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Ovation Magazine publisher Dele Momodu has projected the 2027 presidential election as a straight contest between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, effectively writing Labour Party’s Peter Obi out of his reckoning for the next race. Momodu made the assertion in a statement titled “Time for National Reconciliation, Re-Orientation &…
The Lagos State High Court at Osborne Foreshore on Monday adjourned until September 28, 2026, the hearing of a judicial review application challenging the Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Master Nkanu Nnamdi Adichie-Esege, the 21-month-old son of renowned author Chimamanda Adichie and Dr. Ivara Esege. Justice Aishat Opesanwo fixed the date after counsel…
The Oyo State Government on Monday demolished a three-bedroom bungalow allegedly used as a hideout by kidnappers involved in the abduction of the younger sister of former Minister of Power, Chief Bayo Adelabu, and her children. The property, located in the Lako Community along the Aiyegun-Anaye Road area of Ibadan, was pulled down by…
Dozens of anti-illegal immigration protesters marched through a township outside Johannesburg on Monday, a day after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged action against groups accused of fuelling xenophobic violence. Chanting and singing as they moved through Kwa-Thema, a township about 40 kilometres southeast of Johannesburg, the demonstrators called for tougher government action…
Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has revealed that he would have persuaded Peter Obi to step aside for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential race if Atiku had backed the Labour Party ticket during the 2023 election. Speaking on Channels Television’s Inside Sources, Baba-Ahmed argued that Atiku missed…
Nigeria’s trade sector attracted $65.79m in foreign capital in the first quarter of 2026, a 91.31 per cent rise from the $34.39m recorded in the same period of 2025, even as inflows moderated after a strong second half of last year. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics’ capital importation report showed the year-on-year…
Nuclear-armed states are pulling warheads out of storage and mounting them on delivery systems, researchers warned on Monday, as weapons of mass destruction take on a sharper role in global politics at a moment when arms control frameworks are crumbling. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said the world’s nuclear powers held an estimated…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has unveiled a set of resolutions aimed at strengthening internal structures, enforcing accountability, and reinforcing party supremacy in what its leadership described as a deliberate push to institutionalise the young party. The resolutions were contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, following…
African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has launched a sharp rebuttal of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal, accusing him of promoting ethnic prejudice, peddling conspiracy theories and deepening divisions at a time the country requires unity to confront its mounting challenges. In a statement issued on Sunday by…
Florentino Pérez has secured another term as Real Madrid president after winning the club’s presidential election, defeating challenger Enrique Riquelme in the first contested vote at the Spanish giants in two decades. The club’s Electoral Board confirmed the result in an official statement on Monday morning, declaring that “with 100% of the in-person and…
