KANO MOSQUE ARSONIST SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING An upper Shariah court in Kano has sentenced Shafiu Abubakar to death by hanging for setting ablaze worshippers at a mosque in Gadan Village of Gezawa local government area of state. The incident happened when the worshippers were performing early morning prayers on May 15, 2024 About 11 people died immediately while …

HOUSE OF REPS SPEAKER, ABBAS, WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL COMPULSORY VOTING BILL Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has withdrawn the controversial Compulsory Voting Bill to amend Electoral Act 2022. The bill withdrawal was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the speaker’s special adviser on media and publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi. According to him, the decision was to …

FRENCH PRESIDENT, MACRON, SLAPPED BY WIFE IN PUBLIC This is the shocking moment Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, slapped the French President after the two were reportedly seen “bickering.” The couple were preparing to disembark the presidential plane when Brigitte’s hands hit Macron in the face as they arrived in Vietnam for a tour in Southeast Asia. The Élysée first denied …

TRAGEDY: CATHOLIC PRIEST, FEMALE PASSENGER DROWN IN NIGER FLOOD AFTER BRIDGE COLLAPSE Reverend Father James Omeh, the Parish Priest of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Gulu, and Coordinator of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, has died in a flood incident. The incident occurred on Saturday, 24 May 2025, along the Lapai-Gulu Road, …

TINUBU’S LATEST FEDERAL APPOINTEES HAVE MULTIBILLION-NAIRA CORRUPTION BAGGAGE – FIJ On Saturday, President Bola Tinubu announced a fresh round of appointments to key positions in federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). The list includes postings to the Nigerian Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) and the Nigerian Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA). Presidential …

COURT STRIKES OUT SUIT SEEKING TO DECLARE SEATS Of 25 RIVERS LAWMAKERS VACANT A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has struck out a suit seeking to declare the seats of the 25 lawmakers of the State House of Assembly, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), following a misunderstanding between Governor …

2027: MINISTER’S EYEING GOVERNORSHIP SEATS,At least five ministers in the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led Federal Executive Council contested for the governorship seats in their respective states in 2023. They are Ahmed Idris Malagi, the minister for information; Nentawe Yiltwada Goshwe, minister for humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction; Adegboyega Oyetola, minister marine and blue economy; Bello Matawalle, minister of state for …

PDP DISCLAIMS WIKE’S REPORTED AGREEMENTS The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it is not bound by any agreements with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, stating that such arrangements are personal and do not reflect the party’s official stance. The party made the clarification after a deepening internal crisis that continues to threaten its unity and …

2027: APC FRETS AS ATIKU, OBI, AMAECHI, EL-RUFAI, OTHERS UNITE AGAINST TINUBU As the coalition drive to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 continues to gain momentum across the country, the ruling All Progressives Congress seems unsettled. Some bigwigs in the opposition political parties and aggrieved members of the APC are currently teaming up ahead of the election, aiming at …

TINUBU’S LIFE JACKET AND A DEER’S SACRED SKIN BY FETUS DEBAYO What hunters see in the forest is enough to make children of men without balls blind. An ethnographic study of hunters in a wild called Ìgbẹ Alágogo conducted by a scholar at the University of Ibadan, Ayo Adeduntan, gave birth to the narrative. Ọláníyì Ọládèj̣ọ Yáwóọ̣ré had gone hunting …

TRUMP’S INVITE TO TINUBU, IT’S FAKE – PRESIDENCY Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has described as fake a recent statement on White House invitation to President Bola Tinubu circulating on the Internet. The statement claimed to have emanated from the State House. The statement in particular claimed that the Presidency had declined an invitation …

CHAOS ERUPTS AS JIGAWA DELEGATES DISRUPT ATIKU, OBI COALITION MEETING A high-level coalition meeting involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and others descended into chaos as delegates from Jigawa State disrupted the proceedings. The ongoing coalition meeting at the Abuja Continental Hotel, organised by the National Political Consultative Group (North), …

NIGERIA NEEDS SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO INSECURITY – CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, OGALLA, AS SOWORE SLAMS CNS, SAYS NIGERIA IS FINISHED The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has advocated spiritual solutions to the security challenges bedevilling Nigeria. Ogalla spoke on Thursday while inaugurating three places of worship at the Navy Town, Asokoro, Abuja, as part of activities …

CONFUSION AS NATIONAL SECRETARY, NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY ISSUE CONFLICTING NOTICES ON HOLDING OF PDP NEC MEETING The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued to escalate as Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the party’s national secretary, and Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the national Publicty Secretary, issued two different notices on holding of the NEC meeting of PDP. While Samuel Anyanwu issued …

PDP CRISIS: MY POSITION, BY NYESOM WIKE Since after the 2023 General election, the PDP has been wantonly swinging from one part of a slippery precipice to another, owing fundamentally to dishonesty and lack of trust amongst its key stakeholders. To stem this ugly trend, efforts have been made to arrest this pernicious virus of dishonesty and treachery and enthrone …