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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed confidence that a ceasefire deal to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza was close, citing positive updates from his special envoy, Steve Witkoff....

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as “Mama Boko Haram,” along with Tahiru Saidu Daura and...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has departed for Niger State to visit frontline troops and assess the security situation following a recent intense clash with...

In the ongoing money laundering trial of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, a second prosecution witness, Segun Adeleke, told the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Wednesday that...

Former Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Ajiyia Isa, has refuted media reports claiming he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes...

The Senate has approved the Rivers State 2025 Appropriation Bill, pegged at ₦1.48 trillion, following the presentation of a report by the Senate Ad hoc Committee on the Oversight of Emergency...

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has praised Iran for what it described as a “glorious divine victory” over Israel, following the end of a 12-day conflict that saw extensive military exchanges...

The Senate has called on the Federal Government to immediately deploy more military personnel to Yelewata and other affected communities in Benue State, following the gruesome killing of approximately 200...

Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has raised concerns over the diminishing influence of the National Assembly, lamenting that it now functions more as a rubber-stamp institution than a true...

Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, on Wednesday officially designated Iran’s central bank a “terror organisation,” intensifying pressure on Tehran just a day after a fragile ceasefire took effect between the...