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JERUSALEM — Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has vowed to implement policies aimed at prompting Palestinians to leave the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Speaking at a Religious Zionism Party event on Tuesday, Smotrich framed the strategy as an essential step toward eliminating what he described as the prospect of an “Arab terror state.”…
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify today in a landmark California trial examining social media addiction. The case confronts whether tech giants engineered platforms to foster compulsive use among minors. Lawyers representing a 20-year-old plaintiff argue that Instagram’s architecture intentionally hooked young users. A Los Angeles jury will determine liability for alleged mental health…
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested two women over alleged child trafficking in Yola. Officers also rescued three teenage girls from what authorities described as an imminent relocation to Abuja. Police spokesman SP Suleiman Nguroje confirmed the operation on Wednesday. He said intelligence officers intercepted the minors at Adamawa Sunshine Motor Park…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has fixed February 18 and 19 for scheduled maintenance at its Zungeru Transmission Substation in Niger State. The company will shut down key equipment daily between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Officials confirmed that engineers will service major transformers and critical switchgear units. The intervention targets a 150MVA 330/132/33kV transformer…
Violence erupted Tuesday at the Ondo State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Akure, leaving several party leaders injured and heightening tensions ahead of crucial ward congresses. Armed men stormed a pre-congress stakeholders’ meeting, assaulting the state chairman and other officials. The disruption occurred barely 24 hours before the party’s scheduled congress across 203…
Gabon has suspended social media platforms nationwide until further notice. The country’s media regulator announced the decision in a televised address on Tuesday. The High Authority for Communication ordered the immediate shutdown of platforms. Spokesman Jean-Claude Mendome blamed online content for escalating social tensions. He argued that defamatory and hateful posts threaten national stability. Furthermore,…
ABUJA — Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has spent his second consecutive night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as investigators intensify a high-stakes probe into his eight-year tenure. El-Rufai, who voluntarily arrived at the commission’s Jabi headquarters on Monday, February 16, 2026, faces a grueling interrogation over…
ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed the Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, as the Renewed Hope Ambassador and Deputy Director-General for party outreach, engagement, and mobilisation. The appointment, which takes immediate effect, marks a significant recalibration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) internal machinery ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a…
SOKOTO — In a historic convergence not witnessed in several decades, Nigeria’s two dominant faiths have entered a synchronized season of penitence and prayer. The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, officially confirmed the sighting of the Ramadan crescent on Tuesday evening. Consequently, the…
ABUJA — The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday officially passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026, marking a decisive yet contentious milestone in the lead-up to the next general elections. The passage followed a turbulent session characterized by sharp partisan divisions over the technicalities of result transmission. At the heart of the friction…
