President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday conferred national honours of the Commander of the Order of the Niger posthumously on four late Ogoni leaders. They are Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Theophilus Orage, and Samuel Orage, popularly remembered as the Ogoni Four. President Tinubu bestowed the honours on the four leaders while receiving the report of the…
Liverpool advanced from the EFL third round after a dramatic 2-1 win over Southampton at Anfield on Tuesday night. The Reds took the lead just before the break when summer signing Alexander Isak marked his first goal for the club in the 43rd minute. The striker latched onto a pass from Federico Chiesa and calmly…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has fired back at the Presidency over its recent assertion that President Bola Tinubu has no plans to extend his tenure beyond 2031, describing the remarks as presumptuous and patently undemocratic. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC asserts that the President’s mandate…
The office of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has been unsealed by the authorities of the National Assembly. The Deputy Director, Sergeant At Arms Alabi Adedeji, unsealed the office on Sept 23. Mr Adedeji in a video obtained by News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, said: I hereby unseal the office of Sen. Natasha Akpoti -Uduaghan. This development…
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has reduced the country’s benchmark interest rate to 27.00 per cent, the first cut in 2025 after three consecutive pauses. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced the decision at a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja following the conclusion of the 302nd MPC meeting held on…
Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump’s ability to police the words of journalists, commentators and even comics. But two groups of ABC affiliates that denounced Kimmel last week said they would not carry…
Naomi Osaka put on a faultless performance to book her place in the US Open quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-2 win over the tournament’s third seed and home favourite Coco Gauff on Monday. Osaka advances to her fifth major quarterfinal, and first since giving birth to daughter Shai in July 2023. Every time Osaka has…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has warned that the Peoples Democratic Party risks self-destruction if it attempts to bring back former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, into its fold. Speaking during a media chat on Monday, Wike said the PDP had not learned from past mistakes that cost it dearly…
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has warned of possible flooding in 107 local government areas across 29 states and the FCT between September 1 and September 15. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the advisory, issued on Monday in Abuja, is based on projections in the 2025 Annual Flood Outlook. It is backed by…
The Federal Government has hailed the conviction of Biafran irredentist, Simon Ekpa, for terrorism-related crimes in Finland. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a post on his verified X handle, @HMMohammed, described the sentencing of Ekpa to six years imprisonment as a major victory for the Nigerian people in the collective…
