By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has defended Nigeria’s continued reliance on diplomacy in addressing recurring xenophobic attacks against Nigerians, living in South Africa, insisting that sustained engagement remains the only realistic path to a lasting solution. Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocol of the Commission, Abdulrahman Balogun, made this […]

The United States was waiting on Thursday for Iran to respond to its latest proposed deal to end the war in the Middle East and to reopen the key shipping lane out of the Gulf.

By Gift Chapi-Odekina, Abuja Bello El-Rufai, the son of former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The Speaker, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, read their letters of defection at the resumption of plenary on Thursday. The speaker said Bello El-Rufai joined the […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The immediate past Ogun State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Adijat Adeleye, has emerged as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), for the Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency House of Representatives seat ahead of the 2027 general elections. Adeleye, who also picked up her nomination and expression […]

A civil rights body, the United Advocates Group, UAG, has rejected the reassignment of two officers attached to the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department to the renewed investigation into the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba otherwise known as Mohbad. The group, in a statement signed by its counsel, Leke Odugbesan, eatlier today cited concerns over […]