Tragedy struck in Awka, Anambra State, as Reverend Father Anthony Udogu of the Catholic Diocese of Awka slumped and died while playing lawn tennis at the premises of St Patrick’s Cathedral. The sudden passing of the priest was confirmed in an official statement released by the Diocesan Chancellor, Rev Fr Charles Ndubuisi. “With faith in…
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili said she has accepted an invitation to become an Advisor to Club de Madrid. Ezekwesili announced this in a post on her X handle on Tuesday. According to her post, Club de Madrid is “the world’s largest forum of democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers”. Ezekwesili explained that…
BudgIT on Monday said its findings revealed that the National Assembly inserted 11,122 projects worth N6.93 trillion into the 2025 budget. BudgIT, a civic tech organization focused on public finance transparency, said the development has once again raised serious concerns about political manipulation and fiscal abuse. “We have combed through the 2025 FG Budget, and…
Some youths in Ibadan on Tuesday protested at Oyo State Government Secretariat over the killing of a student by a stray bullet allegedly fired by a policeman. The student, said to be writing the ongoing West African Examinations Council (WAEC) was hit by the stay bullet in the early hours of Tuesday around Gbagi Market….
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has clarified its stance regarding the nationwide ban on sachet alcohol. The Director of the FCT Directorate of the agency, Kenneth Azikiwe, in Abuja on Monday, said the temporary lifting of the ban was only valid until Dec. 31, 2025. He emphasised that the recent…
Olisa Agbakoba, a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has condemned a bill in Nigeria’s National Assembly seeking to jail non-voters for six months. While criticising the mandatory voting bill, the senior lawyer disclosed that he would rather go to jail than obey it if it eventually became law. Agbakoba said this…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in conjunction with prominent stakeholders across the South-East, has adopted President Bola Tinubu as the sole consensus candidate for the forthcoming 2027 presidential election. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation disclosed this in a statement signed by its Deputy President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and the National Spokesperson, Chief Thompson…
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Tuesday. “Civil defence teams have transferred (to hospitals) at least 44 dead, mostly children and women, as well as dozens of wounded, following new massacres committed by the occupation” across Gaza since 1:00 am (2200 GMT Monday),…
Saudi Arabian authorities have reportedly apprehended two women alleged to be the wife and mother of Ado Aliero, one of Nigeria’s most feared bandit kingpins. This development is seen as a startling international twist to Nigeria’s fight against banditry. Sources familiar with the case revealed that the duo was picked up in an intelligence-led operation…
A man, Azeez Tajudeen, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for defiling a six-year-old girl (names withheld) now deceased. Tajudeen was arraigned on a two-count amended charge bordering on defilement and involuntary manslaughter by the Lagos State. The offences are contrary to Sections 137 and 224 and punishable under…