Stanley Osifo, a former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has purchased the N100 million presidential nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The 50-year-old entrepreneur is so far the only aspirant who wants to contest the ruling party’s ticket against President Bola Tinubu. On Monday, Osifo …

Dr. Samuel Mawuyon Ajose Obtains APC ₦50m Lagos governorship expression of interest and nomination forms.  

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has released its unaudited group financial results for Q1 ended March 31, 2026. According to the released results, the Group’s profit before tax grew by 0.88% YoY to N302.891 billion compared to the N300 billion in Q1 2025. However, profit after tax declined by 15.42% …

United Bank for Africa PLC has released its unaudited group financial results for Q1 ended March 31, 2026. According to the released results, the Group reported a pretax profit of N160.655 billion compared to N204.264 billion reported in Q1 2025, depicting 21.35% YoY decline. However, gross earnings grew by 4.86% to N801.42 billion, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Bauchi State Accountant-General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja, and an unlicensed Bureau de Change operator, Aliyu Abubakar, over an alleged N1.63 billion money laundering case. The defendants were re-arraigned on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, before Justice O. A. Egwuatu at the Federal High Court in Abuja during …

There are indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) included its account details in the revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections following alleged moves by some governors to hijack the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms. The governors, under the aegis of the …

South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol’s wife’s (Kim Keon Hee) sentence time has been extended to four years now over corruption charges. In January, ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee was sentenced to 20 months in prison in a district court for receiving gifts, including a Graff diamond necklace and …

When the Supreme Court overruled his favourite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump promptly rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them. But those stopgap levies expire in less than three months. Now the administration is scrambling to put more durable tariffs in place to keep revenue flowing into the …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano Strategic Command, has launched “Operation Sharar Mafaka” and arrested 52 suspects across drug-joint areas of the metropolis. This is contained in a statement issued the command’s Public Relations Officer, Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, on Wednesday in Kano. Newsextra24 reports that “Sharar Mafaka” roughly translates …

The Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have successfully rescued five  students of Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade, who were reportedly abducted by armed criminals around the community The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Babaseyi explained that “The incident occurred …