Hopes for a brief ceasefire in southern Gaza to allow foreign passport holders to leave the besieged Palestinian enclave and aid to be brought in were dashed on Monday, with Israeli bombardments intensifying ahead of an expected ground invasion.

The Lagos State Government on Monday issued a seven-day ‘Vacation Order’ to motorists and commercial bus drivers operating on top of bridges across the state.

The Unwind Fest, a new 3-day festival connecting Africa’s brightest minds in tech and creativity, is set to debut on November 3-5, 2023 at various locations across Lagos, Nigeria.   

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, says it is against the federal character principle for the chairmen of the two anti-graft federal agencies in Nigeria to come from the same geopolitical zone.

The next book on the line for discussion at CORA’s periodic BookTrek is ‘No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: The Contentious Search for Peace in The Niger Delta.

Human Rights Watch has urged United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to press Chinese President Xi Jinping to end Chinese authorities’ crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other serious rights abuses in China during his upcoming visit.