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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration inherited a fragile economy that was on the verge of collapse. Wike made the statement on Friday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he dismissed claims that the Tinubu administration had damaged the nation’s economy….
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has urged the Federal Government to release the report of the forensic audit conducted on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Wike made the appeal on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, while discussing the performance of former Rivers State governor Rotimi…
The Edo State Government has officially declared an outbreak of dengue fever. Announcing the development at a press conference in Benin City, Commissioner for Health Dr. Cyril Oshiomhole revealed that 86 cases have been confirmed across multiple local government areas. “While the number of deaths is still being verified, the trend is worrisome and calls…
Rescuers are urgently searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp after torrential rains triggered a “catastrophic” flash flood in south-central Texas, officials said Friday. The flooding has killed at least 24 people. Some of the victims were children, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick confirmed during a news conference.
Family, close friends, and figures from the football world will gather on Saturday for the funeral of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother, just 48 hours after the siblings died in a car crash. Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, 25, were killed on Thursday when their car veered off a…
England defender Kyle Walker has joined newly-promoted Premier League side Burnley on a two-year contract, with Manchester City receiving a reported fee of £5 million ($6.8 million). The 35-year-old, who has earned 410 Premier League appearances and won the title six times with City, also lifted the Champions League during his time at the club….
David Mabuza, the former deputy president of South Africa who rose from union activism to the upper echelons of power before his career was clouded by corruption allegations, has died in Mpumalanga Province. He was 64. President Cyril Ramaphosa, under whom Mabuza served before resigning two years ago, confirmed his death in a statement on…
In a powerful spiritual appeal, the revered Igbo spiritual leader Ogilisi Igbo has called on Igbos and Christian communities across Nigeria to immediately bury corpses languishing in mortuaries—some for years—warning that their continued preservation is a spiritual affront inviting violence, insecurity, and divine retribution. Speaking in a phone interview with The Crest Intl, Ogilisi lamented…
Abuja, NIGERIA — In the quiet corridors of Igboland’s mortuaries, where bodies lie unattended for months or years, a profound spiritual crisis is unfolding. Traditional spiritual leader Ogilisi Igbo has issued an urgent plea to the people of southeastern Nigeria: bury your dead. According to Ogilisi, the rising insecurity, cultism, violence, and social unrest plaguing…
Donald Trump rose to power promising mass deportations, using undocumented immigrants as a scapegoat for America’s economic struggles and crime fears. But since returning to office, the President has signalled a willingness to extend those threats beyond undocumented immigrants — even to U.S. citizens. Earlier this week, when asked whether he would deport former advisor…