One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. Read more…
The Anglican Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, Bishop Geoffrey Ibeabuchi, has asked political leaders from the South East region to stop attacking the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Bishop Ibeabuchi, who was speaking on Saturday during the Read more…
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has urged voters to resist financial and material inducements from politicians, warning that such offers could undermine the state’s future in the 2027 general elections. Otti gave the warning on Sunday at the 2nd Session Read more…
Pope Leo XIV reveals that he is set to undergo surgery to remove a “localized nodule in my lung,” noting that it is at “a very early stage and is well-localized.” The operation will take place in the coming days Read more…
The Presidency has rejected former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s proposal for a targeted production subsidy on petrol, arguing that Nigeria lacks sufficient uncommitted crude oil reserves to sustain the scheme. Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Read more…
The Federal Government has evacuated another 111 Nigerians from South Africa amid renewed concerns over xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks, bringing the total number of returnees to 2,037. The returnees, comprising 44 men, 23 women and 44 children, arrived in Lagos Read more…
PRESIDENT TINUBU WELCOMES WORLD BANK’S LATEST REPORT AS YET ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT OUR REFORMS ARE WORKING, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS FOR NIGERIANS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the World Bank’s October 2026 Nigeria Development Update, Read more…
The Saudi authorities said an American citizen was among those killed in the attack claimed by the Yemeni groupPublished 10 Oct, 2026 21:01 | Updated 11 Oct, 2026 05:45 A Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Read more…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has announced that its presidential and vice-presidential candidates, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, respectively, are expected to recommend nominees for several key positions within the Presidential Campaign Council, PCC. These include the positions of Director-General, Deputy Director-General, campaign Read more…
The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has pledged to establish an all-inclusive transitional government of national unity that will not last beyond four years if elected president in 2027. Makinde made the pledge on Saturday Read more…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has launched a blistering attack on former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, describing him as a “lunatic” and accusing him of mismanaging public funds, while declaring that people like him cannot become Read more…
Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the Catholic Church’s rejection of the death penalty, recalling that the common good can be “safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment.” Vatican News Pope Leo XIV has posted Read more…