Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has reiterated the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) commitment to unity and resilience, asserting that the party will emerge stronger despite ongoing internal challenges. Speaking in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Sunday, during a condolence visit to Governor Seyi Makinde over the passing of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde, Lawal expressed optimism…
Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle, Executive Director Commercial and Environmental Development, South-West Development Commission (SWDC), has expressed confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Ibikunle in an interview with newsmen, on Tuesday in Ibadan, described the president as a master political strategist whose popularity had continued to soar across the country. He dismissed claims of political…
Emergency services in the Ekurhuleni metro have confirmed the heartbreaking loss of 24 lives due to suspected gas inhalation at the Angelo informal settlement in Boksburg on the night of July 6, 2023. Reports from local news website TimesLive suggest that nitrate oxide leaked from a gas cylinder utilized by zama-zamas, who are illegal miners…
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says his administration pulled out of an existing loan arrangement with the World Bank to save the state from “debt overhang”. Soludo said this while addressing members of the Late Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah Media team who were on inspection of the ongoing Government House and Governors Lodge project in Awka…
President Bola Tinubu has defended his government’s sweeping economic reforms, insisting they have stabilised Nigeria’s fragile economy and restored confidence among investors and international partners. “The bleeding has stopped. The haemorrhage is gone. The patient is alive,” Tinubu said on Tuesday during a meeting with Oba Ghandi Olaoye, the Soun of Ogbomosoland, at the presidential…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said President Bola Tinubu has fulfilled most of the promises he made to the North and would do more. Idris stated this on Tuesday when he featured on a live Hausa language phone-in programme “Hannu Da Yawa” on Radio Nigeria Kaduna and monitored by the…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country’s Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria. Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the southwestern Kwango province in November. “The mystery has finally been solved. It’s a…
Several global leaders, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, have confirmed they will travel to Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday. The ceremony is expected to draw large crowds to St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Trump announced via social media that he and his wife, Melania, will attend. “We look forward to being…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday headed to the White House on a perilous mission to persuade Donald Trump to make deals with his country rather than scold and punish. Trump had earlier attack South Africa’s land reform law aimed at redressing the injustices of apartheid and its genocide court case against Israel. He…
The Kano State Police Command on Monday confirmed the recovery of seven stolen vehicles and the apprehension of several suspects involved in vehicle theft and armed robbery across the state. The announcement was made by SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, the command’s spokesperson, in Kano. The operations were conducted by the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) under the…
