The European Union on Sunday called for de-escalation and a return to negotiations after the United States joined Israel’s war with Iran by striking Iranian nuclear sites. Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on Iran on June 13. Tehran has responded by firing missiles at Israel and had vowed to ...

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested seven suspects linked to cultism and illegal firearms, as seven guns, ammunition, and weapon repair tools were recovered in a recent crackdown across the state. The suspects were arrested between June 15 and 21, during separate operations carried out in Enugu North, Nkanu ...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted a consignment of cocaine concealed in clothes hangers and sewn into dresses packed in a travellers’ luggage. This was made known in a statement released by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. The illicit substance ...

The windstorms that swept through Gwadabawa and Kware Local Government Areas of Sokoto State on Tuesday have claimed the lives of five residents, injured dozens, and left a trail of widespread destruction across both communities. Officials from the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency and the National Emergency Management Agency, who ...

Nigerians can anticipate a downward reduction in petrol pump prices in the coming weeks, largely due to the increasing impact and strategic operations of the Dangote Refinery. This projection comes from an analyst and Head, Investment Research at Comercio Partners Limited, Ifeayi Ubah, interviewed on ARISE TV on Saturday, highlighting ...

The Kwara State Fire Service on Saturday prevented a major disaster by saving nine units of two-bedroom flats and ten shops from destruction during a fire outbreak in Ganmo, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The affected flats, located at God First Plaza, opposite the Transmission Company of Nigeria, ...

Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of fans in Lagos on Friday evening, as he hosted a meet and greet ahead of the second edition of his foundation’s charity match, scheduled for Sunday at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The event, ...

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has visited the scene of a gunmen attack in Oko Community, near the Federal Polytechnic, Oko in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Recall that some yet-to-identified assailants on Thursday attacked the Oko community, killing no fewer than ...

president Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, June 21, 2025, (today) attend the West Africa Economic Summit at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja. The Economic Summit, which enters its second and final day on Saturday, precedes the 67th Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States, ...

Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from facilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), CNN on Saturday quoted that the Dutch brewer announced on Friday. In March, the company had suspended operations in three eastern cities, citing safety concerns after breweries were damaged and depots raided ...