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Vatican gendarmerie and the Swiss Guard removed from the Paul VI audience hall on Wednesday a man between 40 and 50 years old who, visibly upset, interrupted Pope Francis’ General Audience by shouting. EWTN News photographer Daniel Ibáñez said the man began by yelling in English “this is not God’s church” and then said in Italian: “no more masks in …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating today on the political situation in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. The meeting which is coming as part of the resolutions reached at last week’s virtual meeting chaired by Ghana’s …

If Senate President Ahmed Lawan had used the press centre or the briefing room at the State House, Abuja after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, he would perhaps have used the same seat the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, used last year to tell Nigerians about the federal government’s decision to, at last, pick the …

Edo State House of Assembly has passed a bill to amend the State Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Law 2000. The passage of the bill was sequel to the presentation and consideration of the report of the House Committee on Local Government by the House, yesterday, in Benin city. Majority Leader and member representing Ikpoba-Okha, Mr Henry Okhuarobo, moved a …

President Joe Biden wades into the politically treacherous issue of crime and guns with a trip Thursday to New York, where recent shootings of police have highlighted a growing fear of violent disorder in America’s big cities. Biden, who is traveling with Attorney General Merrick Garland, will meet with newly sworn-in mayor and rising Democratic star Eric Adams at New …

A recent report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, revealed that since inauguration in 2015, the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has disobeyed many court judgments. During the public presentation of the report, SERAP’s  Deputy  Director,  Kolawole Oludare highlighted some of the court judgments which his organisation had secured against the federal government but which no action has been …

The January 24 military coup that overthrew Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré comes amid a deepening security crisis in the country. Both civilians and defence and security forces have long voiced their discontent, including with Mr Kaboré’s political stewardship. This was also West Africa’s fourth coup in less than two years. Mr Kaboré’s deposition follows those of former Malian presidents Ibrahim Boubacar …

There is palpable tension at the ‘Buhari House’ national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the party prepares to inaugurate states party executives. Consequently, a detachment of policemen have taken over the premises located on Blantyre Street, Wuse 2 District, Abuja to stage off any …

Nigeria has called for a greater collaboration among Africans to effectively confront challenges such as climate change, public health, local vaccine production, among others. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement, said that President Muhammadu Buhari made the call on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Buhari spoke at …

Kano State Director for Public Prosecution, Barrister Aisha Mahmoud, yesterday, informed the Magistrate Court trying three suspects in connection with the murder of a five-year-old, Hanifa Abubakar, that it would terminate the trial following the successful filing of a fresh case before a Kano High Court. Mahmoud, who also doubled as the prosecution counsel, told the Magistrate that, “We filed …