An Appeal Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Wednesday, dismissed the suit instituted against Ademola Adeleke, challenging his emergence as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded Osun governorship election. The suit filed by Dotun Babayemi, seeking the Court’s declaration as the PDP …

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has commended the Federal Government’s decision to turn the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into a limited liability company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. According to the former Vice President, the action was part of his proposal in 2018 to overhaul …

The Federal Government has expressed its opposition to the the planned solidarity march by the Nigeria Labour Congress with the striking members of the University-based unions. Recall that the NLC had on July 17, 2022 announced that it would embark on a nationwide public demonstration on July 26 and 27 to …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intimidated that it will arrest and prosecute any Nigerian caught using naira to buy dollars. This was made known on Tuesday, July 19 by CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Lagos. He said: “For those taking money …

The national power grid on Wednesday again collapsed. The Eko Electricity Distribution Company confirmed that the grid collapse occurred at about 11:27 am. “Dear customers, we regret to inform you of a system collapse on the national grid at precisely 11:27 am today, Wednesday, July 20. We are in talks …

The White House has disclosed that Russia is forming plans to annex more parts of Ukraine. It also claimed that the Russian federation is planning to repeat a playbook it used in the 2014 annexation of Crimea to seize territory, The communications coordinator at the US National Security Council, John …

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that the ongoing strike which they started on February 14, wouldn’t have lasted this long if politicians’ children attend public universities in the country. This was stated by Osodeke in reaction to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the strike to …

Troops of Operations Hadin Kai, have rescued another Chibok school girl, Ruth Bitrus, who escaped from Boko Haram captivity with her child. Theatre Commander of Operations Hadin Kai, Major General GC Musa, made this known in Maimalarin Barracks during the official handing over of medical equipment by the North-East Development …

Paulo Dybala, who recently joined AS Roma, has explained why he chose to play for Jose Mourinho. The signing of Dybala, who recently left Juventus this summer, was announced by Roma on Wednesday. The Argentine international was signed by the Giallorossi as a free agent. In a statement following the …

At a Federal High Court in Abuja, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) argued for a third time that the six statements linking a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke, to alleged $4 million money laundering charges were made voluntarily. The Federal Government has charged …