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POPE LEO SAYS HE WILL FOLLOW THE PATH OF HIS PREDECESSOR Pope Leo XIV told cardinals on Saturday he intends to follow his predecessor’s path, praising Francis’s “complete dedication to service and sober simplicity of life”. “Beginning with Saint Peter and up to myself, his unworthy Successor, the Pope has been a humble servant of God and his brothers and …

FG MAKES U-TURN, DENIES SIMON EKPA EXTRADITION CLAIMS The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has distanced himself from reports suggesting that the Federal Government has begun extradition proceedings against separatist agitator Simon Ekpa. In a statement issued on Friday by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Special Adviser to the President on Communication and Publicity (Office of …

AKPABIO HAILED FOR STEPPING DOWN FROM PANEL INVESTIGATING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Legal experts have applauded Senate President Godswill Akpabio for recusing himself from a presidential panel tasked with investigating sexual harassment allegations levelled by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. They argued that Akpabio’s withdrawal was not only ethically appropriate but also necessary to avoid perceptions of bias or conflict of interest. The investigative …

AFTER WE CAPTURED THE REAL LEADER OF BOKO HARAM I WAS RETIRED, ARRESTED, DETAINED – MAJOR GEN ALI-KEFFI Major General Danjuma Ali-Keffi has revealed that he was punished by the Nigerian authorities after his team captured the real leader of Boko Haram and arrested terrorism financiers. “There was an operation which I led, the operation servicewide — the counterterrorism — …

‘SCRUTINY FRIGHTENS THEM — UTOMI SLAMS APC OVER DRAMA KING MONIKER Pat Utomi, professor of political economy, has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for denigrating his launch of a shadow cabinet. Felix Morka, spokesperson of the APC, had referred to Utomi as an “intellectual drama king” after the professor unveiled his ‘Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government’. In a series …

POPE LEO XIV’S BROTHER SPEAKS ABOUT HIS LIFE Before he was Pope Leo XIV, he was Chicago native Robert Prevost, whose new role as the first American to lead the Catholic Church has thrown him and his family into the spotlight. The newly elected pope’s brother John Prevost, who lives in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Illinois, said learning …

WHY NIGERIANS IN AUSTRALIA DON’T TRAVEL BACK HOME – DON Dr Uchechukwu OsuagwuPresident of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu,President of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on his life journey from Nigeria to Australia How would you describe your growing up? I grew up in Aba, in …

WHY NIGERIANS IN AUSTRALIA DON’T TRAVEL BACK HOME – DON Dr Uchechukwu OsuagwuPresident of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu,President of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on his life journey from Nigeria to Australia How would you describe your growing up? I grew up in Aba, in …

PRIVILEGED CHILDREN FIGHTING POLITICAL BATTLES There appears to be a growing trend on the political scene where, holding past and serving public officials to account is being challenged by their family members. In the last few years, family members, especially sons and daughters of political leaders, rush to defend the policies, actions and utterances of their fathers and sometimes even …

LG ELECTIONS: REVOLT IN LAGOS APC OVER IMPOSITION Crisis is brewing within the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the July 12 local government elections, as many chairmanship aspirants and party leaders have kicked against what they described as a plot to impose candidates. The aggrieved members and leaders, drawn from various local government areas and …