Hon. Adeyemo Olalekan, the APC youth leader in Ondo State, has called on youth leaders across the country to unite and support Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the upcoming November 2024 governorship election. He commended Aiyedatiwa’s efforts in empowering the youth and emphasized the importance of uniting the electorate, particularly the …
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US lawmakers have accused Nigeria of taking a Binance Holdings Ltd. executive “hostage” and urged President Joe Biden to help secure his release. Sixteen Republican congressmen, including Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul, wrote to Biden to have the case of Tigran Gambaryan referred to the Office …
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NO less than 18 crisis locations already suffering from dire food insecurity could see a “firestorm of hunger” unless aid reaches them urgently, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. Although many “hunger hotspots” are in Africa, fears of famine persist in Gaza and Sudan, where conflict continues to rage, fueling the …
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THE Nigerian government says due processes are being applied in all stages of the trial of cryptocurrency platform Binance and its executives in line with the laws of the country. It noted that this is against the backdrop of continuing interest in the ongoing trial of the “rogue online platform, …
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THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has assembled a 256-member Edo State Campaign Council with the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, as the chairman. Acting Chairman Jarrett Tenebe, in a statement on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, announced Matthew Urhoghide as the Campaign Council Director-General (DG) and Joe Ugheoke …
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THE Federal Capital Territory Police Command has found a 28-year-old Abuja-based nurse, Lucy Likeh, who recently went missing in Nigeria’s capital city, according to a report by The Punch. Likeh was found and taken to the hospital for medical examination by men of the Utako Police Division in the FCT, …
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GUNMEN have reportedly killed a pastor, Dauda Dalyop, his wife and three others in the Bassa area of Plateau State. The cleric with the Assemblies of God Church was killed alongside his wife and three others during the attack that took place in Kwall community, Bassa Local Government Area, on …
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation has offered the reason why the train service from Abuja to Kaduna on Wednesday afternoon derailed. The corporation offered the explanation in a statement by its Deputy Director of Public Relations, Yakoob Mahmood. In the statement on Wednesday, Mahmood equally explained that all passengers onboard the …
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An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday remanded a security guard at Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, and 24 others for allegedly killing a student of the institution. The security guard, Femi Oladoye, and the others are charged with conspiracy and murder. The magistrate, Mrs. Olabisi Ogunkanmi, did not take their …
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The NNPC Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), has announced a 137 per cent increase in operating profits for the year 2023. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors and Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC …
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