UNIPORT STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND IN RITUAL KILLING
Port Harcourt – A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt sentenced Damian Okoligwe, a 400‑level Petrochemical Engineering student at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), to death by hanging…
ECOWAS SUSPENDS GUINEA‑BISSAU MEMBERSHIP, VOWS SANCTIONS ON COUP LEADERS
Abuja – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Thursday that it has suspended Guinea‑Bissau from all its decision‑making bodies following a military coup on Wednesday. The…
TINUBU RE‑ELECTION TO POSITION NORTH FOR NEXT‑GENERATION LEADERS BY 2031 – YAKASAI
Abuja – The Director‑General of the Tinubu Support Group, Dr. Umar Tanko Yakasai, said on Tuesday that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re‑election in 2027 would strategically place Northern Nigeria to…
EDO GOVERNOR MONDAY OKPEBHOLO CELEBRATES MINISTER ABUBAKAR MOMOH ON HIS BIRTHDAY
Abuja – In a press release issued on Thursday, the Executive Governor of Edo State, His Excellency Senator Monday Okpebholo, extended his heartfelt felicitations to the Honourable Minister of Regional…
AFRICAN OBSERVERS DEEPLY CONCERNED AS MILITARY COUP DISRUPTS GUINEA‑BISSAU ELECTION
Abuja – A joint election observation mission of the African Union, ECOWAS and the West African Elders Forum, which was monitoring Sunday’s presidential election in Guinea‑Bissau, issued a statement on…
BREAKING: PROMINENT ISLAMIC SCHOLAR SHEIKH DAHIRU USMAN BAUCHI DIES AT 102
Bauchi – Nigeria’s revered Islamic scholar and global leader of the Tijjaniyya order, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, passed away at the age of 102 in the early hours of Thursday,…
OYO STATE CONFIRMS 16 DEAD IN EXPRESSWAY BUS‑TRUCK COLLISION AND FIRE
Abuja – The Oyo State government said on Wednesday that an 18‑seater passenger bus collided with a stationary truck on the Oyo/Ogbomosho Expressway in Oyo town, resulting in a fire…
SENATE BEGINS HEATED DEBATE ON NIGERIA’S GROWING INSECURITY
Abuja – The Senate convened on Tuesday for a spirited debate on the escalating insecurity in Kwara, Kebbi and Niger states, following a motion by Senator Lola Ashiru of Kwara…
PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES NON‑CAREER AMBASSADORS FOR UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE
Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated three non‑career ambassadors to represent Nigeria in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. The nominees are Ambassador Ayodele Oke, Retired…
PRESIDENT TINUBU DECLARES NATIONWIDE SECURITY EMERGENCY, ORDERS MASSIVE RECRUITMENT OF POLICE AND ARMY
Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, announced on Wednesday a nationwide security emergency and authorized an immediate expansion of the armed forces and police to confront escalating kidnappings, banditry…
