French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu credited localized overnight curfews in Paris and other major cities for providing a measure of calm after intense nationwide protests that have seen thousands arrested and sustained violent clashes between demonstrators and police. Nighttime curfews went into effect on Monday night in cities including Paris, Bordeaux, Nice and Lyon as […]
President Bola Tinubu’s decision to limit his re-election campaign rallies to 12 state capitals has drawn mixed reactions, with opposition figures questioning his capacity to campaign nationwide. This came as Tinubu reached out to Nigerian youths yesterday, urging them to defend his administration’s economic reforms, while the City Boy Movement (CBM) pledged to mobilise at […]
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government over unresolved questions surrounding the October 20, 2020 Lekki shooting and the rising cost of living in the country. Atiku, in a post on his X handle on Tuesday, said six years after the incident, Nigerians were […]
The Department of State Services has arraigned five suspected members of a criminal gang allegedly responsible for the abduction of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members and one civilian in Imo State. The incident occurred near Umunoha in Mbaitoli Local Government Area in Imo State on October 1, 2026. According to Channels TV, on […]
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has warned Nigerians against returning to petrol subsidy. Oyedele said the return could trigger capital flight, undermine investor confidence and push the naira to N3,000, N3,500, or even N4,000 per dollar. He disclosed this at a press briefing of the International Monetary Fund […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged political parties and trade unions to condemn violence unequivocally after protests against the rising cost of living turned into riots in cities across France on Saturday. In a televised address published on Sunday evening, Macron said the whole country felt anger and shame at the scenes. He stressed France […]
The Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome returns this month, from October 23 to 25, at 2:00 PM (GMT+1) daily, heightening global expectations for another magnificent outpouring of the healing power of God. Building on the remarkable precedent of previous editions, the three-day global event is set to usher in an extraordinary […]
Israeli police said they had arrested 10 suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in the occupied-West Bank over the weekend, including separate attacks on a US photojournalist and European diplomats. Masked Israeli settlers were filmed on Friday assaulting Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, a US citizen, who was covering a Palestinian olive […]
The Federal Government has disbursed N658.9bn in direct cash transfers to 10.46 million poor and vulnerable households as of September 2026, but the World Bank has urged the authorities to strengthen the programme through wider coverage, adequate payments and consistent disbursements. The bank said the government needed to build on the reported progress by establishing […]
The Benue State Government has spent over N160m treating internally displaced persons for snake bites in six months, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, James Iorpuu, has said. Iorpuu disclosed this to journalists on Friday while reacting to complaints by some IDPs about their welfare in the state. He said the agency […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Monday that there had been any suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine and called on President Volodymyr Zelensky to “focus” on ending the war with Russia. “There has been no pause,” Rubio told reporters when asked about Ukraine’s claims that the United States had briefly halted the […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged failure to account for more than N126.46 billion in public funds appropriated for electoral operations. SERAP, in the suit filed, alleged that the funds were diverted, lost, mismanaged or otherwise unaccounted for. The […]