Thursday, 16 January, 2025

Category: Politics


Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Saturday said his administration would not be distracted from delivering good governance to the people of the state. Fubara disclosed this to journalists after being conducted around the entire premises and structures of Read more…


On the occasion of the Pope’s visit to Trieste on Sunday, July 7, for the conclusion of the 50th Italian Catholic Social Week, the newspaper “Il Piccolo” has made available a previously unpublished text by Pope Francis, an introduction to Read more…


Rivers state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has played down the gravity of the Thursday’s ruling by the Court of Appeal in Abuja which quashed the ruling of the High Court in Port Harcourt on the defection of Martins Amaewhule and 26 Read more…


The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that unless local communities experience development, it would be difficult to end insecurity in Nigeria. Against this background, the COAS said that granting full autonomy to the local Read more…


The Hungarian prime minister unexpectedly traveled to Russia, just days after he visited Ukraine in the same unannounced manner. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban unexpectedly visited Russia on Friday and met with President Vladimir Putin to discuss ways to resolve Read more…


British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized to his Conservative colleagues who lost their seats, taking full responsibility for the crushing defeat his party had suffered in a snap election on Thursday. “The Labour Party has won this general election… Read more…


National Democratic Coalition (NDC) has described the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which re-instated the seats of the 24 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a low point in Read more…


In the weeks and months before President Joe Biden’s politically devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta, several current and former officials and others who encountered him behind closed doors noticed that he increasingly appeared confused or listless, or would Read more…


Senators from the South East region of Nigeria have made a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu to order the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The Senators led by former Abia state Read more…


The Senate has gone into an executive session to discuss a matter of ‘privilege’ involving the Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe. Kingibe and the Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, have been engaging each other Read more…


The newly confirmed Transition Committee Chairmen of the 21 local government areas of Anambra state have been sworn in. Governor Charles Soludo performed the function at the State Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Awka, on Wednesday. The swearing-in follows the Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The immediate Director General of the National Inland Waterway Authority (NIWA), Dr George Moghalu has confirmed his guber aspiration. Dr Moghalu while speaking with journalists in his residence in Nnewi put to rest the speculation about whether Read more…