Before his election on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV and the 267th Bishop of Rome, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. The first Augustinian Pope, he is the second Roman Pontiff – after Pope Francis – from the Americas. Unlike Jorge Mario Bergoglio, however, the 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost is […]

This photo taken and handout on May 9, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) Agency Report Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to “desperately” counter a lack of faith in his first […]

Nigeria’s ambition to transition its electricity sector into a fully competitive bilateral market is faltering as systemic weaknesses, including an unreliable national grid, a staggering N4 trillion market debt and unclear regulatory pathways, stall the market. About eleven years after the privatisation of the power sector, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in its most […]

President Bola Tinubu says his administration is working hard to ensure Nigerians feel the impact of governance that works • We are comfortable with Soludo, President says • Governor, Anyaoku urge progressives to support Tinubu • Anambra monarchs confer ‘Hero from another land’ on Tinubu • Ozigbo: Bringing Tinubu to inaugurate overhyped projects won’t mask […]

• Trump lauds historic honour as uncertainty clouds future relations • Ukrainian president hopes for papal support amid Russian aggression • Nigerian priest highlights record global representation in conclave Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pontiff, emerged yesterday amid global jubilation, pledging to “build bridges with dialogue” in a world fraught with conflicts. The first […]

Kangye The Defence Headquarters has attributed the recent spate of violent attacks in Benue, Plateau, and other parts of Nigeria to foreign herders who have infiltrated the country through its porous borders. Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Markus Kangye said linguistic and physical […]

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin has suspended two family chiefs known as Mogaji, and removed their traditional beads over land grabbing. They are Mogaji Kukula, Kamorudeen Kolawole of Kukula family, Oke – Ofa Baba Isale in Ibadan North East Local Government, and Mogaji Samsudeen Bello of Ekerin Ajengbe family, Isale Osi in […]

The operators of the helicopter that claimed the life of former Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, alongside his wife, son, and three others in February 2024, may soon face criminal charges in the United States, aviation industry operators and experts have confirmed. The helicopter, an Airbus EC130B4 operated by Orbic […]

The World Bank has disbursed additional funds to Nigeria under the $800m National Social Safety Net Programme-Scale Up, raising the total amount released to $530m, The PUNCH reports. Checks on Thursday on the World Bank’s official website revealed that the cumulative disbursement had increased from the earlier reported $315m in 2023 to $530m this year, […]

At least N20.03bn was spent on the maintenance and operations of the Presidential Air Fleet from July 2023 to December 2024. This was as the new presidential jet bought last year has been flown to South Africa for refurbishment and upgrades. Findings by The Punch from GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses […]