The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at Read more…
The naira extended its appreciation against the dollar on Wednesday at the official foreign exchange market for the third consecutive day. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the naira further strengthened against the dollar on Wednesday, closing at N1,357.26 Read more…
Seven students of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, were abducted by suspected bandits who invaded their off-campus residence on the outskirts of the Low-Cost area of Kaura Namoda town on Tuesday night. The Chairman of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, Read more…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced to death four of the five terrorists that attacked the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Justice Emeka Nwite handed down the maximum sentence shortly after convicting them in the Read more…
Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday kidnapped a middle-aged woman, identified as the younger sister of the immediate past Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, and her twin children in the Elewura area of Challenge, Ibadan, in another wave Read more…
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over the worsening insecurity in the country, warning that no one is safe under the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Reacting to the kidnap of the sister and twin nephews of former Read more…
Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed shock and sadness over the condition of abducted schoolchildren, urging their captors to release them immediately. Obi on his verified ‘X’ handle yesterday said he was “deeply shocked Read more…
By Chukwudi Ebele The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Aspirant for Awka South Constituency II, House of Assembly, Evangelist Chinedu Raymond Obue ( Nwachinemelu) has raised alarm on alleged conspiracies targeted at sabotaging his victory at the party primaries last weekend Read more…
Rubio says the US will lift sanctions on Iran only if it gives up enriched uranium, rejecting a Strait of Hormuz-linked deal. As the US-Israel war on Iran entered its 96th day, the conflict widened across the Gulf region, with both Read more…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if urgent action is not taken to secure the release of teachers and students abducted from schools in Oyo and Borno states. The union made the Read more…
Chuks Okocha, Olawale Ajimotokan, Sunday Aborisade, Linus Aleke, Juliet Akoje, Kuni Tyessi in Abuja, Hammed Shittu in Ilorin, Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo, James Sowole in Abeokuta, Laleye Dipo in Minna, Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan, Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti and Read more…
The United States Congress has asked the country’s Secretary of State to engage the Nigerian government on the trial, conviction and imprisonment of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The development followed a resolution passed by Read more…