Dave Umahi, the minister of works, announced on Saturday that President Bola Tinubu instead of Peter Obi will be elected in 2027 in the South-East, specifically in Ebonyi State. Umahi made the announcement while also stressing that there is no…
The Labour Party has expressed outrage following reports that a woman known as Precious Oruche, also referred to as Mama P, violently assaulted Julius Abure, the party’s national chairman, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The party leadership…
Former Nigerian foreign Affairs Minister Bolaji Akinyemi has called for immediate appointments to open ambassadorial seats, stating that Nigeria’s diplomatic reputation will collapse without credible and reliable ambassadors in place urgently. Prof. Akinyemi made this statement on Friday while answering…
An announcement by the Dangote Refinery to stop selling petrol in naira has unnerved marketers and sparked new worries about fuel prices and reliance on foreign exchange. The Dangote refinery announced in an email to its clients at precisely 6:42…
Femi Falana, SAN, a human rights attorney, claims that President Bola Tinubu lacks the constitutional authority to place Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, on terminal leave. Femi Falana made this claim in a…
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been ordered by the federal high court in Abuja to enter his defence in the federal government’s terrorism allegation against him. The presiding judge, James Omotosho, ruled…
President Bola Tinubu left Abuja to travel to Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, to witness Rashidi Ladoja, the next Olubadan of Ibadan land, being crowned. The President departed Friday at around 12:45 p.m. from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport…
The opposition coalition movement has directed its members to fully resign from their membership of respective political parties and join the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The resolution was made during a closed-door meeting called by Senator David Mark, the ADC’s…
The chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has forecast that by the end of the year, the value of the naira will increase by between N1,300 and N1,400 per dollar. After meeting with President Bola Tinubu, he made the…
Nigerian artist Paul Okoye, better known as Rudeboy of the now defunct P-square, has vowed to find and prosecute an X user who accused him of sexually assaulting a domestic servant. The post has sparked a flurry of online responses.…
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar’s media aide Paul Ibe has sounded the alarm, claiming that the current All Progressives Congress, or APC, has started the process of rigging the general elections in 2027. Speaking in a YouTube interview, Ibe claimed…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered a reward of up to $10,000, or roughly N14 million, for information that results in the arrest and conviction of Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, a Nigerian national who has been evading capture for…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has promised that, should he be elected President in 2027, the Yoruba people’s interests will “occupy a topmost place” in his administration’s policies. He called the idea that, should he be elected, his presidency “may…
Olorogun Oskar Ibru, a business magnate and the head of the Ibru Organisation, passed away at the age of 67. Oskar Ibru passed suddenly following a brief illness, according to a statement from his family that Arise News reported on…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday conferred national honours and title of the Commander of the Order of the Niger posthumously on four late Ogoni leaders. The Ogoni Four, as they are commonly known, are Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Theophilus Orage,…