Continuing his custom of offering Mass in a Roman cemetery on All Souls’ Day, on Saturday, 2 November, Pope Francis visited the Laurentino Cemetery, the third largest in Rome. He celebrated the Mass in an area reserved for deceased Read more…
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The Federal Government, through its National Bureau of Statistics, has stated that in 2023, Nigerians paid N40.14bn in road taxes to state governments. This is according to an analysis of data from the Internally Generated Revenue report recently published by the Read more…
The presidency has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments in Nigeria’s security agencies favour the Yoruba ethnic group, asserting that these appointments reflect fair regional distribution. Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser on Public Communication and Orientation to President Read more…
From Isaac Ojo The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) on Saturday sensitized the people of Nnewi in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State for effective engagement of duty bearers. PPDC with the Motto: “Empowering Citizens” actually took her sensitization Read more…
..As Governor’s Wife Launch Weekly Exercise, Community Garden/Farmers Market at LGAs By Uzo Ugwunze The Commissioner for Information Dr Law Mefor, Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, Executive Chairman Idemili North Local Government Area INLGA, Chief Stanley Nkwoka (Ochendo) have Read more…
Ukraine’s inability to defeat Russia on the battlefield has fueled debate in the US about the point of sending more money to Kiev, according to British state broadcaster the BBC. The conflict is “increasingly going Russia’s way” and the realization of Ukraine’s Read more…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Caretaker Committee in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, on Friday, warned critics against distorting the narrative of the crisis rocking the state, insisting that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is the investment of the Minister of Read more…
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Friday, prevented Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from his legal team. This was disclosed by Kanu’s Lead Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor via a post on X. Ejimakor disclosed that Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has publicly disagreed with the National Economic Council (NEC), which recently recommended that proposed tax reform bills be withdrawn from the National Assembly for further consultation in a significant development regarding Nigeria’s tax reform efforts. Instead, the Read more…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi has criticised government’s handling of detained #EndBadGovernance protesters, including the minors who were brought to court in Abuja on Friday. The former LP presidential candidate asserted that Read more…
In July 1966, Admiral Alison Madueke was due to begin a training programme at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, UK, when the Ironsi regime was overthrown. In the following excerpt, he recounts his narrow escape from the massacres that Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Labour Leaders in Anambra State have made a passionate appeal to Gov Charles Soludo to use the real chart released by federal government in computing the new minimum wage for workers in the state. The Anambra State Read more…