Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, head of the Italian bishops’ conference, to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, the Vatican said on Saturday. Francis first spoke cryptically of his intention Read more…
Month: May 2023
The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have told the election petition court that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied them access to carry out forensic examination on the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) in Read more…
The meeting between President-elect Bola Tinubu and Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has continued to raise dust, especially among leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, Daily Trust reports. Recall Tinubu Read more…
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has commended the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Stella Oduah who attracted the conversion of Onitsha General Hospital to Federal Medical Centre. The group said that Oduah, a progenitor and sponsor of a bill (SB814) Read more…
It may be wrong to assume President Muhammadu Buhari’s legacy would be a subject of controversy. No, it won’t be like the bequest of many leaders, who had superintended over the affairs of nations for years. That might be a Read more…
Two US military officials said they may not have killed the intended target of an Al Qaeda leader in a drone strike that was carried out on May 3 in Northwest Syria, The Washington Post reported. “We are no longer Read more…
The Russian troops have completely liberated the strategic Donbass city of Artyomovsk, the scene of a grueling battle for many months, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed in the early hours of Sunday. The operation in the city known to Ukrainians Read more…
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Saturday returned to the country after a 10-day trip to Europe ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Tinubu had on May 10 left the country, just two weeks after he returned to the country Read more…
Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo As part of the crowning events during the Presidency’s commissioning of projects at the permanent site of NAUTH Akamili, Nnewi, was the groundbreaking ceremony of the Igwe Orizu International ICT Center by the Minister of State for Read more…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) defence of winner of the February 25 presidential election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Atiku, who lamented that Read more…
Two U.S. Mission employees missing since the May 16 attack in Anambra state are alive and safe, and under the protection of Nigerian authorities in Anambra, the United States Embassy has said. The Embassy in a statement on Friday said: Read more…
Seun Kuti, the embattled Afrobeat singer and son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is being remanded at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of Yaba Chief Magistrate Court for assaulting a police Read more…