A six-meter-tall Evangelion Unit 01 statue is unveiled at the Hamamatsu city hall in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday. It is part of a local government tourism campaign through next February in the hope of cashing in on the city’s connection to the popular anime film. The purple giant humanoid robot from the film “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0…
The Senate and House of Representatives have postponed the resumption of plenary sessions to 6 May. The two chambers embarked on Easter and Eid-el-Fitr holiday on 27 March and were expected to resume plenary on Tuesday, 29 April. But a statement issued by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, on Monday, said the…
A newly identified terrorist group calling itself “Mahmuda” has issued a threat to communities in Kwara State, warning of an impending violent attack on residents of Duruma village and the entire Borgu Kingdom, SaharaReporters can exclusively report. This latest warning was sent in an audio message to residents of Duruma village by the group’s leader….
U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Mace is drawing both support and criticism following a heated exchange at a makeup store over the weekend, which she recorded and shared online. The South Carolina representative posted a video capturing part of the incident, in which she claims she was harassed by a man who approached her with questions about…
Al-Qaida affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death count claimed by jihadists in the country in over a decade of activity in West Africa, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Saturday. The West African state and its coastal neighbor Togo have suffered a…
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has called on President Bola Tinubu to end the cycle of violence threatening peace and stability in Nigeria. Mr Kukah expressed his frustrations in an Easter statement addressed to the president and made available to PREMIUM TIMES. Symbolising the present situation of Nigerians with the…
The Special Adviser to the Governor of Delta State on Trade and Export, Chief (Mrs.) Shimite Winifred Bello, has passed away. The renowned Trade and Economic expert allegedly d!ed as a result of domestic violence. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report. However, human rights activist…
The Premier League title is so close Liverpool can almost touch it. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s second-half strike against Leicester on Sunday pushed the Merseyside club to within one more win of a record-equaling 20th English league crown. It would not even take that if second-placed Arsenal loses to Crystal Palace on Wednesday. But regardless of any…
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, have arrived in the Egyptian capital of Cairo as the seven-time African champions get set for the 17th Africa U20 Cup of Nations finals starting in the North African country on Sunday. A delegation of 24 players and nine officials led by Head Coach Aliyu Zubairu touched down at the…
Tragedy struck in Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, as Prince Ogo Omoge, grandson of renowned musician, the late Mrs Comfort Omoge, was gruesomely murdered. The fatal incident occurred along the Ayeka/Igodan-Igbokoda expressway following a violent confrontation between the deceased and a scavenger. Eyewitness accounts reveal that the…
