Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has arrived in Ondo State to oversee the primary of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). 16 governorship aspirants including the incumbent Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, would be taking part in the primary, reports Daily Trust. Governor Ododo, who heads the seven-man committee saddled with the...
•Bobrisky The controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has arrived at the Federal High Court in Lagos for his arraignment on money laundering and naira abuse allegation. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had yesterday filed six counts bordering on money laundering and abuse of the naira against Bobris...
•Tinubu on arrival today from Ethiopia President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tinubu, who departed Addis Ababa in the morning, arrived in Abuja around 3:40 pm, reports Channels TV. While in Ethiopia, the Nigerian leader actively participated in the 44th Ordinary Session of the Executi...
•Super Eagles Following the Super Eagles’ progression to the semi-finals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the team has earned a prize money of $2.5m (N3bn). Nigeria reached the semi-finals of the 34th edition of the AFCON after defeating Angola 1-0 at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on Friday, […]
•Blinken United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken is currently in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Blinken, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 4pm from where he would proceed to the Presidential Villa to meet with the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reports Daily Independent. Although he is on tou...
•Ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma Sierra Leone’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged for his alleged role in what authorities call an attempted coup, left the country and arrived in Nigeria yesterday. Koroma landed in Abuja yesterday afternoon, welcomed by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu and the president of the ECOWAS Commission O...
•Sadiya Umar Farouq Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has arrived at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to offer clarifications concerning her stewardship. Mrs Umar-Farouq arrived at the head quarters of the EFCC to honour the invitation by th...
•Akeredolu’s body Nine days after the demise of the late Governor of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, his remains arrived in Nigeria today. This was contained in a Facebook post by the former Chief Press Secretary to the late governor, Mr Richard Olatunde. Akeredolu passed away on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, in Germany, during a […]...
President Bola Tinubu today Thursday, December 21, arrived in Lagos for the Christmas holiday. He arrived in the Air Force One plane and landed at the presidential wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja. The plane landed at 3.50pm and president Tinubu disembarked at 4pm. The president was welcomed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-...
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, for Saudi-Africa Summit See photos below: