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  The Australian state of Queensland has banned the testing of drugs for recreational use, sparking warnings from health providers on Friday that the move could put lives at risk. Queensland ranks third-highest in Australia for drug use, the latest government data show, with around one in five people in the state reporting they had […]

  The leaders of Canada and Mexico on Thursday defended their three-way free-trade deal with the United States, while agreeing to try and make it “fairer” in the face of tariff pressure from President Donald Trump. After talks in Mexico with President Claudia Sheinbaum, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the pair were “committed” to […]

  A shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Indonesia’s Central Papua province on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, with no initial reports of casualties. The USGS said the earthquake’s epicentre was located 28 kilometres (17 miles) south of the town of Nabire in the Central Papua province, which is on the Indonesian half of […]

  President Donald Trump, who recently accused Xi Jinping of working to “conspire” against the United States, hopes to finalize the fate of video-sharing app TikTok and make progress on trade talks in a phone call with the Chinese leader on Friday. “I’m speaking with President Xi, as you know, on Friday, having to do […]

  A crowd of supporters has converged at the VIP wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State, awaiting the arrival of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Sources confirmed to Channels Television on Friday that the governor, who is said to have been away from the state, would arrive soon. Following a political crisis involving Fubara, […]

  US President Donald Trump declined to approve $400 million in military aid to Taiwan in recent months while negotiating on trade and a potential summit with Beijing, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The decision would mark a sharp departure from US policy toward the democratic island, which faces a constant threat of invasion by […]

By James Ogunnaike The families of Adeberu, Olufadi and Ayora/Tunwase of Fusengbuwa Ruling House, Ile Nla, Agunsebi, Ijebu Ode have dragged the Ogun State Government, former National president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, Abdulateef Owoyemi; founder of Eye Foundation Hospital, Dr. Kunle Hassan, and two others, before an Ogun State High […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Victor Ahiuma-Young and Johnbosco Agbakwuru Following the devastating inferno that gutted Afriland Towers, a six-storey commercial building on Broad Street, Lagos Island on Tuesday, six additional victims were confirmed dead yesterday, after the initial four persons on the fateful day. Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Speaker, Lagos State […]

By James Ogunnaike The Ogun State Government has sealed five Chinese companies and arrested some of their officials for assaulting and inflicting bodily harm on law enforcement officers and state officials while they were performing their lawful duties. The companies, located in the Ogere axis of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, include DL Plastics Limited, Dyschenghan Plastics, […]

By Adeola Badru The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a middle-aged Islamic cleric, identified as Alfa Basiru, found in possession of items suspected to be human flesh at the Ibadan Toll Gate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. In a related development, the Command’s Stop and Search team also recovered an abandoned […]

By Ike Uchechukwu The Cross River State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Morrison Ogbonna, was in early hours of yesterday found dead in his hotel room in Calabar. Vanguard gathered that the commander was found dead by his officers, who had come to pick him up for a scheduled assignment. An […]