Former Vice President Namadi Sambo has dismissed reports that he has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).It was widely reported on Wednesday that Sambo has defected to the APC. The reports cited a photograph of the ex-VP with Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani.However,
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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has said that pointing a stun gun at someone is a criminal offence under Nigerian law, even if the device is non-lethal.Jimoh made this known on Thursday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, during which he provided an update on the
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Governments around the world are evacuating thousands of their nationals caught up in the rapidly spiraling Israel-Iran conflict, organizing buses and planes and in some cases assisting people crossing borders on foot.Foreigners have rushed to leave both countries after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on Friday targeting Iran’s nuclear
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Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Wednesday received 119 stolen artefacts from the Netherlands.The Oba said plans by some international cartel to re-loot the artefacts were thwarted after he prayed to God and the ancestors.He said, “I thank President Bola Tinubu for supporting and committing to the efforts former President
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By Noel ChiagoromIn a move that marries compassion with responsibility, Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has approved the sum of ₦15 million to support the mass burial of 43 indigenes of Ogwuaniocha community in Ogbaru Local Government Area. These were not faceless statistics—they were fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters—whose
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By Noel chiagoromAs Nigeria prepares for another general election in 2027, former presidential candidate Peter Obi has issued a sobering call for vigilance and responsibility. His statement, both critical and urgent, underscores the glaring failures of the 2023 elections and challenges Nigerians to act decisively to safeguard their democracy.“Come 2027,
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By Noel ChiagoromYou know a nation is finished—yes, finished—when its Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security starts organising prayer sessions for food security. Not research initiatives. Not policy rollouts. Not mechanisation drives or irrigation projects. No. Prayer sessions. That’s where we are now in Nigeria. A country with some
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The federal government has unveiled the registration portal for the national youth conference.According to Nigeria’s Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, the Confab tagged Youth Confab 2025, is meant to serve as a moment of hope and healing chance to move from protest to policy, from problems to solutions,
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian, a businessman, at the Port Harcourt International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine to the Islamic Republic of Iran.This was issued in a statement on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s spokesman.According to Babafemi, 44-year old Ezemokwe, was intercepted
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Pope Leo has offered prayers for the victims of what he described as a “terrible massacre” in Benue State, Nigeria.Speaking before the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican, the Pope said about 200 people were “brutally killed” in Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area, during the night of June 13 and
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