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Pope Francis left hospital on Saturday after a three-night stay to treat bronchitis, stopping to say hello to well-wishers and joking he was “still alive”. The 86-year-old pontiff, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday with breathing difficulties, got out of the car transporting him and smiled and …

Kano State Governor-elect Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has constituted a 65-member Transition Committee to facilitate the smooth transfer of power from the outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration. The committee is chaired by the former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Dr. Abdullahi Bichi and will be inaugurated …

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Friday said the N500 fraud allegation against staff members of its National Assembly leadership is false. Reports had emerged that top officials of the National Assembly branch of PASAN were interrogated by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department on Wednesday over …

The leadership of the Labour Party on Friday denounced the purported suspension of its National Chairman, Julius Abure, by the executive members of his ward in Edo State. In a statement signed by the National Secretary of the party, Mallam Farouk Umar, the LP said the purported suspension is illegal …

The Kano State Government has urged the Governor-elect Abba Yusuf to be patient and avoid making official pronouncements until he is sworn in. In a statement released on Friday, the Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs Malam Muhammad Garba cautioned the governor-elect against causing confusion in the state by jumping …

The Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, has confirmed the resignation of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. Ahmad, in a tweet on Friday, stated that the minister stepped down to join the Bayelsa State governorship election scheduled for November 11, 2023. “Minister …

Channels Television has been fined N5 million by the National Broadcasting Commission for violating broadcasting regulations during a program featuring Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party.   The penalty was outlined in a letter sent to the CEO of the station on March 27, and exclusively …

An unidentified male adult passenger on Friday was removed during an Abuja to Lagos flight operated by Ibom Air, after declaring that Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, should not be inaugurated as President. According to an eyewitness, the man stood in the middle of the plane and raised his voice, stating …

Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable has been apprehended by the Ogun State police command after he previously declined to comply with their invitation. Recall that earlier on Tuesday, two videos of the musician raining curses and rough-handling some men of the Nigeria police surfaced on the internet. …

Husband of a woman who gave birth to quintuplets in Awka, Anambra State, has fled. The woman, whose name was given as Chidimma Joseph Amaechi, hails from Ebonyi state. She reportedly delivered of 3 boys and 2 girls at Life Hospital, Awka, Anambra state capital was however learnt that her …