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Official documents said to have exclusively been obtained by Saturday Punch have cast fresh doubt on the Presidency’s insistence that the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) never existed. According to Punch, the documents reveal that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation received, acknowledged and acted on correspondence submitted […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has withdrawn most of the troops it deployed for a joint counterterrorism mission in Nigeria’s Lake Chad Basin, while maintaining intelligence-sharing and other security cooperation with the Nigerian government. The Commander of US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, disclosed this during a digital press briefing on the outcome […]
Continue ReadingThe Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has blessed the Nigerian fashion designer, celebrity stylist, and entrepreneur, Abiodun Folashade Tokunbo, aka CEO Luminee and her actor and comedian, Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, known as Baba Ijesha, with a new car during their visit to the palace. Sharing photos from the visit, the […]
Continue ReadingFederal government of Nigeria granted a waiver to the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) headed by Adeniyi Adeyemi to recruit 300 members of staff in August 2025, according to TheCable. Mimi Abu, director, organisation design and development, in the office of the head of the civil service of the federation, conveyed the government’s […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has on Thursday dismissed a suit challenging the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Presiding judge, Justice Musa Liman dismissed the suit while delivering ruling in the preliminary objection filed by the defendants. A House of Representatives member from Kogi State, Hon. Leke Abejide, […]
Continue ReadingSenior medical consultant based in Kano State, Nigeria, has died after collapsing barely 15 minutes of arriving a hospital in Kano State to attend to patients who had been waiting for his evening clinic. The sad incident happened last Saturday at Arewa Surgery Hospital, Hotoro, Kano, where the doctor reportedly responded to a request to […]
Continue ReadingUche Nnaji, former Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology, was arrested on Wednesday morning by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria. Security sources say Nnaji was arrested while preparing to board a private jet bound for Abuja. The sources said the arrest […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, admitted activist, publisher, and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, to fresh bail in the sum of N200 million, weeks after revoking his earlier bail over his failure to appear for trial. Justice Umar, in a ruling, directed Sowore to provide two sureties. One of the sureties […]
Continue ReadingIsaac Fayose, public affairs commentator, and junior brother of ex-Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has rewarded an Ekiti woman with ₦1 million after she turned down an alleged ₦15,000 vote-buying offer from the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the recent governorship election in the state. Isaac Fayose announced the reward on social media after a […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Monday, the National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that the party has uploaded the name of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination portal. The party leader said the NDC had filed an appeal against a recent court ruling alongside an […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actor, Joseph Momodu has joined the US Army. The actor shared the news in a heartfelt post on his official Instagram account on Friday, revealing that he completed 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, before being officially enlisted as a Specialist in the US Army. His post: (Photo: LLN)
Continue ReadingContent creator, actress, social media influencer, digital creator, and entrepreneur, Amarachi Blessing Amusi, popularly known as Ashmusy, has shared an emotional message about the pain of losing a loved one unexpectedly, opening up about the regret that can come with not having the chance to make things right before the loved one’s passing. In a […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday, set aside its earlier judgement directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. The judge, Isah Dashen, held that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decision can be made in the matter. The court […]
Continue ReadingA 3-storey shopping complex collapsed in the Alakija area of Lagos State on Thursday, leaving nine persons dead, 10 others rescued, and an unspecified number feared trapped beneath the rubble. Located on Old Ojo Road near Alakija Bus Stop, off the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Satellite Town, the building collapsed at about 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, […]
Continue ReadingFranklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been sentenced to five years in prison in the United States for his scheme to steal some $3.5 million from eight different victims via an online romance scam. The 42-year-old Nigerian national, Nwadialo was arrested at an airport in Texas upon his […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspects, including a former security guard, over the murder of a former Ogun State Television broadcaster, Olakitan Oyesiku, and her security guard, Pelumi Adetayo. Commissioner of Police for the State, CP Bode Ojajuni, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Eleweran, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged terrorism financing and money laundering offences involving about $2.53 million. The commission filed a 12-count charge against Bodejo on June 22, 2026, accusing him of receiving […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Nigeria’s Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has suspended Chief Mike Ozekhome from the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Secretary of the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, Kabir E. A., said the committee took […]
Continue ReadingThe United States has designated a Nigerian national and three companies operating in the country as alleged financial facilitators of activities linked to the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. They were designated in the latest action, which targeted a total of three individuals and six entities accused of facilitating the movement […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared winners in several federal and state constituency by-elections conducted across parts of the country on Saturday. The results announced so far show that the All Progressive Congress (APC) won most constituencies and senatorial districts, while PDP secured victory only in Rivers South-East. Below is a summary of […]
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