Dutch ambassador’s wife dies after Beirut blast

The House of Representatives member representing Akwanga, Nasarawa-Eggon and Wamba Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Jeremiah Umaru, has called for the rejuvenation of cultural heritage to promote unity, culture and values in the country.

Holloway Sports Store, a leading retailer of sports equipment in Nigeria, has organised a Community Fitness Day and Clean-Up Initiative in Ojuelegba, Lagos State.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has said that it arrested 1,077 suspects across various criminal activities and recovered ₦285 million from fraud-related cases in 2024 According to Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), the command recorded a total of 1,426 reported cases and arrested 1,077 suspects for various offenses, including kidnapping, armed…

Prophet Joshua Iginla of the Champion Royal Assembly has warned Nigerians about a possible medical emergency for President Tinubu. Iginla made these remarks during his 2025 prophecy. He claimed that God gave him a number of revelations, which he shared during his New Year’s message at the cross-over service held in his church in Abuja.…

Saudi Arabia has put six Iranians to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after a year in which it carried out a record number of executions, according to an AFP tally of official reports. The six were executed in Dammam, on the Gulf coast, for having "clandestinely introduced hashish" into the kingdom,…

More than 528,500 people were killed in the Syrian civil war, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Wednesday. The overall toll includes thousands killed since 2011 that were only confirmed dead recently, with access to detention centres and mass graves easier following the rebel overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. The Britain-based monitory…

Saudi Arabia has put six Iranians to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after a year in which it carried out a record number of executions, according to an AFP tally of official reports. The six were executed in Dammam, on the Gulf coast, for having "clandestinely introduced hashish" into the kingdom,…

A man "hellbent" on "carnage" slammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35 in an attack authorities said they were investigating as terrorism. The man, who initially fled after exchanging gunfire with police, "is now deceased," the…

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General elections, Peter Obi, has raised concern over the Federal Government's penchant for turning Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, which should be temporary relief camps, into semi-permanent settlements. Obi, who spoke on New Year’s Day when he visited the Durumi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp…

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General elections, Peter Obi, has raised concern over the Federal Government's penchant for turning Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, which should be temporary relief camps, into semi-permanent settlements. Obi, who spoke on New Year’s Day when he visited the Durumi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp…