TINUBU urges Senate to confirm INEC commissioner, NAHCON chairman
President Bola Tinubu has urged the Senate to confirm the nomination of retired Adm. Jamila Abubakar as National Commissioner representing Adamawa State at the Independent National Electoral Commission. It is reported that Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Tuesday. “In […]
EIGHT Nigerians sanctioned by the US over links to Boko Haram, cybercrime
The United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having links to the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. This was contained in a 3,000-page document dated February 10, released by the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and sighted by […]
TINUBU touches down in Yola, set to inaugurates key projects
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, for a one-day official visit, during which he will inaugurate completed projects and hold engagements with key stakeholders in the state. President Tinubu, whose aircraft touched down at the Lamido Aliyu Mustapha Airport, Yola, at 1:20pm, was received on arrival by top government […]
DELE Momodu to Bode George -‘Purge yourself of anti-Atiku sentiments’
Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation magazine and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, has urged former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George to stop harbouring what he described as anti-Atiku sentiments, insisting that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has a legitimate right to pursue his presidential ambition. Momodu made […]
Author Chimamamda Ngozi Adichie And Her Husband Mourn Loss Of Their 21 Month Old Twin Son
Renowned author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and her husband, Dr Ivara Esege, have lost one of their twin sons, Nkanu Nnamdi. According to a statement issued on Thursday by Omawumi Ogbe, on behalf of the family, the 21-month-old baby passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, after a brief illness. The statement said the family is […]
Rivers Assembly Begins Impeachment Proceedings Against Fubara
The political landscape in Rivers State took another turn on Thursday when members of the state’s House of Assembly began impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu. During plenary presided over by the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, the Majority Leader, Rivers State House of Assembly, […]
Court grants N500m bail to Malami, wife, son
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to bail in the sum of N500m pending his trial in the money laundering offences brought against him by the federal government. Malami is to produce two sureties who […]