World leaders remembered Pope Francis as “a beacon of compassion”, reacting with sadness after the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics died on Monday.   Here are some of the first reactions to the death of the 88-year-old pontiff:   ‘Stood for brotherly mankind’ – France   French ...

President Bola Tinubu is expected to return to Nigeria today after spending nearly two weeks abroad, his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has confirmed.   In a brief post shared on X on Monday, Onanuga wrote, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will return home today.”   Earlier, the ...

Protests broke out in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Monday morning over the continued killings of indigenous residents by gunmen suspected to be Fulani militants.   The demonstrations, led by Christian leaders including the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Polycarp Lubo, commenced on Monday morning ...

The Mayor of Kumasi, Richard Boadi, has issued a strong warning to cattle rearers, stating that, effective May 1, any stray cow in the city will be seized and slaughtered.   Boadi added that the slaughtered cows would be fed to inmates at the Kumasi Central Prison.   He made ...

The West African Examinations Council has revoked the licences of 574 secondary schools in Nigeria.   WAEC announced that the affected schools were found to have committed examination malpractices.   The examination body also stated that the schools will not be allowed to conduct examinations even as the 2025 West ...

  Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski was diagnosed with a hamstring injury on Sunday and is set to miss the Copa del Rey final and Champions League semi-final, according to Spanish media reports.   The 36-year-old Polish forward, Barcelona’s top goalscorer with 40 goals across all competitions, came off during his team’s ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said its operatives intercepted 500 grammes of cocaine concealed in the pages of religious books and bound for Saudi Arabia at a courier company located in Lagos State.   The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a ...

The Edo State Government said it registered over 9,000 Certificates of Occupancy between February and April 17, 2025.   The Managing Director of Edo State Geographic Information Service, Dr Tony Ikpasaja, disclosed this when journalists paid him a courtesy visit on Easter Sunday.   Ikpasaja said the feat was achieved ...

The Ogun State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, on Sunday, praised Governor Dapo Abiodun for the approval and release of N6.7bn for the payment of the backlog of gratuities to pensioners in the state.   The chairman of the union, Waheed Oloyede, disclosed this in a statement released ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued the National Broadcasting Commission over what it described as the “arbitrary and unlawful” ban of Eedris Abdulkareem’s song Tell Your Papa.   This was disclosed in a statement signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, and made available to journalists on Sunday. ...