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By Idahosa Musa Wife of a victim of gun shooting arising from a protest by suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Mrs. Benedicta Akoda, has cried out and begged Nigerians to prevail on the Police to save her husband who was allegedly chained to bed as a suspect at the hospital where he is being treated, an unconfirmed source told …

Political party bans by military authorities in Burkina Faso and Niger have met little resistance, but in Mali they ignited defiance. On 13 May, Mali’s military transitional authority decreed the dissolution of political parties. Although most of the country’s nearly 300 parties were not functional, this is a major setback for Mali’s prospects of remaining a multiparty democracy. It is …

The allegation follows a recent Nigeria Development Update (NDU) report by the World Bank, which disclosed that NNPCL failed to remit N500 billion to the Federation Account between October and December 2024.  Transparency International Nigeria has accused President Bola Tinubu and former presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo of complicity in years of financial misconduct and unaccounted remittances by the …

Calls for cancellation of 2025 UTME The South East Caucus in the House of Representatives has called for the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, over the glitches in the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). While acknowledging Oloyede’s public admission of the failure, the caucus maintained that …

Anti-Tinubu Coalition: Peter Obi Disagrees With Atiku’s Camp Over VP Slot The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said his involvement in the coalition of opposition parties ahead of the 2027 election isn’t about positions but about replacing bad governance with a better one. Obi said this in response to a question …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday joined other world leaders at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican for the solemn inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, the newly elected leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The ceremony, marking the official beginning of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, followed his election by the College of Cardinals 27 days after the passing of Pope …

•Restructuring of security architecture, bi-camera legislature, revenue formula on agenda•Moved from May 27, 28 to June 11, 12 More details are beginning to emerge on specifics that may dominate debate at the all-inclusive political summit being put together under the leader of The Patriots and former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emerita Anyaoku, to fashion a workable constitutional framework …

US President Donald Trump announced after a two-hour call with Russian President Vladimir Putin that “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.” “Russia wants to do largescale TRADE with the United States when this catastrophic ‘bloodbath’ is over, and I agree. There is a tremendous opportunity for Russia to …

The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged widespread corruption in the Nigerian judiciary, saying many judges and lawyers are corrupt. Speaking on Monday at the Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bwari Branch in Abuja, Mr El-Rufai said the public no longer trusts the judiciary due to delayed justice and biased rulings. The former governor claimed that justice …

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in conjunction with prominent stakeholders across the South-East, has adopted President Bola Tinubu as the sole consensus candidate for the forthcoming 2027 presidential election. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation disclosed this in a statement signed by its Deputy President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and the National Spokesperson, Chief Thompson Ohia, on Monday. According to …