Former Abia State governor and current senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed how recent attempts to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio, were thwarted through the collective intervention of some lawmakers. Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, Senator Kalu confirmed that there were moves within the Senate…
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Edward Daleng, an Augustinian priest, as the new vice-regent of the prefecture of the pontifical household. The Vatican announced Daleng’s appointment on Monday. The prefecture of the papal household is one of the Vatican’s oldest and most vital offices. It oversees the pope’s engagements and ensures that they proceed with…
The Federal Government is holding talks with authorities of the United States over the military threat by US President Donald Trump. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this during an interview on Sky News. He revealed that diplomatic channels are proving effective towards rapprochement in the tense relationship between the government…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has, for the second time, restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its National Convention scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, between November 15 and 16. The court also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from supervising, monitoring, or recognising the outcome of the Convention, where…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will begin the enforcement of the ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and small bottles below 200ml by December 2025. NAFDAC Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the directive during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. “This ban…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has said that bandits and terrorists in the country are better armed than Nigerian soldiers. Lawal made the remarks on Monday during an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television monitored by our correspondent He was commenting on the country’s security situation….
The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has released a video declaring divine judgment on those he described as “agents of the devil” working to keep Nigeria in turmoil. Enenche shared the clip, which is originally from one of his ministrations in July 2018, on his official X account on Monday….
The Federal Government is exploring the possibility of securing the transfer of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a nine-year sentence in a UK prison for organ harvesting. A high-level delegation from Nigeria was dispatched to the United Kingdom on Monday to engage British authorities. The delegation, which met with officials…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South-East), Mrs Chioma Wesley, says President Bola Tinubu will not make any pronouncement on the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. She spoke to State House correspondents on Monday after she and three other regional aides briefed…
The Oyo State Ministry of Education and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Oyo State chapter, have dismissed reports that a teacher was beaten to death by students in Ogbomoso, describing the viral news as false and a complete misrepresentation of facts. According to a statement by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Oyo State Governor,…