There is a fresh wave of protest in Rivers State as scores of women have taken to the streets in support of the state’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), and President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency. The demonstrators, armed with placards and banners marched across major streets of Port Harcourt….
The Presidency has downplayed the significance of a recent order by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to release documents related to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Reacting to the development in a statement on Sunday, Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga stated that the materials in…
Senator Ali Ndume has said the loss of over 300 lives in 252 attacks within the last six months by the Boko Haram terrorists, BHT, in Borno State forced Governor Babagana Zulum to lead a delegation to seek help from the military high command. Ndume who spoke to journalists, in Abuja, yesterday, said the visit…
The founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, has asserted that Jesus Christ harbours a strong dislike for poverty and never associated closely with the poor during His earthly ministry. Speaking to his congregation in a video which started trending on Sunday, Ibiyeomie claimed that, according to the scripture, Jesus never entered the home of…
The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma has said that President Bola Tinubu is what Nigeria needs to attain her desired growth. Speaking in Lagos over the weekend, the governor and Chairman of the Progressives Governors’s Forum said Tinubu is performing and going beyond the expectations of Nigerians with his policies and style of governance….
The Presidency on Sunday dismissed speculation that President Bola Tinubu left the shores of the country to see doctors in France, insisting that it was a working visit. The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, made the clarification when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Bwala…
A student at the Distant Learning Centre of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (name not provided) was reportedly electrocuted while retrieving a ball from a compound in Moro, Osun State. Sources near the scene of the incident said it happened Saturday evening in a private hostel located along the Moro/Ife route. It was gathered that…
The House of Representatives will on Tuesday inaugurate an ad-hoc committee to take over the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Recall that President Bola Tinubu on March 18, declared emergency rule in the oil-rich state following a worsening relationship between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the state House of Assembly. Citing Section…
The Presidency on Sunday disowned billboards and other materials promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima nationwide. “We urgently call on individuals and groups funding this 2027 political campaign through the ongoing deployment of materials on billboards nationwide to cease immediately,” it said in a statement signed by Tinubu’s…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the passing of Charles Bassey, a member of the historic Green Eagles squad that clinched Nigeria’s first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title in 1980. Bassey died on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at the age of 71, following a prolonged illness. The former forward, who hailed from Eket in…