A total lunar eclipse brought a “blood moon” over Asia, Europe, and Africa as stargazers marvelled at the sight. Stargazers enjoyed a “blood moon” during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia, as well as swaths of Europe and Africa. When the sun, Earth, and the moon line up, the shadow cast by the planet on its satellite makes it …

The General Overseer of the Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry, Onitsha, Prophet Chukwuemeka Cyril Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, has stirred widespread reactions with a startling revelation about his life and ministry. Speaking during a recent church service, Odumeje declared that his time on earth is limited and that when his journey ends, no one will ever …

The recently conducted Local Government Elections in Rivers State have continued to raise a lot of controversies and reactions among Nigerians, groups and political parties. Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, went on with the election despite widespread vehement opposition from notable Nigerians and stakeholders who believed it not only violates the Nigerian constitution but also makes a mockery of …

Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has said the petition written against him to Pope Leo XIV, by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 general election Joseph Waya was built on gossip and personal bitterness. Alia said this while dismissing the petition in which Waya alleged levelled various allegation of misconduct against him and …

Following public outcry, mostly from the members of the Organised Private Sector (OPS), Civil Society Groups, and Nigerians at large, there are strong indications that the National Assembly (NASS) may scrap the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)’s introduced electricity tariffs categories- Band A, B, C, and D in the ongoing review of the 2023 Electricity Act over its unconstitutionality, Sunday …

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has explained that it is embarking on strike action on Monday, September 8, 2025, because Dangote Refinery and its management want to bring back slavery into Nigeria’s workforce. The union made its position known in a statement released on Sunday, signed by Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olufemi, President and General …

A stakeholder in the health sector, Adedayo Adelanwa, has lamented the surge of eye challenges, saying about 23 million people suffer from eye problems in Nigeria. Adelanwa made the outcry on Sunday, during a two-day free medical outreach and glaucoma surgery held for residents of Abeokuta. He insisted that if 25 percent of the Nigerian population suffers one eye defects …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has described as ‘frightening’ the recent killings in Borno, Edo, Sokoto and Katsina states. Obi expressed the feeling in a tweet on his official X handle on Sunday. He lamented that the incidents were “stark evidence that Nigeria is in the grip of a full-blown security …

A bloody weekend across Nigeria left at least 102 people dead, including security personnel and suspected bandits, in a series of violent incidents reported in Borno, Sokoto, Edo and Katsina states. In Katsina State, seven people were killed when armed bandits raided Magajin Wando village between 11 p.m. and midnight on Friday. According to the Katsina State Ministry of Internal …

Inside INEC’s Secret Plot To Manipulate 2027 Elections For Tinubu, APC; Abdulrazak Yusuf Tipped To Replace Yakubu – SaharaReporters The manipulation of IReV, according to the insider, is already in motion. It was reportedly deployed in recent by-elections and is set to be tested again in the upcoming governorship elections in Anambra, Osun, and Ekiti states. SaharaReporters can exclusively reveal …

The long-running debate over whether former President Goodluck Jonathan can legally return to the presidential race took a dramatic turn last week after a Federal High Court in Yenagoa ruled that he cannot be barred from contesting on the basis of Section 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Justice Isa H. Dashen, who delivered judgment on May 27, 2022, …

The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government has decided to engaged with the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Dangote Refinery over their face-off. The federal government is appealing to NUPENG to suspend its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin on Monday, September 8, 2025. Confirming the government’s decision to resolve the dispute on Sunday, the …

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has accused the government of President Bola Tinubu of plotting to silence him. Speaking when he appeared on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme, Sowore said the current administration has adopted the same strategy used by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. “Well, I think it is just a recycling of the same strategy …

Barring any corrective intervention from the National Council of State (NCoS), the international community, civil society organisations and potential election observers (both local and foreign), there are warning signals that the 2027 general elections may turn out to be the worst elections ever conducted in the history of Nigeria, based on verified pieces of information made available to Sunday Vanguard …

As the November 16, 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) approaches, the governors elected on the party’s platform and the loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike are in fresh battle of wits for the positions of the National Chairman and the National Secretary of the main opposition party, THISDAY’s investigation …