•Wike The Director of the Department of Development Control has been directed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to ensure that the Nuwalege community along Airport Road makes way for the presidential fleet. This was following the request from the Nigerian Air Force, reports The Nation. Speaking through the di...
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a High Court judge, Justice Joy Unwana, and her driver in the Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that her police orderly was killed during the incident which occurred yesterday along the Uyo-Okobo road which leads to Oron town, reports The Nation. […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has announced plans to launch a full investigation into the Military Pensions Board after it resumes from recess. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Olamilekan Adeola, made the announcement today during the defence of the budget report by the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, ...
•Peter Odili and Siminalayi Fubara Former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili says he is satisfied with the decisions of Governor Siminalayi Fubara since his inauguration in May. Dr Odili made this assertion at the 3rd Convocation and 6th Founders’ Day ceremonies of Pamo University of Medical Sciences, where he said “the governor has hit [&h...
•Governor Bago Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, of Niger State has dropped ‘His Excellency’ title for ‘Farmer Governor’. Bago stated this during the presentation of the 2024 budget to the state House of Assembly said that the name is to reinforce the priority of the government on agriculture, reports Vanguard. The governor said he should no ...
•Pope Francis A Nigerian Catholic priest identified as Father Ugochukwu Ugwoke has defended Pope Francis after the Catholic Church head gave permission to blessing same-sex marriage. It was reported yesterday that Pope Francis officially granted priests permission to bless same-sex and “irregular” couples, under certain circumstances. However,...
•Akeredolu and late Yar’Adua “We always know the right thing for others to do until we are confronted with a similar challenge,” Olusegun Adeniyi, former Special Adviser to late President Umaru Yar’Adua, wrote in a recent article published by ThisDay. Adeniyi was referring to ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, who is currently on ...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asserted that there is no way back for the 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly whose seats have been declared vacant except through a fresh nomination process. Leading members of the National Working Committee (NWC) at a press conference after an emergency […...
South-South Leader, Edwin Clark has described the communique issued at the end of the reconciliatory meeting by President Bola Tinubu to resolve the crisis in Rivers State as baffling, appalling and unacceptable to the people, especially, the ljaw ethnic nationality. In a press conference in Abuja today, the elder statesman, threatens legal ac...
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commissioned the Ikeja Overpass Bridge situated in Ikeja area of the state. The Ikeja Overpass Bridge is the fourth to be commissioned by the Lagos state government within the last two months, reports The Nation. The governor of Kwara State and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRaz...

