Author: Prima News

Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN). One of the humbling moments of my life in my journey of a privileged relationship with Victor is when he introduces me to people — especially when he was a senator. He would tell them: “Sam and I have come a long way. In fact, I have known him all my working life.“ I have told him repeatedly to translate that into cash and bridge the gap between us. That was in the mid-80s. I was a cub-reporter — an intern at the Nigerian Chronicle in Calabar. That day, I was assigned to cover proceedings at the…

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged….” – Matthew 7:1-2 (NKJV) In the first six months of 1986, Nigeria’s Supreme Court delivered two judgments with far reaching consequences for the lives and careers of two senior judges of the High Court. If the facts were to recur today, forty years later, neither of these cases would come to trial. This fact says a lot about how the standards of judicial conduct and ethics as well as accountability for both have evolved – for worse – over the intervening period. Donald…

News » Premier League news » Liverpool newsMarch 7, 2026 21:09 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Thuram to Liverpool? Liverpool are reportedly keen on landing Juventus midfielder Khephren Thuram ahead of Manchester United this summer. The Merseyside giants are expected to bolster their midfield department this summer with the possibility of multiple departures.Wataru Endo is widely fancied to head for the exit door, while Curtis Jones could likewise pursue a new challenge away from the Reds.Amidst this, Tuttosport claim that the Anfield heavyweights are weighing up a move for Thuram and could compete with the Red Devils.Thuram signed for the Bianconeri for just 20…

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten on Sunday arrived in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in what is only his second foreign visit since taking office late last month. The visit was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who posted a picture of the two laying flowers at the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine. “We thank each and every one. We remember and honor the feat of our heroes – all those who stood up to defend Ukraine and gave their lives in this fight for independence,” Zelenskyy wrote alongside the picture on US social media company X. Meanwhile, the…

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a veteran Vatican diplomat as the Holy See’s new ambassador to the US, a post considered one of the Vatican’s most significant diplomatic assignments, media reports said on Saturday. Italian Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, 68, currently serving as the Holy See’s ambassador to the UN in New York, will replace French-born Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who is retiring at age 80 as apostolic nuncio in Washington, according to CBS News. The appointment comes as relations between the Vatican and Washington face strains over issues including the Trump administration’s war in Iran and its aggressive immigration crackdown. Caccia…

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Saturday that Prime Minister Keir Starmer was right to resist pressure from US President Donald Trump to join strikes on Iran. “Keir Starmer is right to resist pressure from US President Donald Trump to join strikes on Iran,” Khan said in a statement posted on social media. Khan described the conflict as a “war of choice” that risks causing “needless killing and suffering abroad” while also bringing serious economic consequences for the United Kingdom. He said Britain should not take part in US-led military action against Iran, warning the conflict could deepen the cost-of-living pressures…

Thousands of anti-war demonstrators on Saturday marched through central London, calling for an immediate halt to US and Israeli military operations against Iran and an end to arms sales to Israel. According to the Manchester Evening News, the protest drew between 5,000 and 6,000 participants, based on estimates from the Metropolitan Police. The rally began at Millbank near Victoria Tower Gardens at noon and was organized by a coalition of activist groups, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Stop the War Coalition and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Protesters marched toward the US Embassy carrying placards reading “Stop Trump’s Wars”…

Israeli forces expanded their bombardment of Iran overnight, striking fuel ​depots near Tehran, while Bahrain said an Iranian attack had damaged one of its desalination plants, signalling a widening assault on vital infrastructure across the region. As the fighting escalated on day nine of ‌the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran, Tehran moved closer to naming a new supreme leader after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with every indication suggesting his powerful son could take charge. Israel’s military threatened to kill any replacement for Khamenei, while U.S. President Donald Trump said the war might only end once Iran’s military and rulers had been wiped out. BLACK SMOKE…

The Israeli ​military warned it would ‌continue pursuing every successor of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah ​Ali Khamenei, who was ​killed in U.S. and ⁠Israeli strikes on Iran. In ​a post on ​X in Farsi, the Israeli military also warned it would pursue every ​person who seeks ​to appoint a successor for ‌Khamenei, ⁠referring to the clerical body charged with choosing the Islamic Republic’s ​supreme ​leader. The ⁠warning comes as the clerical body ​is set to ​meet ⁠to choose Iran’s next supreme leader.

Just days ago, Hussain Khrais was proudly showing off his newly restored home in south ​Lebanon, fixed up after being badly damaged in 2024 clashes between Israel and Hezbollah. But a new war has since erupted ‌and his home is in the line of fire again. Khrais fled his hometown of Khiyam, about five km (three miles) from the border with Israel, as Israel pounded Lebanon with heavy airstrikes last week in retaliation for Iran-backed group Hezbollah’s rocket and drone fire into Israel. “Is the house I worked so hard to build, or the business I started, ​still there? Or is it…