•Ovie Omo-Agege and NDC logo Former Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has threatened that anyone who rigs the 2027 general elections will be killed. The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) chieftain, who is contesting the Delta Central Senatorial seat, issued the threat at a political gathering, reports Daily Trust. “I want to make the news...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted approval-in-principle to JPMorgan to establish a merchant bank in Nigeria, to be known as JPMorgan Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited. The proposed bank marks a development in Nigeria’s financial sector, reflecting international interest in the country’s financial markets and long-term economic prospect...
•Hassan Sheriff The political landscape in Yobe State has recorded a fresh development as a prominent member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Hassan Sheriff, has formally announced his resignation from the party. In a resignation letter addressed to the Yobe State ADC chairman, Alhaji Adamu Ramah, dated October 23, 2026, Sherif...
•Adekunle Gold Afrobeats singer Adekunle Gold has announced a new initiative to support organisations working within the sickle cell community. The singer, a sickle cell advocate and founder of the Adekunle Gold Foundation, shared the news in a post on his Instagram page today. He said the foundation is launching its latest project, ‘We’re Not...
•Institute for advanced robotic and telesurgical operations  In a breakthrough for Nigeria’s healthcare sector, the federal government has adopted the newly inaugurated Redeemer’s Health Village (RHV) Robotic Surgery Academy as the nation’s 29th TETFund Centre of Excellence, guaranteeing full scholarship coverage for all enrolled trainees. Spe...
•Personnel from the Kenya Defence Forces Disaster Response Battalion inspect the rubble of the collapsed residential building, today A multi-storey building collapsed mid-construction in the Kenyan capital today, the Red Cross said, with reports from local media of casualties and looting at the site. Videos spreading online showed a dramatic ...
•Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir (R) In a fresh hammer blow for Kenyan athletics, world marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced today. The highly decorated 33-year-old Kenyan, who won Olympic gold in the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021, was suspended after an out...
•Ebola outbreak The Ebola patient in Nigeria is a Swiss woman and the wife of a staff member at Switzerland’s embassy in Abuja, Bern said today. The couple had recently travelled together to Uganda, but neither of them had visited the Democratic Republic of Congo — the epicentre of the current outbreak, the Swiss foreign […]
•Policemen The states that have approved state police are now 24. So, the constitutionally-required 24-state endorsement benchmark needed for the state police bill to become law has been met. Vanguard gathered that more states will conclude deliberations next week. Below is a complete list of the states that have approved and the one being awa...
•Umahi and Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said there is no single engineering design covering the entire 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, explaining that detailed designs, environmental studies and soil investigations are being undertaken section by section as the project progresses. Spe...
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