On August 24, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood outside the Etzel Museum on Tel Aviv’s seafront after the wreck of the Altalena was discovered. The ship, which belonged to the right-wing Zionist paramilitary organisation Etzel, was shelled by the newly formed Israeli military in 1948.…
More than 1,300 people, including more than 700 foreign nationals, are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region after a huge collapse of mud and rock into a Himalayan river triggered catastrophic flooding across local towns and valleys, authorities have said. Nepalese police and tourism offici…
The owners of the National Football League (NFL) in the United States have unanimously approved the sale of the Seattle Seahawks for a league-record price of $9.6bn to a group led by the Khosla family. The sales agreement was announced on July 11 and awaited approval at a special meeting of the own…
OpenAI detected its artificial intelligence models communicating with each other and gaining internet access without authorisation months before they hacked the start-up Hugging Face, the creator of ChatGPT has announced following an internal probe. In a report released on Wednesday, OpenAI said it…
Farah, Mohammed and Jawad are getting ready for the new school year in Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank. The children, aged 17, 8, and 7 respectively, attend Shaab al-Butum school in a village with the same name. But the building they’ll return to will be missing two administrative …
No fewer than 19 oil licences in Nigeria’s upstream sector have stated expiry dates falling within 2026, according to the Nigerian Upstream Concession Situation Report of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The report, released in August 2026, covers petroleum exploration and pro…
Amnesty International and Yiaga Africa have condemned the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Samuel Shekwolo, over alleged threats to eject residents who refuse to join or vote for the All Progressives Congress in 2027. Amnesty, in a post on X, described the alleged threat as…
Former Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has called for reforms and policies that would place citizens at the centre of governance. The former Vice President spoke during a panel session at the ongoing 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Port Harcourt, Rivers S…
The All Progressives Congress has announced the re-opening of its electronic membership registration exercise nationwide, beginning August 31, 2026, as the ruling party intensifies preparations for the 2027 general elections. The party said the exercise would take place across all wards in the coun…
Veteran dramatist and academic, Prof Peter Fatomilola, turned the centenary celebration of the Yoruba Tennis Club, Onikan, Lagos, into a cultural lesson on destiny, identity and the preservation of indigenous knowledge, drawing extensively from Yoruba Ifa philosophy to challenge members to remain c…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association for inviting former Liberian President, George Weah, to address lawyers at its 66th Annual General Conference, held at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Falana urged …
The Federal Government has announced that another batch of 65 Nigerians is scheduled to arrive in Nigeria from South Africa on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. This was disclosed in a notice on Tuesday by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa. The ministry said the return…
Nigerian Muslims have been urged to imbibe the good teachings of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) as they celebrate his birthday. The charge was given by President Bola Tinubu, governors, the Christian Association of Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party and others in their goodwill messages to mark the occa…
Nigeria have been drawn against Ghana in the second round of the 2026 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers following the draw in Egypt on Tuesday. The two West African rivals will battle for a place at the continental tournament, with the first leg scheduled to take place between October 9…
Nigeria Premier Football League champions Rangers International have picked the MKO Abiola Sports Arena in Abeokuta as their temporary home ground and will begin their title defence at the venue against Katsina United on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The decision is understood to be due to on…
Nigeria’s Olympic Eagles will face either Mauritania or the Democratic Republic of Congo in the second round of the 2027 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after receiving a bye into the stage, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The draw was held in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, with Nigeria among 14 natio…
The Local Organising Committee of the maiden National Intermediate Games has promised to set a new standard for sports competitions in Nigeria as Lagos prepares to welcome young athletes from across the country from October 1 to 15, The PUNCH reports. Lagos was awarded the hosting rights for the in…
Former Nigeria Football Federation General Secretary, Fanny Amun, has explained that he resigned as chairman of the federation’s fact-finding committee shortly after submitting its report in order to protect the integrity and independence of its findings, The PUNCH reports. Speaking at a press conf…
The Internally Generated Revenue of Nigerian states rose by 34 per cent to N2.43tn in the first half of 2026, up from N1.815tn recorded in the comparable period of 2024, as sub-national governments gained access to more funds despite worsening economic pressures on households. Findings by The PUNCH…
The National Boundary Commission, a major partner of the Association of Borderlands Research Network 2026 International Conference, has advocated stronger collaboration among governments, academia, border communities and development partners to address emerging challenges confronting Africa’s borde…
