A proposed Bill being considered by the House of Representatives to set an age limit of 60 years for presidential, governorship, and deputy governorship candidates is uncalled for and undemocratic. The Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA) while reacting to the development argued that restricting individuals from contesting elections based infringes on their […]

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is trying to back out of a rare earth deal with the U.S., adding if he does that he is going to have “some problems.” “I think Zelenskyy, by the way, he’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal, and if he does that, he’s […]

Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has alleged that he was offered N5 billion to coordinate the impeachment of his principal. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Ehie claimed he has evidence of the bribe offer stored on his phone. “I can also open my phone to show […]

China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) said Monday it has discovered a major oilfield in the eastern South China Sea, with proven reserves exceeding 100 million tonnes. The Huizhou 19-6 oilfield lies about 170 kilometres (100 miles) from Shenzhen in south China’s Guangdong Province, Beijing’s Xinhua news agency said. Test drilling has yielded a daily […]

President Donald Trump said Sunday the tariffs he plans to impose in the coming days would include “all countries”, not just those with the largest trade imbalances with the United States. Trump has promised a “Liberation Day” on April 2, when he is set to unveil reciprocal levies to address trade practices that his government […]

Delegates from more than 40 countries gather in the UK on Monday for a summit to be addressed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeking to crackdown on the “vile trade” in migrants. The interior ministers from France and Germany will be among those attending the two-day Organised Immigration Crime Summit in London, as the UK […]

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has congratulated former president Goodluck Jonathan for winning the prestigious 2025 Founders Sunhak Peace Prize (FSPP). The congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by the Director-General of the PDP-GF, Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, on Wednesday in Abuja on behalf of the Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi […]

A US appeals court denied on Wednesday a bid by the Trump administration to lift a lower court order barring summary deportations of Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to temporarily keep in place the ban on deportations carried out under the 1798 […]

After four decades of broken promises, the Federal Government appears to be adopting a phased approach to finally complete the long-abandoned National Library project. Specifically, it would resume work on the 19-year-old project from June this year, with the aim of completing Basement Levels One and Two, the ground floor, the first and second floors, […]

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 legislative hurdle, Lagos, which currently has 20 LGs, will now have 57 LGs, pushing the total number of LGs in […]

The National Pension Commission (PenCom), has urged states and local governments to implement the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for a pension-secure Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by the management of the commission in Abuja on Wednesday. The Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014, in Section 2(1), stipulates that the CPS applies to all […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of four new members to the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board. In a statement on Thursday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the appointment is to fill existing vacancies and strengthen the board’s capacity. The statement […]