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  Russia struck several regions of Ukraine overnight, officials said Saturday, reporting one person killed in Dnipro, while Moscow said two people died after a Ukrainian drone attack in the Rostov region.   Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said one person was killed in a high-rise apartment complex.   Across the ...

  The President of the Republic of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, on Friday paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, at his hometown in Daura, Katsina State.   Barrow, who arrived in Katsina for the visit, was received by the Secretary to ...

  President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, hosted members of the 1999 class of governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.   The former governors were led to the State House by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori.   Details of the meeting were not disclosed as of the ...

    France defended its decision to recognise Palestinian statehood amid domestic and international criticism on Friday, including against the charge that the move plays into the hands of militant group Hamas.   President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that his country would formally recognise a Palestinian state during a UN ...

    The Mediation Training Institute has called on Nigerians to make mediation a daily practice to resolve disputes peacefully and build stronger relationships at all levels of society.   In a statement to mark the International Day of Mediation on Thursday, the MTI President, Segun Ogunyannwo, said mediation should ...

  Thousands of UK doctors launched a five-day strike early Friday after talks with the Labour government for a new pay increase failed to reach a deal.   Doctors were out on picket lines outside hospitals after negotiations with the government went down the wire late Thursday, without reaching an ...

  Lawmakers and population experts on Tuesday called for the urgent conduct of a credible population and housing census, warning that the continued delay undermines national development and the future of millions of young Nigerians.   Speaking at the 2025 World Population Day event held in Abuja, the Chairman of ...

  Oyo State Emergency Management Agency, on Tuesday, alerted people living in flood-prone communities in the state to start preparing for heavy rain and its attendant flooding.   This was contained in a statement released by the Administrative Secretary of SEMA, Ojuolape Busari, in Ibadan, the state capital.   She ...

  Asian markets were mixed Tuesday as traders kept an eye on earnings from Wall Street titans this week while tracking US trade talks just over a week before the deadline for a deal.   Japanese stocks edged up and the yen held gains after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said ...

  I didn’t hate Buhari, Ortom defends stance on Benue insecurity   Olugbenga Ige   A former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has dismissed claims that he hated the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari over his government’s handling of the security in the North Central state.   The chieftain of ...