David Lammy has attacked Kemi Badenoch over “cheerleading” for Israel after it denied entry to two Labour MPs. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were deported on Saturday, after the Israeli immigration ministry said they planned to spread “anti-Israel hatred.” The decision was labelled “unacceptable” by Mr Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, who said he had raised it with his Israeli counterparts. But Mrs Badenoch defended Israel’s right to deny the MPs entry in an interview on Sunday and said that she had not been surprised. The Conservative leader told Sky’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips: “I think that every country should…
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South Korea discovered and seized two tons of cocaine hidden aboard a Norwegian-flagged vessel, authorities told AFP on Sunday, marking the country’s largest drug bust to date. The Korea Coast Guard said they had found two tons of what they suspect to be pure cocaine on a Norwegian-flagged ship which had departed from Mexico and made stops in Ecuador, Panama and China. The operation was launched after South Korean authorities received intelligence from U.S. agencies — the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) — that the vessel was carrying hidden narcotics. The Korea Coast Guard and Korea Customs Service coordinated…
Bob McManus, the wry and eminently fair voice of the New York Post for over a decade, died Saturday at NYU Langone Hospital. He was 81. McManus was a Postie for 29 years — the last 12 as the influential editorial page editor, where government waste, public and private corruption, and hypocrisy in all its forms felt the “pain of his withering gaze,” as the paper noted when he retired in 2013. “He was a journalist’s journalist,” said former Post state editor Fredric U. Dicker. McManus died three days short of his 82nd birthday of complications from bile duct cancer,…
President Donald Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, several people familiar with the meeting confirmed to CBS News on Saturday. The leaders are expected to focus on the latest Israeli military operations in Gaza and new U.S. tariffs announced by Trump against Israel and other countries. Netanyahu’s office later confirmed in a statement that he had received an invitation from Trump and will fly to the U.S. Sunday, saying the two leaders will also discuss “Israeli-Turkish relations, the Iranian threat, and the fight at the International Criminal Court.” “The Prime Minister…
…Over nation’s failure to accept repatriated citizens The Trump administration is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over the African nation’s failure to accept repatriated citizens. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the announcement Sunday, calling the action part of the administration’s efforts to ramp up immigration enforcement. The U.S. said on Sunday it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders. AFP via Getty Images “Effective immediately, the United States Department of State is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent entry into…
An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps and 24 others were killed in two separate accidents that occurred in Ogun State on Saturday. Also, eight other persons sustained multiple injuries in the accidents. According to a Punch report, the first multiple crash involving a Mack truck marked SEY 363 YY, a tanker with registration number T2900LA and a bus marked LSD 180 YA at about 7am on Saturday around NIPCO filling station axis of Lagos-Ibadan expressway claimed seven lives while four people were injured. Florence Okpe, the Spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector of the FRSC, disclosed this in…
The Nigeria Police Force has invited the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, for questioning following the fatal stabbing of a palace guard during the recent Eid celebrations in Kano State. According to a police invitation letter signed by Commissioner of Police Olajide Ibitoye, the monarch is expected to appear before the Force Intelligence Department (FID) in Abuja by 10:00 am on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The tragic incident, which occurred on March 30 at the Kofar Mata Eid Ground, shocked residents of the ancient city after a vigilante attached to the Emir’s security detail was stabbed to death…
Seven people have tragically lost their lives, and four others have sustained injuries following a horrific accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. An articulated truck, reportedly traveling at excessive speed, lost control and collided with two other vehicles, resulting in multiple fatalities. The incident, confirmed by Florence Okupe, the Route Commander and Chief Public Education Officer of Ogun State’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), involved a total of 15 passengers, including 13 male adults and two females. Among the 15, four individuals were injured—three male adults and one female—while seven others perished, including six males and one female. According to FRSC…
Benue State Police Command has successfully rescued 14 victims who were abducted from a Benue Links bus traveling from Makurdi to Otukpo on April 3. The armed kidnappers attacked the bus in the Otukpo Burnt Bricks area, leaving the driver and one passenger dead. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene, the kidnappers shot the driver and one passenger, before whisking away the remaining 14 passengers to an undisclosed location. The injured were rushed to the hospital but were confirmed dead upon arrival. In a joint effort with the State Civil Protection Guard, the police quickly initiated…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a restraining order barring all parties involved in the ongoing legal tussle between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senate President Godswill Akpabio from speaking to the press or streaming court proceedings on social media. Justice Binta Nyako, who is now presiding over the matter, gave the order on Friday following a complaint raised by Kehinde Ogunwumiju, counsel to Akpabio, alleging that Akpoti-Uduaghan had been engaging with television stations to discuss the details of the ongoing suit. In a brief but firm ruling, Justice Nyako directed that both parties and their legal representatives must…
