Trump Indicted For Third Time Over Capitol Protests Amid 2024 GOP Presidential Lead
Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted for the third time on Tuesday over his alleged involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol protests. The indictment follows previous indictments in New York and Florida, adding to the legal challenges faced…
Ministerial Screening: Uproar Over Petition Against El-Rufai As Akpabio ‘Saves’ the Ex-Gov
The Senate on Tuesday continued with the screening of ministerial nominees. Nine of the nominees scaled the hurdle, increasing the total number of nominees screened so far to 23. This is even as there was a mild drama before the…
How We Can Attain Peace in Africa — Thabo Mbeki Reveals
Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, has revealed that to effectively address the challenge of conflict in Africa, it requires that leaders do not limit themselves to putting in place security arrangements on the basis of a wrong assumption that…
Activist Commends Kaduna Governor for Appointing 33-year-old As Accountant General
Muhammad Shehu Molash, the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, announced the appointment in a statement on Thursday, July 27. He said the appointment takes immediate effect. Reacting to the appointment, Lawal said the selection of Zuntu is a testament to the…
Tame Ekpa, Dokubo, Ohanaeze Urges Tinubu’s Government
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned what they described as heinous activities of the self-acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa and the ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, urging the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government to tame them. This was as…
Apapa Moves To Evict Abure from Labour Party National Secretariat
Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, the acting National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to compel the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to eject the embattled LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, from the party’s…
See Contract Letter As Lagos Govt Approves N61m For Mass Burial Of 103 Endsars Victims
The Lagos State government has approved the sum of N61, 285,000.00 for the mass burial of the 103, the year 2020 EndSARS victims. In a letter titled ‘Letter of No Objection. Mass Burial for the 103, the Year 2020 Endsars…
Court Sets Date For Emefiele’s Trial Over Alleged Illegal Firearms Possession
The embattled suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, will be arraigned before the Federal High Court, Lagos on July 25 on two counts of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. One of his lawyers, Victor…
FIRS Rakes-in Record N5.5 Trillion In Six Months
Nigeria‘s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced a total tax revenue collection of N5.5 trillion for the half-year period of January to June 2023. This is the highest tax revenue collection ever recorded by the Service in any first…
IGP Undertakes Convoy Patrol to Tackle Security Challenges In Plateau State
Nigeria’s Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has initiated a critical duty tour, conducting a convoy patrol to assess and address the prevailing security situation in Plateau State. The move, it was learnt, was in response to…
Reps To Investigate Destruction of Vessels With Stolen Crude Oil
The House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Tuesday resolved to investigate the brazen destruction of a vessel caught with stolen crude oil and what happened to the 150,000 barrels of crude in the vessels. The resolution…