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A former member of the National Assembly, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, has clarified that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is not expected to present the 2026 budget to the state House of Assembly until July, explaining that an existing appropriation is still in effect. Nwuke, who represented Etche-Omuma Federal Constituency in the House of…
The long-anticipated corruption trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first woman to preside over the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, is scheduled to commence in a London court on Monday. Alison-Madueke, now 65, stands accused of five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to…
The National Working Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has described Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s resignation from the party as “a cold betrayal of a sacred trust,” dismissing his claims of an internal crisis as baseless and an afterthought. Yusuf, who governs Kano State, formally resigned from the NNPP on Friday and is…
A Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory has issued an interlocutory injunction stopping a United Kingdom-based activist, Dr Sandra Duru, popularly known as Prof Mgbeke, and Meta Platforms Inc., the operators of Facebook, from further circulating materials alleged to be defamatory against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central in the National Assembly….
United States President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Canada, threatening to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods entering America if Prime Minister Mark Carney finalises a trade agreement with China. The threat, delivered on Saturday via Trump’s Truth Social platform, marks the latest escalation in deteriorating relations…
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is set to begin an official visit to Morocco on Monday, as diplomatic ties between the two nations face strain following the detention of Senegalese supporters over hooliganism charges linked to the Africa Cup of Nations final. The visit, which takes place within the framework of a joint commission…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has formally resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party, citing deepening internal crises and protracted leadership disputes that he says have created uncertainty within the party and threatened his ability to govern effectively in the interest of the people of Kano State. The governor conveyed…
Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger this year, including 3 million children facing severe malnutrition, the United Nations disclosed on Thursday, as the collapse of global aid budgets forces a dramatic scaling back of humanitarian operations across the country. Speaking at the launch of the 2026 humanitarian plan in Abuja, UN…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that a total of 3,000 voters with disabilities have been registered in the Federal Capital Territory in preparation for the forthcoming Area Council elections. The disclosure was made by the Head of INEC’s Information and Communication Technology Department in the FCT, Mr. Festus Aisien, during an advocacy…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the posting of three ambassador-designates to key diplomatic missions in France, the United States and the United Kingdom, ending a prolonged absence of substantive Nigerian envoys to these strategic nations more than two years after all ambassadors were recalled. The posting covers Colonel Lateef Are for the United…
