Sunday, 20 April, 2025

Category: Politics


Romanian presidential hopeful Calin Georgescu has branded the EU a “dictatorship” and his home country a “tyranny” after the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) in Bucharest shot down his candidacy for the upcoming election re-run. The BEC dismissed Georgescu’s bid late on Sunday, having received Read more…


Two serving commissioners in the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, have reportedly resigned from their positions. The affected officials are Professor Simeon Emenike Weli, Commissioner in charge of Political Parties/Monitoring, and Dr. Lazbery Nyebuchi Nnah, Commissioner in charge of Read more…


Eighteen days after the public presentation of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida’s memoir, A Journey in Service, the immediate family of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha has formally reacted to the publication. Recall that General Babangida who Read more…


Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has invited members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to a meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Monday, March 10, at 10:00 AM. This invitation was conveyed in a letter signed by Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo has issued a firm directive against street preaching with loudspeakers, warning that violators will face a fine of ₦500,000. A video of the governor confronting a roadside preacher in a Read more…


The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has cautioned individuals unfamiliar with the workings of the Senate to refrain from making uninformed public commentary on legislative matters. Akpabio issued this warning late Friday night while receiving a delegation from the Read more…


As he recovers from bilateral pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis has sent a message to participants in a pilgrimage organized by the Italian Movement for Life. Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin read the message on the Pope’s Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi The wife of former Senate president in Nigeria, Lady Ebelechukwu Odoziaku Nwafor-Orizu has stated two important qualities modern women lack that have caused high rate of divorce nowadays. Lady Nwafor-Orizu while addressing some journalists in her Read more…


To: Distinguished Senator Natasha Hadiza Akpata. The Great Queen. From: National Integrity Alliance Groups Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025 Dear Senator Natasha, As a mother who has selflessly accepted the challenges of childbirth six times, you embody the very essence Read more…


Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s former armed forces chief and current ambassador to Britain, said on Thursday that the United States was “destroying” the current world order. The popular general, who led Ukraine’s defence in the first two years of Moscow’s full-scale Read more…


All Progressives Congress (APC) has began the screening of aspirants for its April 5 primary election preparatory for the November 8 Anambra State governorship polls. Those screened on the first day of the exercise are a former APC national auditor, Read more…


The Federal Government on Friday said it would intervene in the leadership crisis of the National Assembly after the suspension of the senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. “We’re engaging all the stakeholders to ensure that they temper Read more…