Israel’s military launched airstrikes across Lebanon on Monday, unleashing explosions throughout the country and killing at least 31 while Israeli leaders appeared to be closing in on a negotiated ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group.Israeli strikes hit commercial and residential buildings in Beirut as well as in the port city of Tyre. Military officials said they targeted areas known as Hezbollah strongholds. They issued evacuation orders for Beirut’s southern suburbs, and strikes landed across the city, including meters from a Lebanese police base and the city’s largest public park.The barrage came as officials indicated they were nearing agreement on a ceasefire, while Israeli Prime...
Fire Engulfs Ajegunle Market In Lagos, Destroys Properties Worth Millions Of Naira
No fewer than 11 shops were destroyed in a fire that engulfed Alayabiagba Market at Boundary, Ajegunle area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the fire started from a gas retailer’s shop where gas cylinders of various sizes were stored, as a result of gas leakage from one of the cylinders before spreading to other shops. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement on Tuesday, said properties worth millions of naira were lost to the inferno. “In response to distress calls calls via the 767/112 Toll Free...
GOOGLE AND META ASK FOR AUSTRALIA FOR MORE TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR CHILDREN
Google and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms urged the Australian government on Tuesday to delay a bill that will ban most forms of social media for children under 16, saying more time is needed to assess its potential impact.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s center-left government wants to pass the bill, which represents some of the toughest controls on children’s social media use imposed by any country, into law by the end of the parliamentary year on Thursday.The bill was introduced in Parliament last week and opened for submissions of opinions for only one day.Google and Meta said in their submissions that the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial...
LAGOS STATE SUSPEND AIDE FOR OVER CONTROVERSIAL POST
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended his senior special assistant on print media, Wale Ajetunmobi, for his controversial post on his personal X handle suggesting some arsonists were “hunted and executed” by the government.The governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gbenga Akosile, announced the suspension in a brief statement on Tuesday.Mr. Ajetunmobi’s suspension comes on the heels of the misrepresentation of facts on his personal “X” account on a past incident. The announced suspension follows a recent report by PREMIUM TIMES on Mr Ajetunmobi’s X post where he stated that the majority of the arsonists who burnt down Television Continental, TVC,...
Maj. GU Bukar, A-D-C to late COAS, Lt-General TA LAGBAJA Epitaph’s Statement
TO MY PRINCIPAL!!! Sir, I do not know where to start from, because all my thoughts are that I would in the future be writing your biography, and not epitaph. I first met you 10 years ago, on 1st of December 2014, as my Commanding Officer in 72 Special Forces Battalion. It was then that you started instilling in me the warrior ethos and leadership spirit which eventually prepared me for my sojourn in the NE operation. I consider myself lucky – and privileged – to have worked with you closely from 2019, and tapped from your sterling virtues of...
Ivan Toney’s Brace Seals Al Ahli’s Spot in AFC Champions League Round of 16
Al Ahli secured their place in the AFC Champions League round of 16 following a 2-1 victory over Al Ain, thanks to a brilliant second-half from Ivan Toney. The first half ended goalless, but head coach Matthias Jaissle’s decision to introduce Toney in the 65th minute proved worthy. The former Brentford striker broke the deadlock with a superb header, capitalizing on Riyad Mahrez’s pinpoint delivery from a free kick. Just four minutes later, the duo combined again, with Toney finishing off another assist from Mahrez to double Al Ahli’s lead. Although Alejandro Romero pulled one back for Al Ain in...