Monday, 02 February, 2026

Category: News


Vice-President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, paid a condolence visit to the family of late former president, Muhammadu Buhari, in London. Shettima who is in London at the behest of President Bola Tinubu to accompany Buhari’s body to Nigeria for burial at Read more…


Eche Nwaobasi – Nnewi Sir Silas Ikeh, an Igbo community leader and civil rights activist who also a prominent member of Orlu leaders of taught in Imo state has welcomed the recent coalition formed by key opposition leaders led by Read more…


Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has asked Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, to prioritise governance and development over probing his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki. Wike, who spoke in Benin yesterday during a visit, cautioned that an Read more…


The Labour Party faction led by Senator Nenadi Usman has condemned the suspended National Chairman, Julius Abure, over a viral photograph showing him in the company of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. In a Sunday statement Read more…


President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that all national flags be flown at half-staff to honour his late predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who passed on earlier today. The former Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, died while receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness Read more…


The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Sunday challenged President Bola Tinubu to explain to Nigerians his whereabouts after the BRICS summit in Brazil. On June 28, 2025, Tinubu departed Nigeria on a two-nation visit to St. Lucia and Brazil. From Read more…


Opposition parties in Lagos State have protested the victory of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s local government elections. The PUNCH reports that the APC clinched all 57 chairmanship seats and 375 out of 376 councillorship positions in the election. The Read more…


The Anambra State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped victim, killed one suspected and recovered several arms and other incriminating materials in a gun duel with hoodlums at the Amaokpala community in Aguata, Orumba Local Government Area of the state. Read more…


Security has been reinforced around the residence of late former President Muhammadu on Jabi Close in Kaduna. The immediate-past president died in London on Sunday after a brief illness. President Bola Tinubu and other prominent individuals and organisations across the Read more…


Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, has joined his ancestors at the age of 91. The monarch passed away on Sunday, just hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the demise of former Muhammadu Buhari, who is also a Read more…


Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, is dead. The news came from London, where he reportedly died in a clinic this afternoon. The statement, signed by his media aide, Garba Shehu, reads: “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHIRRAJIUUN. The family of the Read more…


Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday accused Ukrainian authorities of beating a Hungarian-Ukrainian dual citizen to death during his mobilization in the military, a claim Ukraine has rejected but that has further strained relations between the neighboring countries. Orbán, Read more…