The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said he will lead President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign in the FCT and Rivers State ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike disclosed this on Monday at a stakeholders’ Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On 7 October 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War, Asaba witnessed one of the darkest and most devastating genocide in human history. Fifty-nine years later, the tears may have dried on some faces, but the wounds remain painfully alive in Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, will on Thursday, October 15, 2026, host the second edition of the National Child Rights Summit. The summit, themed “Harnessing Digital Technologies for Child Protection and Empowerment in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges,” Read more…
The waiver is scheduled to stay in force until at least April 7, 2027 The US Treasury Department has announced a temporary sanctions waiver on the Russian fuel trade amid skyrocketing global prices. The move allows the sale, delivery, offloading, Read more…
Eligible voters in Umuahia, Abia State, have expressed anger and disappointment after failing to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) on the first day of the nationwide collection exercise. The voters accused officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Read more…