Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, has died at age 88. He died on Monday at 7:35 am, a day after making a much-hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday Following the recent news concerning Pope Francis, numerous world leaders…
President Bola Tinubu will return to Nigeria today from his work visit to France, the Presidency has said. The President’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Monday. Tinubu left Nigeria on April 2,…
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has debunked rumors suggesting he plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a post shared on his verified Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) handles, the Governor reaffirmed his commitment to the…
A former Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Bola Tinubu, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said that the North will, in the next six months, take a stand on who to support for the presidency in 2027. He said…
A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tunde Bakare, has decried the relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government under President Bola Tinubu, asking the Nigerian leader to “stop playing God”. Bakare, the Serving Overseer…
Amid the crisis rocking Rivers State, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has given a condition for him to forgive Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his estranged political godson and successor. Wike, the immediate past Rivers governor, said he would let go of the…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared that Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) was never registered to operate as a digital assets exchange in Nigeria. The commission, in a circular dated April 17, 2025 said CBEX and its affiliates, trading…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains fully engaged in Nigeria’s governance even though he is away in Europe. His absence remains temporary and in line with the communicated timeframe of approximately two weeks. The President left Paris for London at the…
The Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on Rivers State has summoned the Sole Administrator of the state, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.). The committee directed Ibas to appear before it for a “comprehensive interactive session” on Thursday, April…
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has declared the removal of the re-instated Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, as illegal, unconstitutional, null, and void. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, the court also nullified the…
A Chief Magistrate in the Rivers judiciary, Ejike King George, has voluntarily resigned from service, citing unease with the recent appointment of what he described as a “quasi-military administration” to oversee the state’s affairs. In a letter dated April 11,…
The Rivers State Government has expressed disappointment over the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to relocate its 2025 Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu and is demanding ₦300m from the body. The government described the reasons…
The Presidency has expressed its dismay over the increasing number of billboards in certain cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and…
A U.S. District Court has directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to search for and release non-exempt records regarding an alleged criminal investigation involving Nigeria’s incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The ruling was…
The Presidency has observed, with dismay, the increasing number of billboards in some cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Worth noting is that some of these billboards with pictures of the…