The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a fuel truck and three other vehicles loaded with 246 bags of skunk, a potent strain of cannabis, along the Suleja-Kaduna Road in Niger. NDLEA’s Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the seizure, which took place on May…
The Benue Government says preparations are on top gear to either avert or mitigate the impact of flood in the state if it occurs. Mr Aondowase Kunde, Chairman, Technical Committee on Flood Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Response Team, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Makurdi. Kunde,…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Chief Dipo Eludoyin, his confidant and businessman, on his 77th birthday. Eludoyin is a prince of Ile-Ife in Osun, and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon Holdings Ltd. The President highlighted the contributions of his age-long associate to Nigeria, Ile-Ife and humanity, Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement…
Pope Leo’s grand inaugural mass is planned for Sunday next week in St. Peter’s Square. Leaders and representatives from all over the world are expected to attend. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert, is expected to attend remotely from the United States, the new pope’s native country. Leo made his first remarks as pope…
Pope Leo XIV will appear in public again this Sunday in St. Peter’s Square. From the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the first pontiff from the United States, former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, will recite his first Sunday mid-day Regina Coeli prayer as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Tens of thousands of people…
The Vatican on Friday announced that Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration will take place on May 18 with a mass in St. Peter’s Square, following his election to succeed Pope Francis. The ceremony is to take place at 10a.m (0800 GMT) May 18 at the Vatican. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the first U.S….
China on Friday congratulated the newly elected Pope Leo XIV and expressed hope for a “steady” improvement in relations with the Vatican. The China Foreign Ministry spokesman, Lin Jian stated this while speaking with reporters in the Chinese capital. According to Lin, he hopes that under the new Pope’s leadership, the Vatican will continue dialogue…
In his first mass as new Pope on Friday, Leo XIV warned that losing one’s faith can have “dramatic side effects.” These include finding that “the meaning of life is lost, mercy is forgotten, human dignity is violated in the most dramatic ways “The crisis of the family and many other wounds from which our…
Bishop Stephen Adegbite, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), has congratulated Catholics and Christians worldwide on the election of Pope Leo XIV as the 267th Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Adegbite said this in a statement signed by Mr Celestine Toruka, the Deputy Director and Head, Media and Public Relations of…
King Charles III has joined world and religious leaders in congratulating the new Pope Leo XIV on the pontiff’s first full day as leader of the Catholic Church. The first ever American pope’s election has drawn good wishes from U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. The 267th pope’s first public appearance…
