The World Bank has disclosed that a staggering 75.5 per cent of rural Nigerians are now living below the poverty line, reflecting deepening hardship in the country’s hinterlands. This was revealed in the Bank’s April 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief Read more…
No fewer than 19 persons have been killed by bandits in attacks on communities in Bauchi, Bauchi State . A retired senior security official said he counted 19 bodies of victims. Our correspondent gathered that several others were injured in the Read more…
The wave of defections from opposition political parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, may have extended to the camp of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Ahead the May 8 visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Anambra State, Soludo Grassroot Warriors Initiative (SGWI) has expressed her deep appreciation for the administration of Prof Charles Soludo. The Convener of SGWI, Chief Hon Rogers Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Police operatives in Anambra State command have on Saturday thwarted kidnap attempt in Neni in Anaocha LGA of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Tochukwu Ikenga (SP) revealed this in a press statement on Sunday. Read more…
The Chinese leader’s three-day trip will include talks with Vladimir Putin and attendance at the Victory Day Parade Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia from May 7 to 10 to attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow and hold Read more…
Popular human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has promised to make those behind his incarceration account for it in the halted defamation case with legal icon Afe Babalola (SAN). Farotimi was arrested by the police in December 2024 and taken to Read more…
In this analysis, Abuja Bureau Chief LEON USIGBE explores the quiet but strategic conversations in the North about positioning former President Goodluck Jonathan as a potent tool to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. BY 2027, Nigeria’s political terrain may Read more…
A family of three, and four others have reportedly been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the Ivbiaro community in Owan East Local Government Area. DAILY POST reports that the family were traveling with the other four victims Read more…
Catholics denounced an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope, calling it offensive and disrespectful as they continue to mourn the death of Pope Francis. Newsweek has reached out to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Read more…
..Mayor’s Wife administer Polio Vaccines at Idemili North, Encourage Mothers to Immunize their Children By Uzo Ugwunze The newly Inaugurated Idemili North LGA Taskforce on Primary Healthcare (LTFPHC) has been tasked to supervise and ensure success of the ongoing first Read more…
By Chinwe Nwacha, Onitsha For allegedly embarking on demolition of a building still housing the tenants at No. 1 Chidera Okponwudeugo close, Hill View Estate, Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi Local Government area, Anambra state, by a new landlord, who is a Read more…