•Dangote refinery The Dangote Oil Refinery is finally set to commence fuel production as the first crude shipment arrives at the facility today, December 7, 2023. This was confirmed in a report by S&P Global, which stated that the OTIS tanker, carrying a 950,000 barrels of Nigeria’s Agbami crude, set sail yesterday December 6, reports [&he...
•Alao Abiodun The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, is set to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Recall Adelabu was the gubernatorial candidate for the Accord party in the Oyo 2023 election. He left APC during the build-up to the Oyo 2023 elections after losing to Senator Teslim Folarin at the party’s primary. In […]
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced Wahab Hammed, a ward Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Surulere Local Government Area of the state, to a one-year jail term or in the alternative a fine of N1m. Justice Ismail Ijelu sentenced the defendant after convicting him on a two-count charge […]
•FRSC officials on duty The Federal Road Safety Corps today disowned the Unit Commander, Central Business District Unit Command, Assistant Corps Commander IL Ibrahim, over his recent statement on Vehicle Inspection Officers, otherwise known as Directorate of Road Traffic Services. Ibrahim was quoted to have said that VIO officials do not have ...
•Asisat Oshoala and Victor Osimhen Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been named in the CAF Player of the Year final three-man list for the men and women categories, respectively. Osimhen who finished as the top scorer in the 2023 African Cup Nations qualifiers will battle Egypt’s Mohammed Salah, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, and Alge...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and five other political parties have formed a coalition. Involved in the coalition are the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). The...
•Akeredolu Ondo State Government has dismissed a reported court order which granted an order mandamus compelling the House of Assembly and its Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, to constitute a medical panel to assess Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s health. It described the report which was viral as fake and not a true representation of the ongoing court p...
•Late Benjamin Zephaniah British poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who famously rejected an honour from Queen Elizabeth II over Britain’s empire and links to slavery, died today at the age of 65, his family said. “It is with great sadness and regret that we announce the death of our beloved husband, son and brother in the early […]
•Santos FC Iconic Brazilian club Santos, cradle of late football legend Pele, were relegated to the second division Wednesday for the first time in their history, just shy of the first anniversary of his death. Santos suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Fortaleza in their final league match of the season, sealing their fate […]
•Sanusi Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has called for a proper audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), noting that this call was what cost him his job at the apex bank. Sanusi made this known while delivering his remarks at The Bank Directors Summit holding […]

