•Late Rotimi Akeredolu The ailing Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), is dead. He died at the age of 67. Family and top government sources confirmed his demise this morning, reports Daily Trust. The governor died after a protracted battle with an undisclosed illness, even though reports said he was down with leukaemia. The [&h...
•Pipeline explosion No fewer than 30 persons have lost their lives in an explosion at an illegal oil tapping point in Omoku, Ogba/Egebema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The tragedy struck Sunday morning, when the youths allegedly broke a pipeline belonging to one of the multinational oil firms operating in the areas and started [...
•Victims and scenes of Fulani herdsmen attacks on Plateau at Christmas There was outrage yesterday over Christmas Eve attacks on communities in three local government areas of Plateau State. President Bola Tinubu, in a statement in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, condemned the attacks and ordered a manhunt f...
•National Assembly Complex The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has revealed that the National Assembly will pass the 2024 Appropriation Bill on December 30 to sustain the January-December budget cycle. He disclosed at a session with journalists in Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Monday, saying all federal lawmakers would have to cut short their ho...
•Portable with his champion belt After the fourth round, Nigerian street-pop artist Habeeb Badmus, aka Portable, was announced as the winner of the celebrity boxing fight against Nollywood actor Charles Okocha this morning. The fight, which was sanctioned by Heritage Boxing Entertainment, held at Landmark Beach in Victoria Island, Lagos State,...
•Governor Abdullahi Sule As Christians across the world commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, ‘Women for Justice’ in Nasarawa State have said alleged electoral result falsification, coupled with the appellate court judgment denied them the joy of Christmas. The over 500 protesters, comprising widows, aged and mid-aged women, have continued to...
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The Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday Tuesday, December 26, zoned the vacant Ebonyi South Senate seat to Onicha Local Government Area of the state. Austin Umahi, the younger brother to minister of works, David Umahi, had declared interest in the position, reports The Nation. The elder Umahi, who is the [&hell...
•Manchester United’s striker Rasmus Hojlund (R) celebrates third goal with teammates Rasmus Hojlund capped Manchester United’s thrilling fightback from two goals down as the Denmark striker netted for the first time in the Premier League to seal a dramatic 3-2 win against Aston Villa yesterday. Erik ten Hag’s side were in danger of another dam...
•Christmas chicken As Christians around the world marked Christmas Day yesterday, the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party clashed on the state of the nation and the condition in which Nigerians marked the festive period. The opposition PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologun...

