Despite a court order restraining him from making appointments, Rivers State sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has gone ahead to appoint administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. The appointment of the administrators is coming barely 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt presided over by…
At least 27 people have d!ed and more than 120 were injured after a roof fell at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic early on Tuesday, April 8, authorities said. Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at Jet Set in Santo Domingo, said Juan Manuel Mendez, director of the…
April 9, 2025 CounterPunch Radio On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank welcome back Ramzy Baroud to the show to talk about Israel’s genocide in Gaza, geopolitics of the region, and why Palestinians will never surrender. Ramzy is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author…
The Nigerian government has warned illegal miners to immediately vacate all sites in Zamfara State, citing a recent lead poisoning in Bugundu Local Government Area of the state. Segun Tomori, the special assistant on media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The statement noted that…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday rejected a new Israeli proposal to control aid deliveries in Gaza, saying it risks “further controlling and callously limiting aid down to the last calorie and grain of flour.” “Let me be clear: We will not participate in any arrangement that does not fully respect the humanitarian principles:…
