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After weeks of deliberations, the Nigeria National Coalition Group, NNCG, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking for the registration of a new political party with the name All Democratic Alliance, ADA. The application letter, dated 19th June, 2025, was stamped received by INEC on 20 June, 2025. A copy of the letter, which was signed …

The UK High Court trial finds that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy oil pollution in Nigeria. The High Court has ruled that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy, or historic, oil pollution which has devastated the environments of two communities in Nigeria. The judgement means that Shell, …

Nigeria has been ranked 7th among the world’s friendliest countries to strangers, according to the UN’s 2025 World Happiness Report. The annual report, produced by the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre in partnership with Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, evaluates 147 countries on self-reported well-being and prosocial behaviours such as donating, volunteering, and helping others. Despite ranking …

… says country taken hostage by monumental corruption The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Friday, said that the latest alleged ‘financial irregularities’ at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) unearthed by the Senate confirmed his position that the Nigeria has become “a crime scene.” His reaction came 48 hours after the Senate Committee …

The newly appointed Director General of National Institute for Sports, Comrade Philip Shaibu has assumed duties at the headquarters of the Institution in Lagos on Monday 16th June,2025. The Director General and immediate past Deputy Governor of Edo State was received on arrival by management staff of the institution. He was joined by the Directors at the conference room where …

The lingering crisis over the installation of a new Okuokpellagbe of Okpella in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State may not end soon, as members of the Ukhomuyio Community on Friday protested the planned installation of one Michael Sado as the monarch of the limestone-rich Okpella town. The protesters said the selection of Sado was in violation of …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – Great Benin King, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has received from the Netherlands Government, 119 pieces of repatriated Benin artefacts, which are part of the thousands of priceless treasures looted by the British Government during its invasion of the Kingdom in 1897. While receiving the artefacts from the Netherlands government’s emissaries, Oba …

Donald Trump has approved plans to attack Iran, but has not made a final decision on whether to strike the country, the BBC’s US partner CBS reports. The US president held off from initiating strikes in case Iran agreed to abandon its nuclear programme, a senior intelligence source told CBS. Trump is reportedly considering a US strike on Fordo, an underground …

Israel’s defence minister says Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, “can no longer be allowed to exist” after the Soroka hospital was hit during an Iranian missile attack, according to local media and the AFP news agency. Speaking to journalists in Holon, near Tel Aviv, Israel Katz reportedly said: “Khamenei openly declares that he wants Israel destroyed, he personally gives the …

Israel’s emergency response service said three people were seriously injured by Iranian strikes overnight across the country, with two “moderately” hurt. Some 42 people were impacted by shrapnel injuries while another 18 were hurt on their way to shelters, Magen David Adom said in a post on X. A staff member walks along a damaged area at the Soroka hospital complex …