Saturday, 01 August, 2026

Month: June 2026


The U.S. military attacked Iran on Friday in response to an Iranian drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, with each country accusing the other of violating terms of a ceasefire agreed on last week. U.S. Read more…


Director of the Abuja School of Social Thought and Politics, Sam Amadi, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu seems “extreme and desperate to avoid losing the 2027 presidential election. Amadi said President Tinubu might lose and it could lead to Read more…


The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, in Benue State, Ardo Muhammad and another man identified as Yakubu Isah have been killed by gunmen in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.The attack, which occurred Read more…


The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria has assured Nigerians that state assemblies will pass the State Police Bill. Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria and Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Dennis Guwor, Read more…


PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday, set aside its earlier judgement directing INEC to register NDC as a political party. The presidential candidate of the The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has expressed Read more…


The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected Friday’s Federal High Court ruling vacating the judgment that led to its registration, insisting the party remains legally recognised and announcing plans to immediately challenge the decision at the Court of Appeal. In Read more…


The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Enugu, Rt. Rev. Samuel Ike, has called on the federal government to immediately end the reintegration of repentant terrorists into society, insisting that those responsible for acts of terror should be prosecuted and Read more…


Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged that the implementation of state police be delayed until after the 2027 general elections, warning that the new policing structure could be manipulated for political purposes if introduced in the current Read more…


What to know about the Iran war: A cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz was struck by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday near the Oman coast, according to a U.S. official. The vessel suffered damage to its bridge, but no one Read more…


Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, yesterday used the commissioning of the Jahi–Gwarimpa interchange to say President Bola Tinubu has achieved in three years what former Senate president, David Mark, failed to deliver during his eight years in Read more…


The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said its delegation participated in a U.S. civil society event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, to present the “Cole-Moore Recommendations” and to highlight concerns over human rights and security in Nigeria. In a press Read more…


The Court of Appeal, Abuja division will July 7, hear the appeals filed by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord and three other political parties against their deregistration. A three-member panel of the appellate court fixed the date on Thursday, Read more…