There has been outrage among Nigerians following the killing of two Nigerian nationals, Bishop Michael Fakunle and James Nwankwo, in separate incidents in South Africa. Fakunle, an indigene of Iye in the Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was Read more…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has identified seven priority sectors the state is targeting to attract investment, deepen industrialisation and drive economic growth. Otti spoke recently at the Meet the Governor Series of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce in Lagos, Read more…
No fewer than 35 women have been identified as alleged victims of a 53-year-old man accused of posing as a commercial motorcycle rider to kidnap, rob and, in some cases, rape unsuspecting passengers in Bauchi metropolis. The suspect, identified as Read more…
President-General of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Leonard Bature Kawas, has defended the involvement of bishops in politics, saying he was never described as a “fake bishop” when he openly supported political leaders in the past. Kawas Read more…
By Ezeakukwu Emma Nsoedo The campaign for the Nnewi Federal Constituency took off for Ikenna A Okafor (Ogbuefi Ekenedilichukwu) with a new sense of urgency and purpose as the flag bearer of the Labour Party. The candidate, who is determined Read more…
A lightning offensive by the Iran-aligned Houthis has put the militants in a position to control a crucial Middle East waterway, creating a major new problem for U.S. President Donald Trump as his war with Iran grinds on in its Read more…
The leadership of Biafra Independence Movement, BIM and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has revealed reasons why its leader and founder, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike introduced non-exodus and non- violence in his quest to actualize Biafran Independence. Addressing Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has published the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates for the January 2027 general elections. The Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, and contains candidates Read more…
Suspected bandits have reportedly abducted several Islamic clerics who attended a prayer gathering at the residence of Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident was disclosed in a post on Saturday evening Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has described the death of former Governor of the old Gongola State, Bamanga Tukur, as the end of a remarkable chapter in Nigeria’s political and economic history. Tukur, the Tafidan Adamawa and elder statesman, died on Saturday Read more…
•N.5m minimum wage, solar panels on every roof: How contenders deploy promises, cash, commodities, compassion to win votes •Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, others offer conflicting agendas With barely four months to the presidential election, Nigeria’s leading contenders have begun reaching for tactics Read more…
Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk, of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, one of the Ukrainian dioceses hardest hit by the conflict, meets with the Pope on September 11 at the Vatican and thanks him for his support, prayers and concern. Speaking to Vatican News shortly after Read more…