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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appointed Nollywood actor and lawyer Kenneth Okonkwo as his spokesperson, ending weeks of open friction that followed the African Democratic Congress chieftain’s public rejection of the party’s vice presidential choice for the 2027 general election. Okonkwo announced the appointment in a statement posted on his official X page…
Counsel to the Peace Movement Party, Chikezie Ekeocha, has defended the application that led the Federal High Court in Lokoja to set aside its judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress, insisting the move was driven by alleged concealment of material facts and a contested party logo rather…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has taken the immediate past Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, into custody over allegations that he forged a university degree and submitted a false National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate during his ministerial screening in 2023. The former minister was arrested…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Tapa has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to withdraw and stop publishing notices declaring two directors of DKK Partners Limited wanted persons over what the company insists is a purely contractual disagreement. Justice Rosul Olukolu granted the interim orders in Suit No. LD/11047GCM/2026, filed by…
Galatasaray are facing renewed pressure to part with Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen after receiving a €120 million offer from an unnamed Saudi Arabian club, bringing to two the number of nine figure bids currently sitting before the Turkish champions as the summer transfer window gathers pace. Turkish transfer insider Serhan Türk reported that…
TikTok has settled a lawsuit brought by a 15 year old Florida teenager just weeks before the company was due to face a jury in a second landmark trial testing whether social media companies can be held responsible for harms allegedly caused by their products. The teenager, identified in court filings only by his initials…
Nollywood star Deyemi Okanlawon has offered a candid account of the moment he walked away from acting in 2019, saying poor remuneration and a loss of fulfilment pushed him back to a conventional office job before he found his way to the top of the industry. The 45-year-old actor made the disclosure on a…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress for the 2027 election, has laid out a governance blueprint built around education, healthcare, and mass industrialisation, promising to place human capital development at the centre of any administration he leads. In a statement issued on Wednesday to mark the new month, Obi framed his…
Kano State is preparing to marry off 1,500 couples under a fresh N1.5 billion edition of its long-running mass wedding scheme, with the Hisbah Board confirming that the programme, unlike popular assumption, is open to both Muslim and Christian participants. The Deputy Commander of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Mujahideen Aminuddeen, disclosed the eligibility…
The Nigerian Air Force has released the lists of candidates shortlisted for interview into Junior Secondary School 1 of the Air Force Military School, the Air Force Girls’ Military School, Jos, and other Air Force Secondary Schools for the 2026/2027 academic session, opening the next stage of one of the country’s most competitive secondary admission…
