EUROPE A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul on Wednesday. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X that the multiple aftershocks forced thousands out onto the streets in panic across Turkey’s largest city. More than 150 people were injured in the initial shock and its aftermath. He added that there were no…
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, the immediate past Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and all members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State have defected to the All Progressives Congress. Senator James Manager who made the announcement shortly after a meeting at the Government House, Asaba stated that all PDP members in the State have agreed…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commenced a closed-door meeting with Senior Security Chiefs amid escalating violence in Plateau, Benue, and Borno States. The meeting, currently underway at the President’s official residence in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, began shortly after 3:00 p.m. The meeting follows the President’s return to Abuja late Monday after an 18-day…
The National Spcurity Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, visited Benue State to commiserate with the Government and people following a renewed wave of violence that has claimed over 70 lives. Speaking in Makurdi during a stakeholders’ meeting, Ribadu assured Governor Hyacinth Alia and the people of Benue that the federal government would not abandon them in…
. Pope Francis’s body has been moved from his residence in the Vatican to lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica. Mourners are now filing past the coffin, which will stay in front of the Papal Altar during the three days of public mourning. Camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who’ll be running the Vatican until Francis’s…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has ordered an immediate investigation into allegations of extortion involving officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the spokesman to the Minister of Interior, Babatunde Alao. He said the officers, according to a viral post, allegedly extorted…
Pope Francis’s open coffin began its procession to Saint Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, accompanied by dozens of red-robed cardinals and Swiss Guards. Eight Swiss Guards carrying staffs walked beside the open wooden coffin as it passed through St Peter’s Square, which was filled with tens of thousands of onlookers,. Pallbearers, next to Swiss Guards, carry…
India’s army has killed two gunmen in Kashmir close to the contested frontier with Pakistan, a day after attackers massacred at least 26 people in separate violence. The Army’s Chinar Corps reported Wednesday a “heavy exchange of fire” with gunmen they said were part of an “infiltration bid” at Baramulla, saying it had seized…
