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The daughters of veteran Yoruba actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known by his screen name Ogogo, have made separate emotional appeals for urgent medical help for their 66-year-old father, who they say is battling stage-four cancer after hospitals reportedly declined to continue his treatment. In videos posted on Instagram on Monday, Lima and Kira Taiwo…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Special Adviser and Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has pushed back against suggestions that Osun State residents were blindsided by the governor’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, insisting the endorsement predates Adeleke’s own victory at Saturday’s governorship poll. Rasheed made the clarification on Arise Television on Tuesday, responding to questions…
FIFA has dismissed its Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Lamour, barely three weeks after he publicly broke ranks with President Gianni Infantino over a now abandoned plan to sell a stake in the body that would have managed the commercial and ticketing rights of FIFA competitions. FIFA confirmed the exit in a statement issued on…
The All Progressives Congress has formally rejected the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Governor Ademola Adeleke as winner of the Osun State governorship election, setting up a potential legal contest over a poll the ruling Accord Party had claimed with a comfortable margin. The Director-General of the APC governorship campaign in Osun State,…
Nigeria’s monthly Federation Account allocations have climbed past N2 trillion, a level the Federal Government says was unthinkable before 2023, when states routinely struggled to meet salary obligations on allocations averaging between N300 billion and N600 billion. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Prof Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed the figures on Monday…
The re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in Saturday’s Osun State governorship poll has become the latest flashpoint in a growing conversation about what Nigeria’s 2027 general elections should look like, with a prominent aide to the Ooni of Ife urging President Bola Tinubu to replicate what he called the Osun standard nationwide. The Independent…
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) closed lower on Monday, extending a bearish run that has now wiped value off the local bourse for a second consecutive session, as investors continued to offload banking and insurance stocks. The All-Share Index (ASI) shed 0.07 per cent to close at 242,454.65 points, down from 242,619.20 points at…
Abdulaziz Umar Ganduje, eldest son of former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has returned to the ruling party after roughly three months in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), the platform now associated with former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Abdulaziz was formally received back into the APC on…
Afrobeats star David Adeleke, known as Davido, has described Nigerian politics as evil and declared he wants no part of it, in a pointed response to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Youth Leader, Dayo Israel, over comments made after his uncle’s re-election as Osun State governor. In a post on his verified X handle…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced new recommended work-hour guidelines for healthcare personnel across the country, capping the working week at 48 hours and limiting continuous duty to a maximum of 24 hours, a move the association says is aimed at curbing burnout and protecting patient safety. The guidelines, contained in…