NO POPE YET AS BLACK SMOKE APPEARS AT SISTINE CHAPEL CHIMNEY IN VATICAN The 133 cardinals making up this conclave are now back inside the Sistine Chapel after stepping away for a lunch break following this morning’s ballots. They could vote twice more this afternoon – once at 17:30 local time (16:30 BST) and if no consensus is reached, again …

NO POPE YET AS BLACK SMOKE APPEARS AT SISTINE CHAPEL CHIMNEY IN VATICAN With the another appearance of smoke at Sistine Chapel in the Vatican signifying that no pope had been elected, the 133 cardinals making up this conclave are now back inside the Sistine Chapel after stepping away for a lunch break following this morning’s ballots. They could vote …

MORE SENIOR LAWYERS JOIN NNAMDI KANU’S DEFENCE TEAM More senior and eminent lawyers have joined the legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as his trial continues. The latest additions to Kanu’s legal team include Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Paul Esokoro, and Dr. P.K. Obi. This was disclosed by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, …

PROTESTING SUPPORT STAFF SHUT DOWN WARRI REFINERY Protesting support staff of the Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company (WRPC) in Delta State have embarked on an indefinite strike, shutting down the facility over what they have termed “Poor Condition of Service” by the management of the company. The staff, who gathered in large numbers, blocked the entrance to the company. The …

AKPABIO SUES NATASHA OVER SATIRICAL APOLOGY AS SENATE PRESIDENT FAILS TO HONOUR NATASHA’S SUIT AGAINST HIM The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has filed a fresh lawsuit against the suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for mocking him with a satirical apology.Mr Akpabio’s suit, filed under case number CS/384/25 at the Federal High Court in Abuja and dated 7 May, seeks …

TINUBU, NIGERIA’S DE-MARKETER-IN-CHIE Which serious foreign investor would commit capital to a country led by an individual whose early life remains shrouded in mystery where the first twenty years of his life are undocumented, his biological parents are unknown, and there is no verifiable record of his primary or secondary education? Which investor would trust a nation led by a …

REPS SPEAKER RESHUFFLES COMMITTEE Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has announced a minor reshuffle in the leadership of some committees within the Green Chamber. During Wednesday’s plenary session, Abbas reassigned Mike Etaba, who represents the Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency in Cross River State, from his position as chair of the Committee on Public Petitions to head the Committee …

JONATHAN WARNS AGAINST CREATING ONE-PARTY STATE IN NIGERIA Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that it is dangerous for Nigeria to slide into a one-party state. He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday while paying a tribute to the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, at a memorial lecture and day of tribute. Clark, an Ijaw leader and politician, died in February …

ABURE A CLOWN, LOOKING FOR A CROWN – GOV OTTI ON PURPORTED SUSPENSION Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has described his purported suspension from the Labour Party by the embattled national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, as a desperate act of a clown looking for a crown. Otti, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, …

NIGERIA REMOVED FROM LIST OF COUNTRIES INDEBTED TO IMF In a report titled: ‘Total IMF Credit Outstanding – Movement from May 01, 2025 to May 06, 2025,” obtained on the multilateral institution’s website yesterday, Nigeria was not listed among its debtors which has a total of 91 developing and least developed countries owing the Fund a total of $117,797,656,224 as …

EFCC ARRESTS EX-LAWMAKER, FOR COLLECTING N70M FROM EMEFIELE The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a Former House of Representatives member, Gudaji Kazaure for receiving N70 million from disgraced ex-CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Lazare, who represented Kazaure, Gwiwa and Yan Kwashi constituencies in Jigawa state, was whisked away by operatives of the anti-graft commission on Wednesday after a …

ABURE A CLOWN, LOOKING FOR A CROWN – GOV OTTI ON PURPORTED SUSPENSION Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has described his purported suspension from the Labour Party by the embattled national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, as a desperate act of a clown looking for a crown. Otti, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, …

PRESENT EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT – RUFAI OSENI TO NATASHA AKPOTI Many Nigerians, especially supporters and political associates of the Nigeria Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio have commended Arise TV broadcaster and analyst, Rufai Oseni for his stance on the Akpabiogate, a fierce political and media battle between Godswill Akpabio and Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan. Rufai during an analysis of the …

18-YEAR-OLD APPRENTICE IMPREGNATES 10 GIRLS IN FIVE MONTHS An 18-year-old apprentice has allegedly impregnated 10 girls in just five months, including his master’s daughter and a salesgirl in Anambra State. Reports say he was first sent to learn a trade under a master, but within three months, he got both his boss’s daughter and a salesgirl pregnant. This, however, led …

COURT SCRUTINISES NNAMDI KANU’S PAST VIDEO BROADCASTS, ADJOURNS TRIAL TO MAY 8 The ongoing trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, continued on Wednesday May 7, 2025, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The trial was marked by intense scrutiny of Kanu’s past broadcasts and a series of dramatic exchanges between the prosecution …