Nigerian oil company, Oando Plc, has been shortlisted by the Trinidadian government as one of three final contenders to take over the country’s state-owned refinery, Petrotrin. The defunct company is a state-owned oil company in Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinidadian Finance Minister, Colm Imbert, disclosed this during a presentation of its national budget held on…
Nigeria singer and former Presidential Aspirant Speed Darlington Aka Akpi has been Missing for the past 3 days. The alarm was raised by content creator Constance. An urgent notice on Instagram alerted the public to his disappearance. His last social media activity was also three days ago. Despite attempts to contact him, it’s been said…
Two brothers, aged between 15 and 19 years, have allegedly killed their 60-year-old father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Maileather, in the Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. An eyewitness disclosed that the incident occurred over the weekend at approximately 8:30 a.m. when Dahiru Yusuf was stabbed to death by one of his sons. The…
Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Yusuf Dasilva, says men can also be affected by breast cancer, advising both genders to always go for screening. Dasilva stated this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a ‘Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness’, organised in Ilorin, as part…
Pep Guardiola may have a new ‘hateful eight’ after details of Manchester City’s legal battle with the Premier League were released. Following the conclusion of the hearing into Associated Party Transaction rules – regulations introduced in late 2021 following Newcastle United’s takeover and tightened in 2023 – the report has named clubs that submitted evidence…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any grip he desires to have over Rivers State and allow peace reign in the oil-rich state. Fubara, who stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, said he does not regret conducting the local government election in the state…
Hon. Kevin Solomon Olaolu, the Senior Special Assistant on Student Affairs to the Ondo State Governor has expressed profound gratitude to the student community and various students stakeholders and leaders across the state for their overwhelming support and gestures they have demonstrated. In a heartfelt message, the SSA acknowledged the efforts and resources invested by…
Over the past year, Israel has picked off the Hamas leadership one by one – with the chief of the country’s army declaring yesterday that the terror group’s military wing has been ‘defeated’. But its most wanted target still remains at large – October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar. The terror group’s leader has remained elusive…
A 48-year-old man, identified as Okafor, was fatally stabbed in his home at Jakande Housing Estate, Lekki, in the early hours of Monday, allegedly by a female sex worker he had invited over. It was learned that the incident happened at about 5:32 a.m. According to the police report, the complainant, who is a friend…
Barikisu Sulaiman, a housewife, has been taken into custody by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) after reportedly throwing her newborn baby into a gutter in Lokoja, Kogi State. The incident came to light after concerned residents of Karaworo alerted authorities on Sunday. The woman had been dating a man in Adankolo after…