Democracy: PDP, ADC, SDP tackle Tinubu on opposition comment
Leading opposition parties in the country yesterday flayed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for publicly expressing his happiness over the ongoing crisis in their folds ahead of the 2027 general…
Tanker explosion: Stranded motorists lament 24-hour gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Frustrated commuters have berated the Ogun State Government for what they described as a slow and inadequate response to a petrol tanker explosion that caused a two-day gridlock on the…
Presidency apologises for listing Fasoranti, Madunagu on ‘posthumous’ honours list
The Presidency has apologised for wrongly including Reuben Fasoranti and Edwin Madunagu among the posthumous awardees of national honours in President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech at the national…
Judiciary, executive undermining National Assembly, says Saraki
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed concern over the diminishing role of the national assembly, describing it as “gradually becoming a shadow of what a virile and effective…
Ohanaeze asks Tinubu to name INEC headquarters after Humphrey Nwosu
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has commended President Bola Tinubu for posthumously honouring the late Humphrey Nwosu, former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC). Nwosu,…
Nigerian arrested for trafficking 15 students in Australia
A Nigerian-Australian woman, Binta Abubakar, has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police for allegedly trafficking students from Papua New Guinea and forcing them into unpaid labour on farms…
Last surviving twin rescued by Mary Slessor dies at 115
The last surviving female twin to be rescued by Mary Slessor, a Scottish Missionary in Arochukwu Ancient Kingdom of Abia, over a century ago, Madam Malinda Mgbafor Okereke, otherwise…
FULL TEXT: Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech to National Assembly
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR AT THE JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN COMMEMORATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY, 2025 THURSDAY, 12TH JUNE 2025 Protocol: With profound honour, I…
British passenger survives Air India crash that claimed 241 lives
One survivor has reportedly been found in the Air India plane crash. The Air India plane crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad, a western city in India on Tuesday.…
FULL LIST: Tinubu confers national honours on Kudirat Abiola, Soyinka, Ken Saro-Wiwa, others
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced national honours for dozens of Nigerians as part of events marking democracy day. He made this announcement at the National Assembly during his…
