Pope Francis suffered two new breathing attacks on Monday, requiring two separate bronchoscopies, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff struggles to recover from pneumonia.

The Conference of United Political Parties (CUPP) has described the ongoing controversy surrounding the position of Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly as a deliberate distraction from governance failures.

—Says cultural sensitivity limiting control over gold mining—4 foreigners prosecuted, 320 illegal operators arrested By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – THE Federal Government on Monday lamented that it has lost trillions of naira as a result of illegal mining operators especially in the states. The government also said that it has arrested and prosecuted four foreigners […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved provisional licenses for 11 private universities in the country. Dr Morufu Alausa, the Minister of Education, said this while briefing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting. He said the universities approved were: New City University, Ayetoro Ogun; University of […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) against Binance Holdings Ltd, demanding 79.5 billion US dollars over economic losses allegedly caused by its operations in Nigeria, until April 7. The matter, which was on number 9 on the cause list, could not proceed […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado-Ekiti—Lawyers in Ekiti State, under the auspices of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ado Ekiti Branch have condemned the rising cases of attack, domestic and emotional violence against men in the country, calling for urgent attention of concerned authorities. The lawyers stated this during a sensitisation walk tagged, “Stop Violence Against Men” […]

The Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced one Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso, 47, to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. Akingbaso was first arraigned in September, 2022 before Justice Blessing Ajileye on a two-count charge of rape and coercion. Delivering her judgment, Justice Ajileye said, “in conclusion, this court has found the […]

The founder of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, Prophet Ebuka Obi, has revealed that the woman who falsely testified about acquiring a ₦500 million mansion during a church service has been arrested.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has alleged that Northern truck drivers were sponsored to blackmail it through a protest staged in Jos, Plateau State, over claims that its members attacked truck drivers in the South East.

Full speech: ‘I am not a quitter’, says Meranda before resigning as speaker