FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays for Easter celebration

The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21, 2025, as public holidays to mark Good Friday and Easter Monday.

‘You were sacked over misconduct’, Rivers judiciary fires back at ex-Chief Magistrate

  The Rivers State Judiciary has clarified that Chief Magistrate, Ejike King George, was compulsorily retired from services and did not voluntarily retire over the development in the state. It…

Boat mishap claims several lives in Niger

  A boat conveying an unspecified number of passengers, along with bags of rice totaling well over 200, has been involved in an accident, killing several persons on board the…

FLASHBACK: Suspended NOT Expelled! How Catholic Church Handled Benue Governor Alia Over Involvement In Politics In 2022

On Monday, Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, raised concerns over what he described as a deliberate attempt by the Benue governor, Hyacinth Alia…

Trump freezes $2bn Harvard funding after university rejects demands

  The administration of United States President, Donald Trump, has frozen more than $2 billion in federal funding allocated to Harvard University. According to the BBC, this follows the institution’s…

DAILIES TOP STORIES: Blackout Looms Nationwide As GenCos Threaten Shutdown Over N4trn Debt

  Tuesday 15 April 2025 2027: PDP Governors Reject Coalition Supreme Court Judgement: PDP Govs Dump Anyanwu, Ude-Okoye, Appoint Acting Scribe Amid Fears Over CBEX, SEC Warns Against Unregistered Trading…

Two Killed In Niger State Mine Collapse

  In a tragic incident that underscores the dangers of illegal mining, two men lost their lives following a rockslide at an unauthorised mining site in the Farin-Doki area of…

FBI: Tinubu Enjoys Immunity, Won’t Be Prosecuted, Says Analyst

  The Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law at Chrisland University, Kayode Akinsola, has argued that President Bola Tinubu enjoys immunity, according to Section 308 of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution…

Fans stab Nigeria’s local league player, club sanctioned

  Nasarawa United has been slammed with a ₦6 million fine and banished to Gombe State for their home matches following an attack on a Plateau United player. The Plateau…

Blackout looms in Nigeria over N4trn debt

  Power generation companies, GenCos, on Monday, warned that power plants across the country were facing imminent shutdown over a huge N4 trillion debt owed by the Federal Government. The…

Women Protest In Support Of Rivers Emergency Rule

  The political crisis in Rivers has taken a new turn as a coalition of women groups stormed the streets of Port Harcourt in support of the emergency rule in…

8 Shortlisted applicants for Kwara govt job fail drug test, lose slots

  At least eight of the 1,800 shortlisted for Kwara Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) jobs have tested positive to outlawed drugs, automatically losing their slots to the next best candidate…

Rivers asks NBA to refund N300m confab hosting rights

  The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has replied to the Nigerian Bar Association regarding the reason for relocating its Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt…

Nine-month-old baby, woman die while returning from burial in Ebonyi

  A nine-month-old baby and a woman have reportedly died in a ghastly motor accident, while several others sustained varying degrees of injury in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of…

Tinubu’s Files: Presidency reacts on US Court Directive

  The Presidency has downplayed the significance of a recent U.S. court order compelling law enforcement agencies to release documents relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Responding to inquiries from…