Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, APC, Kano North, has taken a swipe at former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over the gloomy picture he painted of Nigeria’s economy and democratic governance. Senator Barau Jibrin who noted that Osinbajo got Read more…
Iranian Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei on Tuesday met Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, not seen in public since succeeding his slain father in March, a day after holding talks with representatives of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. State media Read more…
Patrick Otim, programme area manager for emergency response at the WHO Regional Office for Africa, explained the virus in a video answering questions. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has explained that Ebola survivors may transmit the virus through sexual intercourse Read more…
Thirty-seven suspected illegal miners died from asphyxiation while being held by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State, with a Federal Government investigative panel describing the deaths as preventable. The panel’s chairman, Jonathan Kure, a former Deputy Read more…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has challenged political leaders in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State to deliver at least 70 per cent of votes cast for President Bola Tinubu in the January 16, 2027 Read more…
A United States-based group, Rising Sun Foundation USA, has offered $10,000 to anyone who can produce a Nigerian judicial precedent establishing the legality of convicting a defendant under a law repealed before judgment. The foundation said the challenge arose from Read more…
FG, NLC REACH AGREEMENT AT CONCILIATION MEETING The Federal Government and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have reached far-reaching resolutions at the conciliation meetings convened by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. The meetings, held on Read more…
A revealing new book about Pope Leo hit the shelves shortly before the pontiff was diagnosed with cancer After his mother died of cancer, Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, spent more time with his father, who began making Read more…
Senator Victor Umeh has accused Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo of acting out of envy and hatred towards presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi. Umeh claimed that Soludo was trying to surpass Obi’s political record, Read more…
Mr Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism in November 2025 at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Still, his appeal against judgement has not been listed for hearing since February this year. The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra Read more…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has launched a fresh political attack on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, questioning their political records and positions ahead of the 2027 general elections, as Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve a proposed external borrowing plan worth $20.52bn and €1.05bn to fund infrastructure and development projects under the Federal Government’s 2026–2027 Supplementary External Borrowing Plan. The request was presented to the Senate Read more…