Nigeria has renewed calls for South Africa to compensate its citizens for losses suffered in xenophobic attacks, after Pretoria failed to ratify a bilateral security agreement signed nearly a year ago. The disagreement has deepened a diplomatic standoff that saw President Read more…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate demolition of an illegal settlement near Karmajiji in the Kukwaba District of Abuja, describing the area as a suspected hideout for criminals operating within the nation’s capital. Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Saturday publish the personal particulars of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Anambra State governor Peter Obi and other candidates contesting the 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections, Read more…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has directed lawyers and court officials to immediately stop using the title “Barrister” before their names in all official dealings with the Supreme Court. The directive, which takes immediate effect, was issued Read more…
The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that insecurity, hunger and poverty are harassing Nigerians under President Bola Tinubu’s administration Obi said people were being harassed by the worsening situation in Read more…
US President Donald Trump says the Board of Peace has reached an agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. A senior Hamas official has told the BBC the group has agreed to the Board Read more…
The Nigerian Army has commenced an investigation into the leakage of a classified Department of State Services intelligence report warning of planned attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents and bandits in parts of Adamawa and Borno states. Findings by The PUNCH revealed Read more…
The spokesperson to former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Ladipo Johnson, has disclosed that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, is unhappy over the leadership crisis currently rocking the OK Movement. Johnson made the Read more…
They [governors] are taking four to five times their money. Nobody is borrowing money to pay salaries now,” the president added. President Bola Tinubu has criticised state governors for prioritising the construction of flyovers over more pressing infrastructure needs, despite what Read more…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has suspended the election of its principal officers in Lagos, pending the resolution of ongoing legal disputes. In a statement made available to journalists by the Coordinator, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Southwest Zone, Chief Everest Read more…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has recounted how a carefully executed public communication strategy played a decisive role in helping Nigeria secure its historic Paris Club debt relief during the administration of former President Olusegun Read more…
..as Over 400 Persons Benefit From Uduakommiri Uchebuaku Concepts Raffle Draw By Uzo Ugwunze It was jubilation and funfair at 3- 3 Junction Park Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area, Anambra State as over 400 persons benefited from Uduakommiri Uchebuaku Read more…