Our reporter/ Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Thursday subtly distanced himself from President Bola Tinubu’s controversial removal of Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Fubara was removed from office on March 18,…
Read More Shettima faults Tinubu’s removal of Fubara, says no President has power to remove ‘elected councillor let alone governor’
Our reporter/ Nigeria on Thursday vowed not to cave into pressure from the Donald Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees from the United States. The country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf…
Read More Nigeria vows to resist US pressure to accept Venezuelan deportees
The Senate has removed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi) as the chairperson of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who announced this during Thursday’s plenary, replaced…
Read More Akpabio removes Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as diaspora committee chair
Our reporter/ As expected, the Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Edo State, upholding the decision…
Read More Supreme court affirms election of Okpehbolo as Edo gov
US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his strong grasp of the English language on Wednesday. But the African leader was educated in Liberia, where English is…
Read More Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa