King Charles III has been confirmed as the monarch and head of state for fourteen sovereign countries, which together are known as the Commonwealth realms. These countries include Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom (UK). While King Charles III may be set to lose New Zealand, one of the Commonwealth realms, after Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced on May 1 that he favours the country becoming a republic, he retains a largely ceremonial…
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The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has predicted that the relationship between the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the outgoing governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, will not last. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the cleric disclosed that cabals in the incoming government of the APC will fight the Rivers governor, and he will be made to pay dearly for some of his actions in recent times. Primate Ayodele revealed that after the inauguration of the incoming government on May 29, several things will change, and those who expect to…
On a Friday, a court in the United Kingdom sentenced Ike Ekweremadu, a former deputy Senate President of Nigeria, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ harvesting. His wife, Beatrice, was handed a sentence of four years and six months, while their doctor, Obinna Obeta, received a sentence of ten years and had his medical license withdrawn. According to reports by THE WHISTLER, the former deputy senate president was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police for organ harvesting and trafficking charges involving a young man named David Ukpo, whom he picked up from the streets of…
The Nigerian Army has issued a warning to those who are planning to disrupt the inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29th, stating that the event will proceed as planned. Speaking to reporters in Abuja, Director of Defence Media Operation, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said that the military sees no reason why the inauguration would not take place. While acknowledging that the police are the lead agency for internal security, Danmadami emphasized that the Armed Forces and other security operatives are on standby to ensure that the inauguration proceeds without incident. He added that there is a transition…
Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were due to be sentenced for organ harvesting. However, prominent Nigerians and Africans have appealed to the UK Court for clemency on the troubled Nigerian Senator. Members of the Ikeoha Mpu Pacesetters League (IMPL) have joined their voices in calling on the UK Court to show clemency to their mentor and brother by releasing him and his wife unconditionally. The people of Mpu community held a prayer vigil until the morning of the sentencing day to pray for divine intervention. They stressed that the long absence of the lawmaker,…
On a Wednesday, just 26 days before his two terms in office were set to end, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched the Nigeria Agenda 2050, a plan aimed at transforming the country’s economy and increasing the real GDP growth rate by 7%. The plan also targets creating 165 million new jobs and reducing the number of Nigerians living in poverty from 83 million in 2020 to 2.1 million in 2050. The launch of the plan, which had been in development for three years, took place just before the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in…
Celebrated Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji, had a wonderful time celebrating her 44th birthday with close friends despite her absence on social media. The actress who currently resides in the US turned a year older on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, and while she did not post any birthday photos online like her colleagues, it did not stop her from enjoying her special day with those close to her. Naija News had earlier reported that some netizens were yearning for Genevieve’s return to the screen after her colleague and friend, Uche Jombo, celebrated her birthday online with a monochrome photo of…
In a recent development, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has been granted permission by the Federal High Court in Abuja to serve a writ of summons on Meta Platforms, the social media giant and owner of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. This is in connection with a pending N30 billion lawsuit against the social media giant for violating Nigeria’s advertising laws. ARCON had applied for the writ of summons to be served on Meta, which owns several social media platforms, including Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, at its United States corporate headquarters. Meta is the first defendant in the lawsuit,…
The Presidential Election Petitions Court in Nigeria has set Monday, May 8th, for the hearing of petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, as the President-elect in the 2023 elections. Candidates disputing the outcome of the election have requested for the election to be annulled or be declared the winners of the polls. The National Legal Adviser of the APC, Ahmad El-Marzuq, confirmed that the APC legal team was prepared to defend the party’s mandate. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a top official of the election petitions tribunal confirmed that the hearing proceedings…
A group of Nigerians who were fleeing the war in Sudan have arrived at Port Sudan, with more expected to arrive soon. The Nigerian government has already made arrangements to airlift them back home, with the Nigerian Air Force, Azman Air, and Air Peace offering their services. Air Peace has even offered their service for free. The first batch of Nigerians who arrived at Port Sudan were nine people whose bus had broken down and had to stay overnight at an RSF checkpoint. The tire of their bus had exploded near the checkpoint, but luckily they were able to…
