France’s political landscape was thrown into fresh turmoil on Monday as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than a month after assuming office, deepening the crisis within President Emmanuel Macron’s government. Lecornu, 39, submitted his resignation just hours after unveiling his new cabinet a team largely composed of holdovers from his predecessor’s administration. […]
Hamas’s deputy leader Khalil al-Hayya arrived in Egypt on Sunday to lead the group’s delegation in renewed indirect negotiations with Israel over a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal in Gaza. The high-level meetings, scheduled to begin Monday in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, mark Hayya’s first public engagement since Israel targeted him […]
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has launched a full-scale investigation into the alleged diversion of more than ₦4 billion in state funds connected to the Dala Inland Dry Port project, said to have occurred during the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Confirming the development on Sunday, the […]
Former Edo State governor and senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has expressed surprise over the defection of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Oshiomhole, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday, appeared unaware that El-Rufai had formally left the ruling […]
Retired Army General and security analyst, Gen. John Adeyemi (rtd), has dismissed the notion that Nigeria is on the brink of disintegration or becoming a war-torn country, describing such views as “selective myopia” of foreign analysts who have never set foot in the country. Speaking during a discussion in Abuja, Gen. Adeyemi argued that […]
Former Edo State Governor and senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has urged ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to resist pressure to contest the 2027 presidential election, saying such a move would harm his political reputation and legacy. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Oshiomhole said that Jonathan’s advisers or supporters urging him to re-enter the […]
Tragedy struck in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday evening when a boat carrying a family of seven capsized in the Obagaji River, resulting in the death of five siblings. According to eyewitness accounts, the ill-fated boat was conveying a man, his wife, and their five children across the river when […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined an application by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, seeking to restrain the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), from releasing his academic records. In a ruling delivered on September 22, Justice Hausa Yilwa dismissed Nnaji’s request for an injunction, according to a Certified True […]
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has called on Nigerian youths to move beyond social media activism and content creation, urging them to get directly involved in politics if they truly want to transform the nation. Speaking during a public event where he formally declared his intention to contest for the Senate in […]
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has postponed the commencement of its new guidelines on the deduction and remittance of check-off dues for pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme to December 31, 2025. In a public notice issued by the directorate, PTAD explained that the decision to delay the exercise — initially scheduled to […]
