North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday ordered the nation’s military to prepare for a war that can “break out at any time” on the peninsula. Kim lambasted the United States during a lengthy speech at the end of five days of year-end party meetings that set his country’s military, political, and economic policy…
Hamas deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has been killed in an attack on Hamas office in Beirut. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Radio and Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Mayadeen TV confirmed word from security sources that Arouri, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s politburo based abroad and a co-founder of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, was killed on…
When one read the statement from the so-called Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, demanding Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, to step down due to his purported incapacity to address security concerns in the state, one was taken aback. The call was ostensibly in response to Thursday night’s vicious attack in…
Catholic bishops in Africa had said they would not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessing for same-sex couples. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father Jean-Miguel Auguste, has commended the stand of Catholic bishops in Africa on blessing same-sex couples, saying “Africa is the only continent that will save the world’’. Mr. Auguste, a priest of…
Nigeria has a natural role to play in stabilising West Africa, deepening democracy in the sub-region, and keeping military coups and coupists at bay. Being a medium power, Nigeria has the obligation of guiding West Africa by maintaining democracy, peace, and stability throughout the sub region. It is crucial to examine some of the strong…
Former senator Shehu Sani is demanding that names of former CBN governor Emefiele be released in Jim Obaze report Former Senator Shehu Sani has joined other well-meaning Nigerians to applaud the findings of the Jim Obaze-led financial auditing and investigations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the period when Godwin Emefiele was in…
The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has stated that the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, would have been killed by a firing squad if it happened that he was living in China. This was stated by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga while reacting…
DEC 22, 2023 #Japa, #Kano State. Hundreds of low-income contributors to an investment scheme in Kano will experience bleak Christmas and New Year celebrations in the ancient commercial city of Kano as the lady coordinator used all their hard-earned money to send her man abroad. Investigations by our Correspondent indicated that the ugly incident happened…
BY ACJ-FAVOUR AMUKA(FRIDAY, DEC. 22, 2023) The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has restated its stance against blessing same-sex unions and activities, stating that such actions would contradict God’s law and the teachings of the Church. The bishops emphasized that this position is in line with the laws of Nigeria and the cultural sensibilities…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, has said regulators will force airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights from January 2024. Keyamo spoke while appearing before the National Assembly joint committee on aviation to defend his ministry’s budget for the 2024 fiscal year. He said: “I said on a weekly basis,…
