Month: April 2025
Elder statesman and former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has once again issued a clarion call for Nigeria to urgently embrace true federalism, cautioning that the nation’s continued survival is imperiled under its current centralised system of governance. Speaking at the 14th edition of the Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance […]
Multiple United States federal agencies, including the FBI, DEA, CIA, and others, have been directed to release investigative records related to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s alleged involvement in a decades-old drug trafficking probe. The release is scheduled for Friday, May 2, 2025, following a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. […]
The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), resumed on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, with the prosecution presenting key exhibits, including Radio Biafra broadcasting equipment, as part of its terrorism case against the separatist figurehead. Kanu, who faces seven counts of terrorism, firmly denied accusations […]
In a significant development in the ongoing terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Federal High Court in Abuja has authorized that prosecution witnesses be permitted to testify behind a protective screen, thereby shielding their identities from public view. The decision, delivered on Tuesday by Justice James Omotosho, […]
Peter Nwachukwu, the widower of renowned gospel artist Osinachi Nwachukwu, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. The verdict was delivered on Monday by Honourable Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme, who held that the prosecution had irrefutably established the charge of culpable homicide beyond […]
The death toll from a recent incursion by suspected Boko Haram insurgents into Kopl village, located within Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, has risen to 14. In the aftermath of the assault, the bodies of at least 14 mourners were recovered, while several others sustained gunshot wounds and remain in critical condition. This […]
The price of a 50kg bag of rice has fallen to as low as N58,000 in several parts of Nigeria, particularly in remote border regions, following a surge in imports from the Republic of Benin, according to a report by S&P Global. The report notes that the West African parboiled rice market has slumped to […]
The World Bank’s recent assessment of Nigeria’s poverty trajectory has triggered widespread concern, with civil society groups and economic stakeholders calling for immediate interventions to avert a looming poverty-driven economic collapse. At the recently concluded 2025 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, D.C., the global institutions presented […]
Amid a growing wave of defections destabilizing its ranks, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called an emergency National Working Committee (NWC) meeting for Tuesday in Abuja. The session will address the internal crises and mass defections that have plagued the party for years. The situation escalated last week when Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, […]
Pages
