Netanyahu says agreement with Hamas right decision
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the ceasefire agreement with Islamist Hamas to trade hostages as a right decision.
The war will continue even after the implementation of the agreement to exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, he emphasised at a press conference in Tel Aviv.
The fighting would continue until Israel had achieved all its goals, Mr Netanyahu added.
Up to 100 hostages from Israel could be exchanged for up to 300 Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisons.
Mr Netanyahu labelled the return of the hostages as an ethical duty and said every opportunity would be utilized to ultimately free all hostages who were taken when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on 7 October, killing around 1,200 people.
Israel hit back with shelling and ground offensives, with the Hamas-run Gazan Health Ministry saying over 16,000 have died, but this number was later disputed.
Hamas says the ceasefire is to begin on Thursday at 10 a.m. (0800 GMT).
Gombe approves 2024 MTEF
Gombe State Executive Council chaired by Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, has approved the 2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework for onward presentation to the House of Assembly.
Disclosing this on Wednesday to journalists, the state Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Salihu Alkali, said SEC adopted his memo, adding that "it was hinged on assumptions on what the state expects to get as revenue, what it hopes to spend as expenditure as well as recurrent revenue and capital revenue."
He added, "I presented a council memo with regards to the presentation of Medium Term Expenditure Framework. MTEF is a three-year plan that projects income and expenditure of the state using assumptions but international, national and Gombe State economy."
Fire guts singer Small Doctor's house
Popular singer, Adekunle Temitope, popularly known as Small Doctor's house has been gutted by fire, leading to the loss of properties worth millions of naira.
A now-viral video captured how the fire consumed the singer's properties worth millions of naira.
Confirming the fire incident, the Fuji singer took to his Instagram page to appreciate God for life and safety.
The popular singer in the post said the property loss is a sign of greater things to come.
He wrote: "No pressure for the Lord is with me. Small Doctor added "that no life was lost. Ile Alaafin to jo, ewa lo bu kun, that is to say, king house wey burn na make beautification fit plenty."
Appeal Court Upholds Gombe Gov's election
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the election of Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya as the duly elected governor Gombe State.
A three-member panel on Thursday unanimously held that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) failed to prove allegations of non-compliance and irregularities in their separate petitions.
In the lead judgment by Justice Orji Abadua, the panel subsequently upheld the decision of the Gombe State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which dismissed the petition of Jibrin Barde of the PDP.
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