Former Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Pally Iriase, has declined his membership of the National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress for the Edo State governorship election. Iriase, whose name was included in the list released on Friday, said he was not consulted before he was included in the team and…
Effort of the Nigerian government to combat illegal mining has received a significant boost with the arraignment of several Chinese nationals for illegal mining activities in Abia State South East of the country The suspects, including eight Chinese nationals and one Nigerian, were recently apprehended by the Mining Marshals, an elite security outfit crafted from…
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has announced immediate closure of the collapsed school, Saint Academy School and ordered full investigation into the collapse that killed 22 and injured 132 persons. The governor gave the order when he visited the collapsed building premises for assessment of situation as he went round the school premises, with…
Less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed in Plateau state killing over twenty students another building has collapsed but this time in Abuja the nation’s capital Already four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed on Saturday morning, with several people trapped in the rubble. The collapsed…
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz said Sunday will be a “good day for his country as he prepares to defend his Wimbledon title on the same day Spain play England in the final of Euro 2024. The 21-year-old Spaniard clinched a 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 6-4 6-4 comeback victory over fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in Friday’s first semi-final….
Jadon Sancho has returned to training with Manchester United following a meeting with manager Erik ten Hag. The English winger, 24, fell out with Ten Hag last season and was forced to train away from the first team before rejoining former club Borussia Dortmund on loan in January. Sancho impressed at Dortmund and his future…
The Peoples Democratic Party has implicated the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in the crisis within the Edo State chapter of the party. Edo PDP has been facing internal conflicts since the governorship primary election on February 22, 2024, which resulted in Asue Ighodalo becoming the governorship candidate. Discontented party members subsequently took legal…
Former Ogun State Governor, Chief Segun Osoba, says it is undemocratic for governors to use their political powers to enthrone their party men as chairmen of all local governments in their states. He said there must be a total change in the country’s political dynamics for federalism to be effective in Nigeria. The 84-year-old All…
Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin has been crowned as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland in a ceremony that attracted the crème de la crème of Nigerian society. The ceremony preceded the seclusion, for some days, of the now-crowned monarch. He succeeds the 42nd King Oba Mahood Lekan Balogun who died on 14 March 2024 at 81….
The Plateau State Government says 22 persons have died and one hundred and thirty-two persons injured after a school collapsed in the Busa Buji, Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The Plateau State Commissioner for Information and Communication Musa Ashoms said this in a statement on Friday “As of 6:00 pm, 154 people…
