NO fewer than six students of Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero (KSUSTA) have died from the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis. This was disclosed in Saturday in a statement issued by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mustapha Ango. He extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased …

THE Vatican says Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital on Sunday. The head of his medical team said this on Saturday, adding that he would need a further two months of rest at the Vatican. Newsextra24 reports that the 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February …

THE top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues following escalating global uncertainty. Japanese Foreign Minister, Takeshi Iwaya said at the start of the meeting in Tokyo with Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi and South …

Hajiya Safara’u Umaru Barebari, the mother of Katsina State Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, has passed away. According to PM News, an impeccable family source confirmed that she died in the early hours of Sunday after a brief illness. A close associate of the family described Hajiya Safara’u as “ a pillar …

A Nigerian Navy officer attached to the Defence Headquarters, Navy Lt. Cynthia Akor, has been kidnapped alongside two others by gunmen in Abuja. The victims were taken from their residence in the Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday night. A source disclosed that on Saturday, the kidnappers …

FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that suspending elected officials in Rivers State has tarnished the country’s image. He made the remark at the Haske Satumari Foundation Colloquium in Abuja on Saturday. “These actions by key actors in the executive and legislative arms of government paint the country in a …

(Published by the Sunday Tribune, March 23, 2025) OPINIONS are often divided about the rightness or wrongness of political actions, such as the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State as announced by President Bola Tinubu last week. This is because opinions are offshoots of attitudes and behaviours. …

THE “2025 Annuario Pontificio” and the “2023 Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae” have been released, providing a detailed analysis of the life of the Catholic Church globally. Both reports, prepared by the Vatican’s Central Office for Church Statistics, disclosed a notable growth of the Catholic population worldwide during the two-year period 2022-2023. …

Ibok-Ete Ibas, Rivers state administrator, said the reconstruction of Rivers state House of Assembly complex would be completed in six months. Ibas, accompanied by George Nwaeke, head of the Rivers state civil service, inspected the project on Saturday. The state administrator asked the contractor, Monier Construction Company (MCC) Limited, to …

NO fewer than 13,171 Nigerians who applied for refugee protection from January 2013 to December 2024 were turned down by Canadian government. This includes 811 Nigerians rejected in 2024. Official data from the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada placed Nigeria among the top five …