As political killings shock Mozambicans, international actors from the US, UK, Australia, and Human Rights Watch call for accountability and urge peaceful resolution post-elections. In the wake of Mozambique’s October 2024 elections, the political landscape has been marred by violence, including the tragic killings of lawyer Elvino Dias and Podemos party official Paulo Guambe. These…
Israel launched “precise strikes on military targets in Iran” in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strikes were in response to “months of continuous attacks” from Iran and its proxies in the region. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Iran, on 1 October, launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. That…
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja with agency report Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, larger than any other in Africa or Europe, has shipped its first seaborne petrol cargo as a vital fuel-producing unit continues to ramp up, Bloomberg reported yesterday. Spokespeople for Dangote didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.Once fully operational, the 650,000-barrel-a-day plant will transform…
Chuks Okocha in Abuja After nine years of losing the 2015 election to former President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, recounted what he went through after the process, saying it was a tough moment in his political life.The ex-president admitted that he was emotional when he learned about the result, adding that it…
The Police in Enugu, over the weekend, arrested and detained one of its officers in connection with the murder of popular traditional Ogene. The Enugu State Police Command has announced the arrest and detention of a Police Inspector serving in the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad of the Command for alleged murder of a male traditional Ogene…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on her election as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. President Tinubu on Saturday also expressed confidence that Botchwey’s leadership experience will bring renewed energy to the Commonwealth’s efforts to advance meaningful economic and political partnerships that drive …
A Senior Secondary school female student identified as Amarachi Chibueze has reportedly bitten off the tongue of another student in a federal government-owned school in Umuahia. The incident was alleged to have happened on Friday while the two students were quarrelling because of food in the school. It was gathered that the attacker grabbed her…
The United States has sent a medically equipped aircraft to evacuate the embattled Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan from Nigeria. Tigran Gambaryan was evacuated after the Nigerian government on Wednesday dropped money laundering charges earlier brought against him. The US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan revealed that Gambaryan’s release was a result of “less…
These two words, nation and country are often used interchangeably, according to the dictionary, they are not really synonyms semantically speaking. Google has this to say about the two, “A nation is a large group of people with similar characteristics and culture. A country is a geographic region that has boundaries and borders. The important…
JUST IN: Dangote Refinery asks Court to void import licenses of NNPCL, Matrix, and four others in N100 billion case Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to void import licenses issued to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC), Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, A. A. Rano Limited,…
