The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has denied a report by an online newspaper claiming that he authorised the payment of N9.3bn meant for road construction to a Mirco-Finance Bank. Tracka, BudgIT’s service delivery promotion platform, had accused the Read more…
There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court, Abuja yesterday after Justice James Omotosho adjourned the hearing of a bail application of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), until January Read more…
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has poured cold water on a proposal by the chief of the British Army, Gen. Patrick Sanders that citizens should be prepared to take up arms against Russia in a hypothetical land war. Sanders, who has consistently called Read more…
Two goals from Ademola Lookman, one in each half, helped the Super Eagles soar 2-0 over Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions in Saturday’s round of 16 clash. Coach Jose Peseiro reinstated Alex Iwobi, Zaidu Sanusi, and Lookman as he continued to deploy the 3-4-3 Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Spiritual Head of Soul Revival Outreach, Nnewi, Anambra State, Prophet Iyke Uzukwu has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to investigate the performance of the rice palliative he gave to National Assembly members for onward distribution Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Nnewi North LGA chapter on Saturday expressed optimism about winning the House of Representatives election rerun in five polling units of the industrial town. The Nnewi North LGA chairman of APGA, Read more…
Palestinians trapped in the grip of war were caught between feelings of pride and frustration on Friday following the UN’s top court saying Israel must prevent genocide in Gaza. In the Palestinian territory’s southern city of Rafah, more than a Read more…
PRESS STATEMENT SIGNED BY H.E ATIKU ABUBAKAR In what appears to be a landmark economic decision of the Bola Tinubu-led administration, the Federal Government last year, precisely on August 16, 2023 through the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) secured a Read more…
The Rivers House of Assembly on Friday stripped Governor Siminalayi Fubara of power to appoint a caretaker committee for local government areas in the state after rejecting the governor’s veto against the legislation. The lawmakers overwhelmingly voted against Mr Fubara’s Read more…
Gunmen have abducted the chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Philip Aivoji, and some other party chieftains. They were said to have been abducted at the Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. Philip Read more…
The Labour Party in the South-East has said the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, will not leave the party like the former Director General of Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, who tendered a resignation a few days Read more…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Adeleke Agbola says Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State risks impeachment and therefore needs to tread carefully. The legal practitioner was speaking in light of recent political developments in the oil-rich state. Fubara and Read more…