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From the Vatican to the Philippines, Catholics are spending their Easter Monday saying goodbye to their spiritual leader Pope Francis, who died this morning at 88 from double pneumonia-related ailment. Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu was among world leaders who mourned him, describing Pope Francis as "a tireless champion of the poor." His death comes at one of the most important times of the year for about 1.4billion followers of the Roman Catholic Church, and less than 24 hours after the ailing Pope addressed worshipers in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday -an address reported by Peopleandpolitics.net in our edition of…

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and the Federal Education Quality Assurance Services (FEQAS) have joined forces to host a comprehensive workshop on the revised National Education Quality Assurance Policy. The collaborative effort aimed to enhance education quality in FCT by ensuring that schools meet minimum standards and quality control measures. Mandate Secretary, FCT Education Secretariat, Dr. Danlami Hayyo said that the revised policy was a comprehensive framework that addresses various facets of education quality. He said: "The revised policy is a comprehensive framework that addresses various facets of education quality viz-a-viz monitoring, supervision, assessment, evaluation of schools and capacity development…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Ahead 2027 general elections, Ibadan-born businessman/politician, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Solutions FM, Olooye Adegboyega Taofeek Adegoke, has been meeting with leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State. The meetings have been holding at the residence of the Co-Chairman of the PDP Elders' Council, Chief Wole Oyelese, at Ikolaba area of Ibadan. According to a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan by Adegoke's media team on Wednesday, April 16, one the meetings, which took place on Tuesday, was attended by the Chairman of the Elders' Council, who is a member of…

Sad tales continue to cascade down from the crash of digital asset trading platform,Cbex, as a Nigerian woman said she is presently receiving bags of intravenous (IV) fluid, popularly known as drip water, following her use of contributors' funds to invest in the platform. In a story relayed on Phoenix , @kiddiesbykoko, on Tik Tok, said, tearfully, that she ploughed in N6.2 million of other people's money in her custody into the platform -and now the money is gone. The post elicited several reactions by readers,some highly critical of her action,others leaning towards sympathy. She shared a video of herself…

Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Uzondu Precious Chimaobi to four years imprisonment for his refusal to accept the Naira as a legal tender.  Chimaobi was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on February 5, 2025 on a two-count charge bordering on refusal to accept the Naira as a legal tender.  One of the counts reads: "That you, Precious Chimaobi Uzondu, on the 10th of December 2024, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction…