With a few days to the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi, it is almost certain that insecurity and near loss of confidence in the electoral process may force about 70 per cent of eligible voters out of the election, especially in Imo State. From antecedents at the last elections, about 20 per […]
•Emefiele A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restated its earlier order directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to either release former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele unconditionally or produce him in court tomorrow for him to get bail. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi restated the o...
•Tinubu and Biden The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Malagi, has cautioned the US Mission in Nigeria and other foreign missions in the country against “needless security advisories”. The minister told reporters in Abuja yesterday that such advisories had far-reaching implications on the general polity as well as the...
•Donald Trump A combative Donald Trump clashed repeatedly with the judge on Monday as he took the stand in the New York civil fraud case threatening to cripple his real estate empire. One year out from an election he hopes will return him to the White House, Trump became the first former US president to […]
•Timipre Sylva Ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has added the name of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, to the final list of candidates for the poll. INEC, in the new list published on its website, said the addition [&h...
•Seyi Makinde The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that workers and pensioners in the state would receive a monthly cash award of N25,000 and N15,000 respectively for the next six months. He noted, however, that the workforce and the people of the state would have to work with the state government to develop […]
•Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Sunday that at least 9,770 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel erupted last month. The ministry said at least 4,800 children were among those killed since Israel began striking the Gaza Strip in retaliation [&he...
A Czech football club playing in the lowest division has made the sports pages across the country after 16 of its players were booked at the same time last weekend. TJ Sokol Upohlavy’s players decided to make a splash as they were trailing TJ Sokol Libochovany 6-0 in their game in the lowest district tier […]
•NYSC Graduating students of a private College of Education in Akure, All-State College of Education, Ero, in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state, today, shut down the school, protesting over the failure of the institution to mobilise the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC). The protesting students who blocked the road also held the Pr...
Another female student of the University of Port Harcourt has been found dead in her apartment in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The student simply identified as Adaeze is said to be a 200-level undergraduate of Accounting. Adaeze’s lifeless body was found on Friday, in her off-campus residence in Aluu, a community [&hell...

