THE recent attempts to forcibly remove the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar, are profoundly troubling and raise serious concerns about the independence of our key democratic institutions. According to a highly placed source,…
AT least 26 people tragically lost their lives in Malawi after a minivan collided with a fuel tanker and burst into flames. The horrifying incident occurred on Wednesday in the central Kasungu district, resulting in the total destruction of the…
KENYAN domestic worker Eulita Jerop is among many who are desperate to leave Lebanon as the threat of an escalating conflict looms large over the country. Employed as a domestic worker on the outskirts of Beirut for the past 14…
Putin RUSSIAN inmates on Friday took staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region during attacks that officials said left four workers hospitalised. The siege comes two months after Islamic State group-tied prisoners took guards hostage in…
REAL Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham is set to miss around a month according to Spanish reports after suffering a calf injury in training on Friday. “Following tests carried out today on Jude Bellingham by Real Madrid’s medical team, the player…
FIVE people, including a child, were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, state-run media said. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said an Israeli drone struck a house in the town of Aita al-Jabal with two guided missiles,…
MANCHESTER City have completed a deal to re-sign Ilkay Gündogan from Barcelona. The German midfielder has signed a one-year contract to return to the club he left for the Catalan giants in 2023. The 33-year-old won 12 major trophies, including…
Xi Jinping of China will attend the 2024 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Hua Chunying, Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of China, who said this in a statement on Wednesday, said the forum would be held in…
THE British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery, has described the model of the Geometric Power in developing the Aba Independent Power Project (IPP) in Abia as impressive. Montgomery gave the commendation after inspecting the facilities at the newly…
A Russian ferry loaded with fuel has been sunk by a Ukrainian attack, the Telegraph reports. According to the report, the vessel was carrying 30 fuel tanks in the Russian port of Kavkaz in southern Krasnodar when the fire broke…
