…Describes Benue, Plateau killings As Barbaric The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has commended President Bola Tinubu over plans to establish state police in the country. Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, in a press statement on Friday, noted that the organisation’s position is that Nigeria is long overdue to have state police. The organisation also condemned the killings in Benue and Plateau States, describing them as barbaric. The statement reads, “We’re aware that President...

The United Nations earmarked June 19th, 2025 as World Sickle Cell Day. In Anambra State, the Governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, in the November 8, 2025, Anambra State Governorship Election, called for collective action through awareness, to combat sickle cell anemia. Paul Chukwuma, who was represented by the YPP Deputy Governorship candidate, Uzu Okagbue, at the Sickle Cell Orphanage and Underprivileged Home, Agulu, to commemorate World Sickle Cell Day, observed that a...

Chief Bode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has encouraged candidates of the party in the forthcoming local council poll in Lagos State, saying that the party is intact despite defections. George, who spoke on Wednesday at the flag off campaign ceremony of the PDP chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the July 12, 2025 council election. The Atona Oodua of Yorubaland used the opportunity to commend the chairman of the Lagos State...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has finalized emergency evacuation plans for Nigerian citizens stranded in Israel and Iran following the recent escalation of hostilities between the two nations. The announcement was contained in a statement released by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, late Tuesday night. According to the statement, Nigerian embassies in Tel Aviv and Tehran were actively reaching out to affected citizens and coordinating efforts to ensure their safe...