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Police warn against jungle justice

The Police Command in Lagos State has warned residents against jungle justice, saying mob action could amount to murder or manslaughter. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, gave the warning in a video announcement made available to newsmen on Tuesday. The warning followed the killing of a man by a mob on Lagos ...

War expands as Iran-backed Houthis attack Saudi cities, U.S. strikes Iranian tankers

Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in the south of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major expansion of the six-month-old Middle East war. Meanwhile, U.S. forces struck multiple Iranian tankers tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in ...

Iran to continue resistance until making “aggressors” regretful -President

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the country would continue its resistance with strength until the “aggressors” are brought to complete regret. Pazeshkian said this in a post on social media platform X, while highlighting Iran’s opposition to war. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always been opposed to war and considered the preservation ...

ACCI proposes national policy on productive land use

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has proposed a national policy on productive land use to boost food production, employment and economic growth. Dr Olasetemi Thompson, Vice President, Agriculture, ACCI, made the proposal in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in Abuja. He proposed “Operation No Idle Land”, a national ...