Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has raised concerns over a planned mega rally and the inauguration of a group loyal to Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. He warned that such a gathering could create tension and lead to a crisis in the state. Speaking in Yenagoa during separate meetings with the Bayelsa Elders…
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday received his Ghanaian counterpart, John Mahama, at the State House, Abuja. Mahama’s visit to the Presidential Villa is said to be his first official coming since his inauguration on January 7, 2025. Mahama said he was in Nigeria to update Tinubu on diplomatic efforts with the military junta…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday re-arraigned Mamman Nasir Ali, son of former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Ali, over an alleged N2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud. Ali alongside Christian Taylor and their oil company, Nasaman Oil Services Limited were brought before before Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos Special Offences…
Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man, Victor Lorjaal of Aba Ile camp, Itaji-Ekiti, for allegedly mutilating his mother, one Mrs Victoria Lorjaal, and his elder sister, Brenda Lorjaal, to death. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sunday Abutu, said in a statement made available in Ado Ekiti on Thursday that the incident happened…
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to stop anyone above 60 years from vying for election to the Offices of the President and Governor in Nigeria. If this bill scales legislative scrutiny and is signed into law, President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the 2023 presidential…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole has opposed any posthumous recognition for the late Professor Humphrey Nwosu, the former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), arguing that he failed Nigerians by not officially declaring the winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election. Speaking during a Senate debate on Thursday, Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North,…
Ahead of his 73rd birthday on Saturday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, will join fellow Muslims at the National Mosque in Abuja on Friday for a special prayer session for the nation. He will also use this occasion to thank God for preserving and supporting him in the onerous task of piloting the nation’s affairs….
The Presidency has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers State. Tinubu’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Olusegun Dada, described Obasanjo as the grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja on Monday, the former president said “Democracy is not about power…
A dispute between two brothers over mango harvesting on a farm in Benishiekh, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State, has ended in tragedy, with one brother dead and the other hospitalised following a violent clash. Sources report that the incident occurred on Tuesday at approximately 9 am when 40-year-old Kajdi Kachalla and his younger…
The Federal Government has expressed serious outrage over an incident where a Chinese expatriate ordered a Nigerian security official guarding him to shoot a personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS who was on legitimate assignment at the premises of the Chinese-owned company. Accordingly, the government said it is automating its immigration lists of White,…