Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has reaffirmed his administration’s alignment with the political movement led by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, praising the former governor’s foresight and leadership. Speaking at a meeting with 484 councillors from the state’s 44 local government areas on May 3, 2025, Yusuf described Kwankwaso as a divinely gifted leader whose advice […]
Former Education Minister and public accountability advocate Oby Ezekwesili has vehemently denied allegations that she accepted bribes to support Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s sexual harassment claims against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. In a statement posted on her verified X handle on May 4, 2025, Ezekwesili dismissed the accusations leveled by UK-based activist Sandra Duru, known as […]
The UK’s Manufacturing Africa (MA) programme and London-based TLG Capital have signed a strategic partnership to enhance Nigerian manufacturing companies’ access to capital through the Africa Growth Impact Fund II (AGIF II), which secured a $75 million first close towards its $200 million target on April 29, 2025. Anchored by the World Bank’s International Finance […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified that no date has been established for the resumption of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) or for the transfer and replacement of lost Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs). In a statement issued on Sunday, May 4, 2025, via its official X account, INEC’s Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, debunked […]
With the conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor set to begin this week in May 2025, the secretive process, devoid of official campaigns or candidate lists, has sparked widespread speculation about the next leader of the Catholic Church’s 1.4 billion faithful. While no clear frontrunner has emerged, 15 cardinals from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has issued a public warning about fraudsters exploiting its Postgraduate Foreign Scholarship Programme to deceive unsuspecting victims. In a statement released on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Port Harcourt, NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Seledi Thompson-Wakama, revealed that scammers are soliciting money from the public by falsely offering […]
The Nasarawa State Police Commissioner, Shetima Jauro-Mohammed, has ordered a thorough investigation into the deaths of five children found lifeless inside an abandoned vehicle in Agyaragu, Obi Local Government Area, on Sunday, May 4, 2025. According to a statement issued on May 5 by Police Public Relations Officer SP Ramhan Nansel in Lafia, the children, […]
By Dapo Akinrefon, John Alechenu & Ugochukwu Alaribe LAGOS — The crisis rocking the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took an intriguing twist, yesterday, as the Abia State chapter suspended the chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, over alleged anti-party activities. The Abia State PDP decried Wabara’s alleged reported […]
Prosecutors revealed on Thursday that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trafficked at least three women over the course of his 20-year sexual abuse scheme. The accusations were made as part of a new criminal indictment filed against the hip-hop mogul, who is currently incarcerated. The three-count indictment does not introduce any new charges, but it does allege […]