Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called on Muslims in the state and across the world to reflect on the values of sacrifice, obedience, and faith as they mark the Eid-el-Kabir, also known as Eid-al-Adha. In his Sallah message on Friday, Fubara encouraged Muslims to use the ...
Read More »Trump bans citizens of Chad, Congo, 10 others from entering US
President Donald Trump has signed a new proclamation barring citizens from 12 countries from entering the United States, citing national security concerns. The full travel ban affects nationals from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The restriction will ...
Read More »APC wouldn’t have won in 2015 under current INEC chairman – Amaechi
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has criticised the current chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, alleging that the All Progressives Congress would not have been registered or won the 2015 general elections if Yakubu had been in charge at the time. Speaking on Arise ...
Read More »I never consulted native doctor for re-election, says Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has debunked claims that he consulted a native doctor regarding his re-election prospects ahead of the state governorship election on November 8, 2025. Some reports and video clips have circulated online claiming that the governor consulted a native doctor to “brighten” his ...
Read More »South Korea’s new president pledges peace, dialogue with North
South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung pledged to reach out to the nuclear-armed North and “heal wounds” as he assumed office on Wednesday, following a decisive victory in a snap election triggered by his predecessor’s controversial martial law declaration. The centre-left leader also warned that “rising protectionism and ...
Read More »Presidency counters factional Afenifere’s claims, lists Tinubu’s reform gains
The Presidency on Tuesday refuted criticisms by a faction of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, which claimed that the administration’s policies have resulted in economic hardship, democratic decline, and social regression. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, ...
Read More »I don’t know any other title in Yorubaland superior to Alaafin – Oluwo
The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanni, has said that there is no he does not know any other title in Yorubaland that is superior to the Alaafin. Oluwo, who described the Alaafin title as supreme to all other traditional titles in Yorubaland, said that the ...
Read More »Tinubu orders repair of Niger bridge damaged by floods
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry for Works to repair the damaged bridge linking the north and southern parts of the country washed away by recent flood in Mokwa, Niger State. The Minister of State for Works, Bello Goronyo, disclosed this on Tuesday when he led ...
Read More »No plan to dump APC, says Okorocha 3
A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has dismissed speculations suggesting that he plans to leave the All Progressives Congress. The former Imo West Senator stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo. Okorocha also refuted a recent ...
Read More »Stop Wike’s monthly media chats, IPOB lawyer urges Tinubu
A human rights lawyer and counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has called on President Bola Tinubu to stop the monthly media chat of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, describing it as wasteful and extravagant. In a press statement released on Tuesday, ...
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