Author: Vincent Osuwo

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran will “pay a heavy price” after an Iranian missile attack on a hospital in southern Israel on Thursday, while his defence minister said Iran’s supreme commander would be “held accountable”. “This morning, Iran’s terrorist dictators fired missiles at Soroka Hospital… and at civilians in the centre of the country. We will make the tyrants in Tehran pay a heavy price,” Netanyahu said in a post on X. Following an early morning assault of “dozens” of Iranian ballistic missiles, the Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, in southern Israel, was set on fire, with effects also recorded…

Russia’s foreign ministry advised the United States on Thursday not to take military action against Iran, amid rumours that Washington will join Israel in the war. Moscow issued the warning following a phone chat between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in which they criticised Israeli attacks on Iran and called for a diplomatic settlement. Israel launched waves of strikes at Iran last week, to which Tehran responded with missile and drone attacks. US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he was considering whether to join Israel’s strikes. “I may do it; I may not do…

Ghanaian investors and community members stormed the Nigerian High Commission in Abuja on Wednesday, demanding redress for what they described as “systematic harassment, intimidation, and violation of our fundamental rights” by the Nigeria Police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. “Our businesses are being hounded at every turn,” one of the lead developers of the River Park Estate project in Abuja, Kojo Mensah, said. The Ghanaians claimed that their fundamental rights were being violated, alleging arbitrary arrests, repeated police invitations, and intimidation by both the police and the EFCC. “We’ve been arrested arbitrarily, summoned without cause, and subjected to…

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has arrived at Abuja’s Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, to face charges of defamation. Natasha entered the courtroom at 10:30 a.m., ahead of the session’s scheduled start time of 11:00 a.m., and waited for the presiding judge. The Federal Government’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Mohammed Abubakar, filed the accusation against Natasha on its behalf. The Federal Government charges Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, the single defendant, with uttering defamatory statements about Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a live television broadcast. The charge names Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor…

No fewer than 30 people have been injured after Iranian missiles targeted a hospital in Beersheba, southern Israel. An Iranian strike in the early hours of Thursday hit Israel’s Soroka Hospital, officials confirm. At the time of filing this report, medical staff are still working at the site, as Israel’s emergency services say more than 30 people have been injured. The main target of this morning’s missile strike was a military site next to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, not the hospital itself, Iranian state media says. According to the IRNA news agency, the attack was targeted at an Israel Defence…

A United States court has sentenced five Nigerian fraudsters to over 159 years in prison for scamming over 100 Americans, businesses, and government entities out of $17 million. This was said in a statement posted on the US Department of Justice website on Wednesday and signed by Ray Combs, the acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. According to the statement, the defendants, Damilola Kumapayi, Sandra Iribhogbe, Edgal Iribhogbe, Chidindu Okeke, and Chiagoziem Okeke, were members of a transnational organised crime ring. The attorney emphasised that the defendants launched the scam in 2017 and targeted elderly and vulnerable…

President Bola Tinubu is expected to visit Kaduna State on Thursday (today) to inaugurate numerous significant development projects carried out by Gov. Uba Sani’s government. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the visit is part of Sani’s two-year anniversary celebrations. The 300-bed Specialist Hospital in Millennium City, Kaduna, established by the state government to improve healthcare services, is among the projects set to be inaugurated. Tinubu will also launch the Rigachikun Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development, road improvements in Soba and Samaru Kataf Local Government Areas, and the 24-kilometre Kafanchan Township Road. Others include the Tudun Biri…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Benue State governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, to allocate lands for ranching in the state. Tinubu gave the directive while addressing the governor during a town hall meeting organised in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, on Wednesday. According to the president, the allocation of lands for ranching will help abate the incessant attacks by suspected herders on unsuspecting villagers. The president made the call after no fewer than 200 people were killed by suspected herders in Yelewata, a village in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The president also directed the Benue…

President Bola Tinubu has stated that a cross-section of Nigerians are displeased with the All Progressives Congress’ administration. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Benue State, the president spoke on the love lost some Nigerians have for him, saying they hate him like “hell”. The president made the remark while addressing the Benue State governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, over the killings in the state which, according to the president, are perpetrated by his (Alia’s) political enemies. “Governor Alia, you were elected under the progressive banner to ensure peace, stability, and progress. You are not elected to bury people…

President Bola Tinubu formed a committee on Wednesday to help restore long-term peace in Benue State following last Friday’s tragedy in the Yelewata hamlet in Guma Local Government Area, which killed over 200 people. The President’s peace committee includes former Military Governor of Benue State, Gen Atom Kpera (retd.), Senator George Akume, Senator Gabriel Suswam, and Samuel Ortom, all of whom are previous Benue governors. HRM Prof. James Ayatse, the Paramount Ruler of Tiv Nation and Chairman of the Benue State Traditional Council, and HRM Dr. John Elaigwu, the Paramount Ruler of Idomaland, the Ochidoma, are also members of the…