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Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Ogun State, Barrister Olaniyi Ijalaye is dead. The Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that the former Resident Electoral Commissioner had […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party’s (LP’s) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has asked President Bola Tinubu’s administration to come clean on the details of the newly acquired presidential jet and the old ones being sold off. Obi made the call in a post shared on his X handle on Tuesday night, August 20. Obi said: […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed the lower court judgment that reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. Delivering judgment in the appeal brought before it by the Edo State House of Assembly, the appellate court dismissed the appeal seeking to uphold Shaibu’s impeachment. Shaibu was impeached on […]
Continue Reading21-year-old female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Mojisola Awesu, who was contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for another private varsity student at a party for the sum of N15,000 has been found dead at a refuse dump in the Aleniboro area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Kwara […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for purchasing a new presidential jet worth $100m without the approval of the National Assembly. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and Deputy Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, described the action of the government as insensitive, […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state, Isaac Omodewu is dead. He died on Sunday, 18th August, 2024 at the age of 61. The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Wasiu Olawale Sadare confirmed this to our correspondent in a telephone chat on Monday. “Our chairman is dead,” he simply said. He […]
Continue ReadingPresident Tinubu left Abuja for Paris on Monday, using the new Airbus A330, which was the subject of controversy in the last week following its court-ordered seizure and subsequent release caused by a Chinese firm. The aircraft replaces the 19-year-old Boeing B737-700(BBJ) bought under the Presidency of President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Bayo Onanuga, special […]
Continue ReadingReports say gunmen have abducted the Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Agha Mba and his wife, Chizoba, in Ubiaja, Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. It was gathered that one of his aides identified as A.B Affiah was k!lled during the attack which occurred on Friday, August 16, 2024. The […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has finally reacted to the claim that he is of Igbo origin. Obasanjo spoke when he received in audience the leadership of Ndigbo Amaka Progressive Market Association (NAPMA), an umbrella body of major markets in Lagos State at the boardroom of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday, […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement dated 17th August 2024, signed by an organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project’s (SERAP’s) Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, has asked the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to disclose the “exact amount of monthly running costs” allocated to members of the National Assembly. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said he will not allow a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited (ZFIICL), to scam Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday titled: “Zhonfu firm is an imposter, it’s Chinese against Chinese dispute,” Amosun stated that Zhongfu has no legal right to appropriate any Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian Air Force said it had destroyed a road bridge of strategic importance in Russia on Saturday, amid its offensive in the Kursk region. Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk published a video on a Telegram channel showing the bombing of a bridge, in what experts say is likely to be genuine. The video showed […]
Continue ReadingA French court has ruled in favour of a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, and granted the seizure of three presidential jets belonging to the Nigerian government. The Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris stopped Nigeria from moving or selling the presidential jets until the Chinese firm received the awarded $74.5 million. The court […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the interim forfeiture of $2.04 million and seven properties connected to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Presiding judge, Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is investigating […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has traced at least N83 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat money channelled towards the recent nationwide protests, according to Punch. They include $50m of cryptocurrency — $38m of which were blocked in four cryptocurrency wallets — and N4bn contributed by various political actors in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Katsina. This was part […]
Continue ReadingMonies unremitted by Revenue Generating Agencies (RGA) to the coffers of the Federal Government increased to N4.1tn as of June 2024, the Federation Accounts Allocations Committee (FAAC) has said. FAAC stated that this was despite the agencies’ reconciliation and payment of outstanding debts of N94.96bn in May 2024. According to Punch, the unresolved amount is […]
Continue ReadingNiger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has condemned the burning of the church building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) by suspected hoodlums in Kontagora town. Bago, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso, issued on Sunday in Minna, the state capital described the attack on the church “as […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, Nigerian Senate has vehemently denied allegations suggesting it is involved in determining its salaries or receiving special fiscal packages from the Presidency. This claim, which reportedly emerged during a visit by members of the House of Representatives to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ogun State, has sparked widespread public debates. In the […]
Continue ReadingA former two-term member of the House of Representatives representing Somolu Federal Constituency, Wole Diya, has passed away. He died at the age of 63. Diya, who served in the Green Chamber and was also a two-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Somolu State Constituency I, died early on Friday, August […]
Continue ReadingWell-known crossdresser and TikToker known as Abuja Area Mama, has been killed. His lifeless body was found lying along the Katampe Mabuchi highway in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the early hours of Thursday August 8. The deceased who never hid his sexuality, had on Wednesday, August 8, shared a video of himself in […]
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