The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (rtd), said an appropriation bill for 2025 is being articulated to provide for critical development concerns in healthcare delivery, education, agriculture and infrastructure. Ibas also said that the anticipated budget will cater to creating more employment opportunities for Rivers people and advance delivery of technology in … Read more
The head of Myanmar’s junta was due to discuss the response to his country’s devastating earthquake at a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday after the death toll passed 3,000. Min Aung Hlaing will join a BIMSTEC gathering — representing the seven littoral nations of the Bay of Bengal — where he will raise the … Read more
Chelsea climbed to fourth place in the Premier League as Enzo Fernandez sealed a 1-0 win that piled pressure on beleaguered Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou on Thursday. Fernandez’s thumping header early in the second half settled a bruising London derby at Stamford Bridge. Manchester City and Newcastle had both won on Wednesday to knock Chelsea … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a suspension of investment in the United States until Donald Trump’s “brutal and unfounded” new tariffs against Europe and the rest of the world were clarified. His comments followed President Trump imposing sweeping new levies on US trading partners, including a 20 percent tariff on imports from … Read more
The High Court in London on Thursday ordered US President Donald Trump to pay £625,000 ($741,000) in legal costs after he unsuccessfully sued a former British spy over a salacious dossier. Trump had sought to bring a suit against former MI6 officer Christopher Steele who authored the so-called Steele dossier which alleged the US leader … Read more
Lokoja, Kogi – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally informed Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Nigerian Senate, about its decision to reject a petition which sought to recall suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan. According to the electoral commission, the petition failed to meet the constitutional requirement to sack Natasha, the Kogi Central … Read more
Lokoja, Kogi – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally informed Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Nigerian Senate, about its decision to reject a petition which sought to recall suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan. According to the electoral commission, the petition failed to meet the constitutional requirement to sack Natasha, the Kogi Central … Read more
The latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday has seen Nigeria climb up one place, moving to 43rd in the world. The Super Eagles rounded off 2024 in the 44th position following unimpressive performances in the international break towards the end of 2024. But a 2-0 victory over Rwanda and in Kigali and a 1-1 draw … Read more
The small African kingdom of Lesotho said Thursday it would “urgently” send a government delegation to the United States to plead its case after Washington imposed 50-percent tariffs on its imports, the highest for a single nation. Other African countries hit with President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” above the new baseline rate of 10 percent … Read more
At least 30 people were killed when a northern South Sudanese town was briefly overrun by an armed youth group, a local official said Thursday, following a cattle raid. Clashes involving pastoralists and settled farming communities are common in the world’s youngest country, but this incident comes as tensions rise over South Sudan’s fragile political … Read more
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has officially appointed Oladipupo Oluwaloni as the new head of the Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development Area (LCDA) following the death of the former chairman, Mrs. Bolatito Shobowale. During the swearing-in ceremony held on Wednesday, April 2, Sanwo-Olu encouraged Oluwaloni to focus on community development and to align his … Read more
Mokwa, Niger State – On April 2, during a stakeholders’ meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Mokwa Local Council, Joshua Audu Gana, the House of Representatives member for Lavun/Mokwa/Edati Federal Constituency, addressed growing dissatisfaction over his performance in delivering constituency projects. Gana firmly defended his position, stating that he would not resort to … Read more
The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has confirmed having evidence of sexual harassment allegation against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Naija News recalls that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker had accused Nigeria’s third-highest political official, Akpabio, of infringing upon her rights to represent her constituents after she rebuffed his sexual advances. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan … Read more
A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has issued a restraining order barring the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS), and five other defendants from summoning or taking any action against Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. The case is linked to … Read more
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has dared the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to press charges over the allegation of death threat she levelled against him. Akpoti-Uduaghan who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, said information at her disposal reveals that Akpabio wants to sue her. “I am … Read more
The Rivers State High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, has issued an order restraining security agencies, including the police and the Department of State Services (DSS), from arresting the suspended Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Edison Ehie. Naija News reports that the order was granted by Justice IPC Igwe in response … Read more
FCT, Abuja – Former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd), who spent over two months in captivity, has recounted his harrowing experience in the hands of terrorists and kidnappers. Speaking with newsmen on Thursdays, April 3, Tsiga revealed that he and other abductees were held in a dense … Read more
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has reacted to rumours making the rounds about his health, saying that there was never a time he collapsed or was flown overseas for treatment Wike stated this during an inspection tour of some ongoing projects in the nation’s capital Abuja on Thursday. He claimed that … Read more
Sokoto – Notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Bello Turji, has reportedly killed 11 farmers in Lugu town, Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It was learnt that the attack happened in the early hours of Wednesday, April 2, when Turji was said to be returning from a Sallah visit to a community in Isa. A … Read more
In a decisive move against illegal mining, Mining Marshals have successfully dismantled a heavily fortified illegal mining site in Rafin Gabas, Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The operation marks a significant victory in the government’s ongoing efforts to curb illicit mining activities across the country. The site, which had long evaded law enforcement, … Read more