ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has dismissed long-standing claims that Nigeria’s former military Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, died after eating poisoned apples, insisting instead that the former ruler suffered a sex-induced cardiac arrest. Amachree made the claim in his newly released memoir, DSS…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Olumide Bajulaiye Since the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June 2023, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has positioned the Senate as a critical partner in implementing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. While the Executive formulates and implements policies, the legislature provides the legal framework that enables those policies to succeed….
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesR & B singer R. Kelly has formally asked United States President Donald Trump to commute his prison sentence, raising fresh questions over whether the White House will consider granting executive clemency to the disgraced musician. Court records released this week by the US Office of the Pardon Attorney show that Kelly, whose full…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•As minister seeks forensic findings Fresh details have emerged over the controversial death of Mary Habila, a medical professional attached to the David Umahi Federal University of Medical Sciences (DUFUS) and on secondment to the Federal Ministry of Works, with new witness testimony appearing to dispel speculations linking Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has launched the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment Fund and inaugurated a Coordinating Council for agricultural development and investment in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment Summit, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Senator Shettima said that…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar suffered a major legal setback on Monday after the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed a Federal High Court judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising state congresses conducted by committees appointed by the Senator David Mark-led caretaker leadership of the African…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday performed the opening ceremony of the National Assembly Open Week at the House of Representatives Chamber in Abuja. The Open Week event serves as a platform to demonstrate the legislature’s commitment to transparency, strengthen public trust and engage stakeholders in the 10th Assembly’s legislative journey….
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Marks 40th anniversary The University of Calabar Class of 1986 will convene for its 2026 reunion in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, from today, Thursday, July 9, to Sunday, July 12, 2026. Dr. Sunday Antai, Chairman of the Publicity Committee, described the reunion as a significant milestone in the class’s history. “This gathering represents a…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the City Boy Movement is posied to ensure maximum victory for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. Addressing a delegation of the City Boy Movement during a courtesy visit to his office on Wednesday, Akpabio commended the commitment and patriotism exhibited…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ken Harries, Esq. It often begins as an ordinary day. A commercial bus pulls out before dawn, its passengers expecting nothing more than traffic delays and bad roads. Traders carry the week’s earnings. Students return to school. A nursing mother cradles her child. A retired civil servant travels to visit his family. Elsewhere,…
