separate attacks on a US photojournalist and European diplomats. Masked Israeli settlers were filmed on Friday assaulting Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, a US citizen, who was covering a Palestinian olive […]
The Federal Government has disbursed N658.9bn in direct cash transfers to 10.46 million poor and vulnerable households as of September 2026, but the World Bank has urged the authorities to strengthen the programme through wider coverage, adequate payments and consistent disbursements. The bank said the government needed to build on the reported progress by establishing […]
The Benue State Government has spent over N160m treating internally displaced persons for snake bites in six months, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, James Iorpuu, has said. Iorpuu disclosed this to journalists on Friday while reacting to complaints by some IDPs about their welfare in the state. He said the agency […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Monday that there had been any suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine and called on President Volodymyr Zelensky to “focus” on ending the war with Russia. “There has been no pause,” Rubio told reporters when asked about Ukraine’s claims that the United States had briefly halted the […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged failure to account for more than N126.46 billion in public funds appropriated for electoral operations. SERAP, in the suit filed, alleged that the funds were diverted, lost, mismanaged or otherwise unaccounted for. The […]
The United Nations has highlighted Nigeria’s rural electrification programme as a successful example of expanding electricity access through targeted subsidies and private investment. The recognition is contained in the World Social Report 2026, released by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The report identifies Nigeria’s Electrification Project as an example of how developing […]
A Catholic priest, Father Patricio Sánchez Molinari, has died after a large wooden cross fell on him while he was celebrating Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The incident occurred on Saturday, during a service that was being livestreamed on social media, according to the Associated Press and Ecuadorian newspaper […]
For residents of Yelwata, a farming community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, the visit of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), was an opportunity to draw renewed attention to the killings, displacement and disruption of livelihoods that have scarred their community. But the humanitarian visit, scheduled for September […]
The Federal Government has faulted the World Bank’s assessment of Nigeria’s debt position, dismissing concerns that interest payments of N7.7tn in the first half of 2026 threaten the country’s debt sustainability. The Federal Ministry of Finance described reports that interest payments amounted to 124 per cent of Federal Government revenue during the period as misleading, […]
President Bola Tinubu has directed heads of security agencies to rescue all abducted persons and ensure that no terrorist or bandit camp remains anywhere in Nigeria, the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), said on Thursday. Musa, who spoke to State House correspondents after a security meeting presided over by the President at the […]
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has urged the Federal Government to address the increasing brain drain in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, improve working conditions of medical professionals, strengthen diaspora engagement and negotiate agreements with countries recruiting the nation’s health workers. Fayemi said Nigeria must move beyond lamenting the exodus of doctors and other […]
The Police Command in Benue State has “confirmed the abduction of Rev. Fr. John Otache, parish priest of St. Margaret’s Parish, Ajegbe-Awume, in Ohimini Local Government Area of the state.” The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Aondogu Orchia, confirmed the incident on Friday in Makurdi. Orchia said the command had commenced a “full investigation into […]