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The Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Board of Trustees, BoT, led by Adolphus Wabara, in Abuja. DAILY POST reports that the meeting is the third this week. When a similar meeting held on Wednesday, the Turaki-led group said it was open to reconciliation with the camp led by Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike. Turaki also confirmed that talks were showing positive signs of getting to a truce The Abdulrahman Mohamed-led caretaker committee of the PDP, which is backed by Wike, had insisted that…

German prosecutors have charged one of the last surviving alleged militants of the Red Army Faction with attempted murder and a string of violent attacks carried out more than three decades ​ago, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Friday. In charges filed on March 23 at ‌a court in Frankfurt, prosecutors accuse 66-year-old Daniela Klette of attempted murder in two cases, attempted and completed bomb attacks, kidnapping for ransom and aggravated robbery. Klette was arrested in Berlin in February 2024 after more than three decades on ​the run. German authorities were able to make the arrest after a Canadian investigative…

The Akwa Ibom State Government has dismissed as false, misleading, and baseless reports in social media platforms suggesting that Super Eagles players contributed funds for the renovation of the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium and are dissatisfied with alleged delays in renovation works. Fielding questions from newsmen, the State Commissioner for Information, Hon. Aniekan Umanah, alongside his Sports counterpart, Elder Paul Bassey, clarified that the stadium is 100 percent maintained by the Akwa Ibom State Government, and at no time did any Super Eagles player, or any individual, donate money for its upgrade or upkeep. They emphasized that the facility remains…

Britain has told parents to curb young children’s screen time, advising no screens for under-2s and up to an hour a day ​for 2- to 5-year-olds because prolonged solo use can disrupt sleep and ‌displace play and exercise. Governments worldwide have been moving to tighten rules around children’s online use, with countries including France, Denmark and the Netherlands pushing for new age-verification and safety requirements citing concerns about ​mental-health risks, cyberbullying and exposure to harmful content. Indonesia has also imposed tougher restrictions, ​with under-16s set to be barred from using Roblox (RBLX.N), opens new tab from Saturday after ⁠the government designated the platform high-risk. Britain’s advice on the…

U.S. President Donald ​Trump said he would again extend a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of its energy plants, after Tehran earlier rejected a 15-point ‌U.S. proposal to end the fighting. The war has spread across the Middle East, killing thousands of people and hitting the global economy with soaring energy and fertiliser prices that have fuelled inflation fears. The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28 during talks with Tehran about its nuclear programme that had not yet yielded a deal. On Thursday, Trump threatened during a cabinet meeting at the White House…

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as ​prime minister of Nepal on Friday, tasked with restoring political stability and creating jobs in the poor Himalayan nation long ‌troubled by fragile governments and weak growth prospects. Shah, who wore skin-tight trousers, a matching jacket, his signature black Nepali cloth cap and sunglasses at the ceremony, is Nepal’s youngest prime minister in decades and the first Madhesi – people of the southern plains bordering India – to lead the Himalayan nation that is wedged between Asian giants India ​and China. A former mayor of the capital, Kathmandu, Shah, 35, became prime minister after his…

Armed with a smartphone, Anza Zafran Utama, a 9-year-old boy in the Indonesian city of Bogor, is either a dinosaur or a shooter, depending on ​his mood. Zafran and his friends regularly hang out on Roblox (RBLX.N), opens new tab, the U.S. platform where children can build immersive 3-D worlds and communities, but from ‌Saturday under-16s are set to be restricted from using the platform under new government rules, after officials designated it high risk. “I like to joke around with my friends there,” Zafran said of Roblox. His mother, Andina Dwi, said he spends as long as four hours on…

Cuban officials ​have petitioned the Vatican ‌to help persuade the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to ​ease its oil embargo ​in senior-level meetings with Vatican ⁠officials including Pope Leo, the ​Washington Post reported on Friday, ​citing people familiar with the matter. Medias could not immediately verify the report. ​The Vatican press office, ​the White House and the Cuban government ‌did ⁠not immediately respond to a request for comment. Havana and Washington entered talks earlier this ​month as ​an ⁠oil blockade imposed by Trump pushes the Communist-run ​nation deeper into economic crisis. ​Reports ⁠had suggested the Trump administration was seeking to remove…

Zhang Chengzhong was ​named party chief ‌of China’s Ministry of ​Emergency Management ​on Friday, the ministry ⁠said in ​a statement issued ​on its website. The former minister of ​emergency management, ​Wang Xiangxi, had been ‌placed ⁠under investigation for suspected “serious violations of discipline ​and ​law,” ⁠and was removed ​from the ​post ⁠of minister in February.