Joe Biden expressed his gratitude to Americans on Monday for their “love and support” after the former US president said he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.The weekend revelation that the 82-year-old Democrat had been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, and that it had spread to his bones, sparked an outpouring of…
US President Donald Trump said Monday he would launch a “major investigation” into his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris over celebrities who backed her failed run for the White House. “Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment,” he posted on his Truth Social…
As the political atmosphere heats up ahead of the 2027 general elections, legal practitioner and spokesperson for the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Barrister Kenneth Okonkwo, has urged Nigeria’s opposition parties to unite in order to present a credible alternative to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okonkwo made this assertion during a televised…
The immediate former leader of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Dr. Ikechukwu Ezeugwu, has resigned from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In a resignation letter addressed to the Chairman of his Udunedum Ward in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State on Sunday, Ezeugwu cited several deliberate wrongdoings by the PDP against its members,…
The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) says it is confident of victory in the July 12 local government elections if conducted fairly. Mr Olusupo Ajayi, Deputy Chairman of the party in Lagos State, stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ruled out the possibility of contesting against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Wike recently stirred political speculation by urging his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. This move led many to believe he…
President Bola Tinubu met Peter Obi, the Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate, and Kayode Fayemi, a former governor of Ekiti State, at Pope Leo XIV’s installation mass in Rome. In a post on X on Sunday, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, said Fayemi sighted the President where he sat with other…
A Nigerian televangelist acquitted of raping young women from his church was to leave South Africa on Sunday, local media said, just days after prosecutors said they would reopen the case. Timothy Omotoso was last month found not guilty on 32 charges, including rape, sexual exploitation and human trafficking after spending eight years in jail….
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno says his administration, in collaboration with the Federal Government, is reviewing strategies to confront the recent resurgence of attacks in parts of the state. Zulum announced this on Saturday during a statewide broadcast, where he reaffirmed his commitment to strengthen local security architecture, enhance intelligence gathering, and support frontline security…
Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy on Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor at a mass attended by world dignitaries including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Vice President JD Vance. Ten days after Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became the first US head of the world’s…
