Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most prominent Catholic figure in England and Wales, the church announced on Friday. Moth, 67, will formally replace the retiring Cardinal Vincent Nichols – who…

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday to visit Borno, Bauchi and Lagos states. While in Borno State, President Tinubu will commission some projects undertaken by Governor Babagana Zulum and the federal government. He will also attend the wedding…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has unsealed the headquarters of Ikeja Electric in Lagos after the electricity distribution company complied with remedial measures over consumer rights violations. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission’s spokesperson, Ondaje…

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday for a three-state visit to Borno, Bauchi and Lagos states. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.…

Peter Nwaoboshi, a former Nigerian senator from Delta State, is dead. Mr Nwaoboshi, who represented Delta North District, passed away on Friday, according to sources close to the politician. He was 67. However details of the former senator’s death remain…

The Nigeria Customs Service has formally transferred hard drugs seized in the mid-1980s to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after the exhibits were recently uncovered in an old Customs operations warehouse. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi,…

The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s 2026 budget, describing it as a “Budget of Consolidated Renewed Sufferings” that continues to allegedly impose economic hardships on Nigerians while enriching the governing class. In a statement on Friday, the…

President Bola Tinubu presented the 2026 budget proposal of N58.18 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday, unveiling a fiscal plan centred on national renewal, stability, and sustainable development. The budget, guided by the administration’s Renewed…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has branded all armed groups, including Fulani militias, bandits, violent cults and gun-wielding non-state actors operating outside state authority, as terrorists. The President disclosed this during the presentation of the N58.46 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill to…

The leadership of the Nawfia community in Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra State, has announced the suspension of one of the major Igbo cultural festivals, “Igu Aro,” until further notice due to increased and persistent gunmen attacks. The decision, outlined…

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Saidu Mohammed and Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan as chief executive officers of Nigeria’s key petroleum regulatory agencies. While Mrs Eyesan was confirmed as the CEO of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Saidu Mohammed…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said that Nigerian soldiers released by Burkina Faso have arrived at an Air Force base in Accra, Ghana. DAILY POST reports that the Burkina Faso junta had detained the soldiers after their…

Political associates of a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday held a special prayer session at his GRA residence in Ilorin, Kwara State, to celebrate his 63rd birthday. Speaking during the event, an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Labeeb Agbaji, recalled…

The Benue State Government on Friday, began rolling out intervention materials and programmes funded through donations received after violent attacks on Yelwata community and other affected areas of the state. Yelwata and several other communities had come under deadly assaults…

The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has mourned the passing of former Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, describing his death as a great loss to Delta State, the Anioma nation, and Nigeria at large. Nwaoboshi, a…