The Italian Prime Minister has lamented the increasing number of African youths dying on the Mediterranean Sea in their attempt for a better life in Europe, urging for actionable steps to curb the menace.
Nigeria’s leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has joined world leaders in eulogising “civil rights icon and renowned Baptist preacher, Reverend Jesse Jackson, who passed away” on Monday, 17 February 2026, at the age of 84.
A rowdy session erupted Thursday, 17 February 2026, during the House of Representatives deliberations on the Electoral Reform Bill, deepening the political crisis surrounding recent amendments to the electronic transmission of election results.
The traditional Lenten observances – prayer, fasting and almsgiving are appropriate spiritual recipes for this Holy Season.
The Executive Governor of Plateau State Governor, His Excellency Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has congratulated Plateau-born Janet Gavou Pam, over her historic emergence as World and European Champion in the Women’s 84kg M2 sports category at the Powerlifting Championship in Oulu, Finland.
Following the just concluded thirty-nineth (39th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, new leaders have been elected at the gathering which the United Nation’s Secretary-General, António Guterres urged for sustainable peace and security across the continent.
The death has occurred of Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka E. Oforah, 21, a Marine of Nigerian descent following a fall overboard from the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) in the Caribbean Sea on 7 February 2026.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has issued a directive to move the 2026 Mother’s Day celebration in Nigeria to 19 April across the nation.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter has called on the Executive Governor of Niger State, North-Central Nigeria, His Excellency Governor Mohammed Bago to decline assent to the proposed Hisbah Directorates Bill considering the so many lessons learned from other states that tried to toe the same part in the past.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, South-Eastern Nigeria, has taken over a new hostel facility for students of the newly established Shanahan University, Onitsha from a traditional ruler on lease.
