Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men’s marathon world record in Chicago as he beat compatriot Eliud Kipchoge’s previous mark by more than 30 seconds. The 23-year-old finished in a time of two hours 35 seconds. “I feel so happy. A world record was not in my mind today,” he said after beating Kipchoge’s time of…
Oil prices have jumped on concerns that the situation in Israel and Gaza could disrupt output from the Middle East. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed by $2.25 a barrel to $86.83, while US prices also rose. Israel and Palestinian territories are not oil producers but the Middle Eastern region accounts for almost a third…
The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition. It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an “unprecedented and appalling assault”. A US National Security spokesperson said several US citizens were among the dead….
Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has regained freedom after two years of trial by the Beninese government. Igbohio who confirmed his release in a statement he read on his Instagram handle titled, “My Release in Benin Republic”, praised former president Olusegun Obasanjo; nobel laureate Wole Soyinka; Professor Banji Akintoye; Ayo Adebanjo…
Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, who is a popular Yoruba Nation activist, has regained freedom after two years of trial by the Beninese government. Igboho has now been released from protective custody in the neighbouring Republic of Benin, Tribune Online reports. According to the Yoruba Nation leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye, Sunday Igboho’s release came…
More than 73,000 are sheltering in schools, OCHA said, some of which have been designated emergency shelters. More than 123,000 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the conflict between Palestinian militants and Israel, the United Nations said on Monday. “Over 123,538 people, have been internally displaced in Gaza, mostly…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 67-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Clement Chukwuemeka, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The suspect was found to have ingested 100 wraps of cocaine. According to statements from the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, Chukwuemeka confessed to engaging in drug trafficking to accumulate…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has ordered the demolition of a property next door to the Abuja residence of the Chief of Staff to the President and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The property, which is owned by an entity known as Shrodder Nigeria Limited, is…
Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has described the award of Doctoral Degree in Media Arts to the Authority’s Head of Corporate Communications, Martins Odeh by the University of Abuja as well deserving. This was disclosed in a statement signed by NEPZA Managing Director, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba,…
Countries around the world have condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks by land, sea and air that Israel’s army says left more than 600 dead. Israeli jets carried out “intense” airstrikes on targets in Gaza Sunday afternoon, shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that the security cabinet had voted Saturday evening to put…
