House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself in a familiar jam on Tuesday: Conservative Republican holdouts are stalling action on President Donald Trump’s “big” bill of tax breaks and spending reductions, refusing to accept a Senate GOP budget framework approved over the weekend because it doesn’t cut enough. Trump summoned House Republicans from the conservative Freedom…
The Presidency has responded sharply to recent criticism by Senator Ali Ndume over alleged lopsided appointments by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing the lawmaker’s remarks as hypocritical and divisive. Ndume, representing Borno South, had accused President Tinubu of violating the constitution through appointments that he claimed were unbalanced and unfairly distributed across regions. His…
At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park, the oldest African park located along Eastern Congo. The Virunga Park director, Emmanuel De Merode, disclosed this on Tuesday. The animals were found floating motionless along the Ishasha and Lake Edward River. Images shared by the national…
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday on board a Russian spacecraft. A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan to put the Soyuz MS-27 carrying the trio in orbit. They docked at the station just over three…
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has issued a restraining order against the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), barring him from appointing sole administrators or their equivalents to manage the 23 local government areas in the state. The order was granted by Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed in response to…
