From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission ( ANSIEC) says campaign for the August 29th Local Government Election in the state will commence on April 1st 2026. In a press statement, ahead of the local government electioneering campaign Read more…
After a month of threats, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels finally entered the Middle East conflict on Saturday, firing two missiles towards Israel. And in recent days they have also warned they could close a key waterway at the southern entrance of the Read more…
An economist and former special adviser to the president of the African Development Bank on industrialisation, Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, has outlined why petrol priced at N1,300 per liter remains unaffordable for many Nigerians earning the N70,000 minimum wage. In a statement Read more…
Governor Uba Sani and former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai appeared to settle their differences on Sunday during the burial of El-Rufai’s mother, Hajiya Umma El-Rufai, in Abuja. The reconciliation took place at the National Mosque during the funeral prayer, Read more…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aligned with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has re-elected Abdulrahman Mohammed and Samuel Anyanwu as national chairman and secretary, respectively. The duo secured their positions by consensus on Sunday during the faction’s elective Read more…
My friend and colleague, Azu Ishiekwene, has just succumbed to the temptation of the growing fad that has been packaged in the form of anti-Peter Obi campaign. In his delivery in The Niche, an online newspaper, last Friday, Azu freely Read more…
From Ijeoma John, Nnewi The Order of the Knights of St. Mulumba Nigeria, Onitsha Metropolitan Council has elevated 53 of her members to the 3rd degree of the Order. The admission ceremony cum investiture led by the Onitsha Metro Grand Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze Head of Works Department and Town Engineer, for Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Engr. Samuel Udefi has called for greater enlightenment campaign on climate change crisis, adaptation and migration, especially at the grassroots level. Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze The Federal Polytechnic Oko Alumni Association has announced an Alumni converge for 2026 even as no particular date has been fixed for the event. At the Alumni converge, there are plans to celebrate the Alumni’s 40th Anniversary Read more…
Pope Leo XIV presides at Mass on Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, and reflects on Jesus as the King of Peace who rejects war and refuses to listen to the prayers of those who wage war. On Palm Sunday Read more…
Israel blocked Jerusalem’s Catholic cardinal from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, sparking an international outcry that led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reverse the ban for the remainder of Holy Week.The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Read more…
When an Iranian official this week laid out a list of demands to end the war started by the United States and Israel, he added an item that hadn’t been on Tehran’s list before: recognition of Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Read more…