Bye-elections: Protesters storm INEC HQ, demand restoration of LP candidates
Civil society organisations sympathetic to the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) have stormed the National Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to demand the inclusion of the party’s candidates in the forthcoming nationwide bye-elections. Dozens of protesters carrying banners and placards with inscriptions such as: “INEC, who is using you […]
Gunmen kill 14 in north-central Nigeria market ‘ambush’
Unidentified gunmen in Nigeria’s restive Plateau state killed 14 people in an ambush Thursday as they returned home from a weekly market, local residents and a Red Cross official told AFP. The north-central state has long been gripped by conflicts over dwindling land and attacks by armed gangs known as “bandits”, mostly across rural areas […]
BREAKING: Humanitarian minister, Nentawe, emerges APC national chairman
The National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress has named the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Yilwatda Nentawe, as substantive chairman of the party. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, who heads the Progressive Governors’ Forum, announced the motion at the ongoing 14th meeting of the Committee holding at the State House Conference […]
Imasuagbon joins ADC in Edo, expresses readiness to lead true change
A former aspirant of the Labour Party in the 2024 Edo Governorship Election, Kenneth Imasuagbon, on Wednesday joined the African Democratic Party, accompanied by his supporters. Imasuagbon also picked up the party membership card in Benin after his admission into the party. Popularly called the ‘Rice Man’, Imasuagbon had previously contested for the governorship seat under […]
Okoye banned over betting scandal
Udinese and Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has been handed a two-month ban by the Italian Football Federation following a high-profile betting scandal linked to a match against Lazio during the 2023/2024 season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 24-year-old goalkeeper was found guilty of sporting misconduct after allegations emerged that he deliberately sought a yellow card during […]
Court strikes out N12.3bn fraud case against Otudeko after settlement
The Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out the N12.3bn fraud charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Dr. Oba Otudeko, and three others, after the anti-graft agency formally withdrew the case on Wednesday. The EFCC had in suit No. FHC/L/20C/2025, filed 13-count charges against Otudeko, […]
four PDP senators to APC:APC Senators now 70, PDP 28, Labour Party 5, NNPP 1, SDP 2 and APGA 1
FOUR Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to represent their various senatorial districts in the present tenth Senate have formally dumped their party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, read their separate letters in the chamber where they cited irreconcilable differences in […]
Sunday Igboho arrives, urges FG to remove name from wanted list
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has arrived in Nigeria from Germany. Various Yoruba socio-cultural organisations, including the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Agbekoya Vigilante group and Ifelodun Security Network received him amid cheers. In July 2021, Igboho was arrested with wife, Ropo, in Cotonou, Benin Republic. The embattled Yoruba Nation campaigner had […]
I don’t regret asking Obi for prior notice before visiting Edo – Okpebholo
Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo said he has no regret asking former Governor Peter Obi of Anambra to notify him before visiting the state. Okpebholo made the clarification on Tuesday in Benin at the official inauguration of the new Edo Line, a transport company owned by the state government. According to him, the directive to […]
Wike commissions revived Edo line, lauds Okpebholo’s leadership
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday commissioned the newly revived Edo Line Transport Company, a project spearheaded by Governor Monday Okpebholo as part of efforts to rejuvenate moribund state-owned enterprises. Edo Line, originally established in 1968, had been grounded since 2010, with its staff redeployed to the state Ministry of Transport in […]
