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The Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed the G-100, a group of 100 opposition stalwarts driving the creation of an all-opposition front to challenge President Bola Tinubu of the APC in the 2027 presidential election. The faction, in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP Interim National […]

A Nigerian-British taxi driver, Kolawole Erunkulu has been jailed for six years after falling asleep at the wheel and causing a crash that killed a 59-year-old man in Surrey, UK. Surrey Police said Erunkulu of Bexleyheath, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after his Audi crossed into a roadside layby and struck Philip […]

Germany on Tuesday blamed Russia for an attempted “hybrid attack” involving an explosive-laden drone at a strategic airport last month and announced diplomatic counter-measures. The European Union expressed “full solidarity” with Germany, NATO assured that it would defend its members and countries including Britain, Estonia and Poland offered strong backing. Germany will close Russia’s consulate […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 14 new confirmed lassa fever cases in week 33, bringing cumulative infections to 1,035. The latest cases were recorded between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, in Ondo, Bauchi, Edo and Benue states, according to the situation report made available in Abuja on Tuesday. According […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Chairman of the Northern Christian Association, NCA, Rev. John Hayab, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves credit for projects being executed across the North, insisting that the region cannot honestly claim it has not benefited from the administration. Hayab, however, said the interventions had yet to address some of […]

A Bank of America vice president has died after being stabbed during an afternoon attack in New York City’s Times Square. The victim was identified as Erin Piacenti, who died from her injuries following the attack on Monday, according to Reuters. Bloomberg News first reported her identity on Tuesday. New York police said a woman […]

***Africa Energy Bank to start operations in October — Farouk By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Africa needs more than $200 billion annually in energy investment by 2030 to develop oil and gas, expand electricity generation and distribution, and grow clean energy, Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG), Adegbite Falade, has said. Falade, who […]

By Kingsley Omonobi The Force Headquarters on Tuesday disclosed that the Nigeria Police Force has commenced investigations into alleged inciting statements made by the Borno State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Sainna Buba; Chairman of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Danjuma Shekwolo; and Senator Francis Fadahunsi, representing Osun East Senatorial […]

The Premier League has gone transfer-mad. English clubs have smashed the summer spending record for the second year running, pouring a staggering £3.410bn into the transfer market. And the message to the rest of Europe is clear: the Premier League has money — and plenty of it. Last summer’s record of £3.14bn has already been […]

Your Excellency, I write not to insult anybody. I write to end a national pretence. In April this year, our own regulator, NERC, published the figures. Of 13,625 megawatts of installed generation capacity, only 4,286 megawatts were available for dispatch. Thirty-one per cent. Ten plants out of 28 produced 81 per cent of everything the […]

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” – Benjamin DisraeliThe Nigerian ruling class under the Tinubu administration is intensifying its Goebbel propaganda based on the dictum that “a lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth.” Faced with the increasing cost of living, […]

In Nigeria, public office has too often become a theatre of promises. Politicians announce projects with fanfare, contractors disappear, deadlines are forgotten, and citizens are left wondering when government will finally move from speeches to substance. Then came Nyesom Wike to the Federal Capital Territory. Wike did not arrive in Abuja to be another minister […]