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The grief of Mrs Favour Ayuba has taken a form that has gripped Nigeria. Days after suspected gunmen killed her son, Promise Gideon Ayuba, in the Palm Sunday terror attack that tore through the Angwan Rukuba area of Jos North Local Government Area, the bereaved mother stood over his coffin, drew a cutlass wrapped…
A brief airport stopover by President Bola Tinubu in Jos has handed Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, a fresh political opening to revisit one of the administration’s most consequential campaign promises and to argue, pointedly, that the president has failed on his own terms. In a post on his verified X account…
The Labour Party has formally notified the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its schedule for elective congresses and its National Convention in 2026. This move follows an earlier postponement intended to allow for a broader membership drive. The party aims to fill leadership positions from the ward level up to the national executive. This…
Governor Caleb Mutfwang has promised that the perpetrators of the recent deadly assault on Jos will be hunted down and brought to justice. Speaking on Friday, the governor described the attack as a disturbing shift in violence, moving from remote rural fringes into the heart of the state capital. The killers reportedly used deception to…
Werder Bremen manager Daniel Thioune is preparing to move Felix Agu into a more offensive position for the upcoming clash against RB Leipzig. The 26-year-old, traditionally a full-back, has impressed the coaching staff during training with his finishing and involvement in attacking sequences. Thioune confirmed that the tactical shift is a calculated attempt to exploit…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised its members in the north to defend themselves against persistent attacks. This follows a Palm Sunday raid in Jos North, Plateau State, where gunmen killed over 20 people. Joseph Hayab, the chairman of CAN for the 19 northern states, warned that Christians must stop being “chased like…
A late-night earthquake has claimed the lives of eight family members in Kabul province. The 5.8-magnitude tremor struck on Friday evening, originating from an epicentre in the mountainous Badakhshan province. A two-year-old boy was the sole survivor of the household in the Gosfand Dara area. He sustained injuries when the family home collapsed during the…
A fresh wave of communal violence in Nasarawa State has left 11 people dead and more than 50 homes in ashes. Suspected hoodlums attacked the Akyawa and Udege Kasa communities on Friday morning. The raid appears to be a reprisal for the earlier killing of two individuals. Police reports indicate that the attackers moved swiftly,…
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has fired back at Washington with some of his sharpest language yet, describing United States sanctions against his country’s military as an affront to Rwandan sovereignty and accusing the Americans of applying pressure unevenly in a conflict that has destabilised the Great Lakes region for years. Speaking in an interview…
For the first time in living memory, thousands of Catholics in Dubai will observe Good Friday without physically setting foot in church, as two of the emirate’s major parishes shut their doors indefinitely amid escalating missile and drone strikes tied to the broader Middle East war. The closures took effect on Friday, April 3,…
