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The suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Wednesday, denied any connection with a viral audio and video purportedly featuring her in a conversation with a journalist where she claimed that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, blackmailed President Bola Tinubu to have her imprisoned. In a statement personally signed and released in Abuja, Akpoti-Uduaghan categorically dissociated herself from the contents …

President of the Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has said there is nothing wrong if suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, defects from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okaba made the statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Thursday, days after Fubara met with President Bola Tinubu in Lagos. …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has issued a clear and forceful warning to bandits wreaking havoc across Zamfara, Katsina, and other parts of Northwest Nigeria to vacate their hideouts or face total elimination. The stern declaration came on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, from the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, who vowed that the military would intensify its …

Washington/Hong KongCNN — President Donald Trump emerged Thursday from a long-awaited 90-minute telephone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping encouraged that ongoing trade tensions could soon be resolved. Calling the conversation “very good,” Trump said in a social media post after the call that follow-up talks would soon be arranged with his economic team, and that he and Xi had invited each …

Six depot owners have reduced the prices of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol as competition heightens in the downstream sector of Nigeria’s petroleum industry. The depot owners, which slashed their prices yesterday included Emadeb, First Royal, MENJ, Aiteo, Pinnacle and Hyde. Emadeb reduced its depot price to N827 per litre from N903 per litre while First Royal slashed same …

A military spokesperson, Reuben Kovangiya, said gallant Nigerian troops subdued the insurgents Nigerian soldiers have repelled two terrorist attacks in the Buratai area of Biu Local Government Area and Mallam Fatori in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State. The two attacks happened on Thursday morning. Reuben Kovangiya, an army captain and spokesperson of Operation Hadin Kai, a military counter-insurgency …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the administration of President Bola Tinubu over his midterm in office, saying Nigerians, especially workers have experienced nothing but hardship, broken promises, and worsening poverty. In an appraisal of the second year anniversary of Tinubu’s presidency, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said the reforms rolled out since May 29, 2023, have brought suffering rather …

President Donald Trump has signed a new proclamation barring citizens from 12 countries from entering the United States, citing national security concerns. The full travel ban affects nationals from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The restriction will take effect on June 9, 2025. In addition to the full bans, the proclamation …

CNN — One of the most powerful alliances in American politics appears to be over. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk explosively sparred on their respective social media platforms Thursday – with the president floating the idea of cutting the tech billionaire’s various government contracts and Musk going nuclear at one point and saying Trump’s name was in the so-called …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON A young couple has been thrown into grief after their 19-month-old son reportedly tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) following a blood transfusion at a private hospital in Benin City, Edo State capital. The family ordeal started when the infant, identified as Mumbor Jeremiah, was admitted to the facility after suffering a high fever which …