By Joseph Bioyo | April 30, 2025 | Abuja, Nigeria The Adamawa State Government has approved the recruitment of 4,000 new employees into the state’s civil service to fill existing vacancies across various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, CON, gave the directive on Monday, mandating the State Civil Service Commission to…
From Acho Marcus Nkire Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election, marking a dramatic political turnaround propelled by voter backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation rhetoric and trade war threats. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre suffered a stunning personal and political defeat, losing his Ottawa seat in Parliament, according to projections by the…
By Bayo Rotimi Pioneer member of the National Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Chief Sam Nkire has called on opposition political parties in the country to join President Bola Tinubu to lead a bipartisan emergency operation to fight the insecurity and economic hardship which the President inherited but presently grappling with. Speaking…
By Jason Agu Los Angeles, CA — Schools across Glendale are closed today as communities throughout Los Angeles County commemorate Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, marking the mass killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1915. The day is being observed with solemn remembrance, cultural pride, and renewed calls for justice amid…
When Pope John Paul I died in 1978, after just 33 days of reign, this author was a young journalist and close friend of the then Catholic Bishop of Jos, Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka; while the now late Pope Francis was known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a Jesuit Provincial Superior in faraway Argentina. As journalists, a…
When Pope John Paul I died in 1978, after just 33 days of reign, this author was a young journalist and close friend of the then Catholic Bishop of Jos, Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka; while the now late Pope Francis was known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a Jesuit Provincial Superior in faraway Argentina. As journalists, a…
By Acho Marcus Nkire Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – In a region long shaped by coups, insurgencies, and foreign intervention, a young artillery captain has emerged as a bold new voice of resistance and sovereignty. Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in September 2022, is rapidly transforming Burkina Faso from a fragile post-colonial state into a…
From Marcus Nkire To all the Die-hard World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fans out there, yesterday was a spectacle. WrestleMania Sunday delivered with a few welcomed and some not so expected surprises to grace the show. None more so than the Award winning rapper and song writer, Travis Scott, turning up mid main event to a…
By Bayo Rotimi Pioneer Leader of Abia State Caucus of the All Progressives Congress APC, Chief Sam Nkire has said the party was on its way to winning over the State for the first time in twelve years, “if only it could unite to fight the 2027 elections as one army with one purpose”. The…
By Acho Marcus Nkire. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed willingness to reconcile with suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara—on the condition that Fubara offers a sincere apology for the political crisis that has engulfed the state. Speaking during a media briefing in Abuja, Wike stated that he is…
