Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the U.S. presses for a deal to end the 3-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer Read more…
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Eight people lost their lives while six others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road accident that occurred along the Nteje-Awka road, near the New Terminal, Ukpo Junction in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State. The accident occurred Read more…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his political party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), took firm control of inherited structures in Delta State with an official ceremony yesterday, following the defections of government officials and other officials last week. President Tinubu, Read more…
In what appears as a bulwark against Northern opposition to his 2027 re-election bid, President Bola Tinubu, in a seismic shift, is looking southward to build and consolidate impregnable support base. Recent political development in Delta State, where a sitting Read more…
Three years after her death, the husband of the late popular gospel singer, Osinachi, Mr. Peter Nwachukwu, was, yesterday, sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting at Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. Nwachukwu, Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, condemned the resumed trial of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, saying it was not only a gross violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but also a flagrant breach of Read more…
Members of the College of Cardinals pay homage to Pope Francis visiting his tomb at the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, followed by praying Second Vespers together. During the late afternoon of the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Read more…
A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials, who say they will not accept any formal surrender of the peninsula, even though they expect to concede the territory to the Kremlin, at least temporarily. Giving Read more…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has commenced the payment of N46.6bn as the first tranche of liquidation dividends to depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank, whose funds exceeded the maximum insured limit of N5m. The corporation announced the development in Read more…
Usman Yusuf, former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of trying to silence critics and suppress dissent. Speaking during an interview on Arise TV on Sunday, Yusuf claimed that his recent Read more…
…dismisses allegations of coercion, bribery, blackmail The Presidency has dismissed claims that recent defections of prominent opposition politicians into the All Progressives Congress (APC) are part of a plot to create a one-party state, insisting that democracy in Nigeria remains “strong Read more…
The suspended Chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), has issued a sarcastic and satirical apology to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, reigniting discussions about gender dynamics and power struggles within Nigeria’s legislative Read more…