The remains of the slain northern travellers in Uromi, Edo State have been laid to rest, amid heavy tears on Saturday. A now-viral video of the funeral rites posted on X by a security...

The two Labour Party aspirants for the Anambra governorship election, George Muoghalu and John Nwosu, have been screened and confirmed for the party’s primaries slated for April 5. The party’s national publicity secretary, Obiora...

Attorney Russ Ferguson for the Western District of North Carolina confirmed the plea, highlighting the devastating financial toll on unsuspecting victims. Three Nigerian nationals based in the United States—Olumide Olorunfunmi, Samson Amos, and Emmanuel...

The call for justice comes amid growing concerns over the rising cases of mob justice, ethnic violence, and unlawful killings by security forces in the country.   Human rights activist and former presidential candidate...

A deal with ByteDance to sell Toktok would be struck before a deadline on Saturday, President Donald Trump has said. Trump set the April 5 deadline in January for TikTok to find a non-Chinese...

Nearly a week after seven opposition governors reportedly filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court challenging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s emergency declaration in Rivers State, the Federal Government says it has yet to be...

A deadly mob attack in Edo State highlights Nigeria’s deepening insecurity, tribal war crisis. At least seventy travellers were killed and others injured after vigilantes and locals profiled them as kidnappers, raising concerns about...

The Anambra State security outfit, codenamed Operation Udo Ga-Achi or Agunechemba, has demolished the Udoka Golden Point Hotel and Suites, popularly known as “La Cruise Hotel,” located along the Onitsha-Owerri Road. Authorities revealed that...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared socialite Aisha Achimugu, Governor Sanwo-Olu Babajide’s ally, wanted for alleged money laundering. “The public is hereby notified that Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu is wanted by the Economic...

According to Atiku’s media team, the former Vice President does not know Sanwo-Olu in person and has never met the Lagos governor before. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has denied some media reports that...

The commission stated that the group is not registered in its records as a legally recognised entity. The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has denied the existence of a group named Kogi Central Political Frontier,...

  The Peoples Democratic Party, the Coalition of United Political Parties and the Social Democratic Party have condemned the House of Representatives’ move to impose age limits for the offices of the President and...

President  Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially released a gazette on the highly controversial “State of Emergency” declared in Rivers State, a move widely criticised nationwide and beyond. The gazette, signed by President Tinubu, outlines...

The Federal Government has declared Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the...

The Lakurawa group on Tuesday killed two Customs officers and a local at Bachaka border in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi state. The latest attack came barely 24 hours after combined security forces...

Six constitutional amendment bills have scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills which the Green Chamber considered for second reading during Wednesday’s plenary, included the bills seeking review of the framework...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday confirmed that it has received the contact addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of representatives of those who submitted the petition for the recall of Senator...

The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has expressed its firm rejection of the proposed bill for the conversion of 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, into Local Government Areas. The proposed bill recently...

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed for a second reading a bill seeking to recognise the 37 Local Development Area Councils of Lagos State as full-fledged Local Government Areas. If this proposal scales...

The Government of Rivers State has announced the immediate suspension of all political officeholders and appointees throughout the state. The development was confirmed in a statement released on Wednesday, March 26, by the Chief...

The proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers was more or less a replay of  some misdeeds in the defunct Western region, contends CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU In Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself...

The opposition coalition in the country has accused the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating the registration of new political parties ahead of the 2027 elections. One of its arrowheads and a former...

Intersociety Calls For Urgent Public Hearing And Judicial Commission Of Enquiry By Anambra Government And State Assembly Into The Onitsha Drug Market To: 1. Hear Voices Of Genuine Drug Traders And Ascertain Losses Incurred...

 Continued from last 1ST Edition   Aids, depression, etc.     Social and emotional problems like low self-esteem, social isolation are common among concerned individuals. Legal problems with authority. Decreased concentration in class. Increased...

The NDC president was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday and is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Rivers State. The Nigeria Police Force is detaining The President...

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State have vandalized the party’s secretariat in protest against the alleged imposition of candidates for the November 1 local government...

  Thirty-nine constitutional amendment bills have scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills cut across various sectors, including judicial reforms, electoral matters, security and policing, inclusive governance, the legislature, and others....

The Nigeria Police Command in Rivers State on Tuesday confirmed the killing of an unspecified number of suspected vandals attempting to vandalize a pipeline in the Rumuekpe Aluu community. CP Olugbenga Adepoju, the Commissioner...

  The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, Neda Imaseun, has declared the sexual harassment case involving Senator  Natasha Akpoti Uduadhan as “closed” within the upper chamber of the...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received the petition to recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan but says it did not meet the “requirements” for the action. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and...

Senate Ethics Committee again uses technicalities, citing Akpabio’s wife’s litigation and other things    “The Senate placed its own rules above the laws of the land. Now, with this petitioner, they have done the...

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who was assigned to hear a suit that was filed by the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, recused himself from...