The Nigerian Voice

1 day ago | thenigerianvoice.com | Damilare Adeleye

The Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023 election, Peter Obi, was among global dignitaries, religious leaders, and thousands of mourners gathered at St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis. Recall that Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church passed on at the age of 88 on Monday, April 21, 2025. On Tuesday, Peter Obi joined Francis Cardinal Arinze and other notable figures at the solemn lying-in-state ceremony for His Holiness.

1 day ago | thenigerianvoice.com | Damilare Adeleye

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has summoned the heads of Julius Berger, Abuja Investment Company Ltd (AICL), and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) over contract discrepancy in the execution of the rehabilitation of the Abuja International Conference Centre (AICC).

1 day ago | thenigerianvoice.com | Damilare Adeleye

President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the prevailing insecurity in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara states. The President, who met with security chiefs at the State House in Abuja for more than two hours, said the killing of innocent people in Borno, Benue and Plateau States must stop. “Enough is enough,” President Tinubu declared, while condemning the senseless killing of innocent Nigerians.

1 day ago | thenigerianvoice.com | Damilare Adeleye

Governor Umar Mohammed Bago of Niger state has clarified his earlier directive ordering the arrest of individuals with dreadlocks in the state. Yesterday, the governor had instructed security agencies to arrest anyone wearing dreadlocks across the state, linking the hairstyle to rising insecurity and cult activities in the state capital, Minna.

1 day ago | thenigerianvoice.com | Damilare Adeleye

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state alongside his loyalists, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The announcement was made following a closed-door meeting at the Government House in Asaba on Wednesday. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, confirmed the development in a phone conversation with newsmen.