The sole House of Representatives member on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Leke Abejide, has predicted that the opposition coalition formed around the party will collapse by September. Abejide, who represents Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency of Kogi State, said the coalition’s failure to secure a single seat in the August 16…
India’s parliament has passed a sweeping law banning online gambling, after government figures showed 450 million people lost a combined $2.3 billion annually on apps. The ban impacts platforms for card games, poker and fantasy sports, including India’s wildly popular homegrown fantasy cricket apps. The government said roughly a third of the world’s most populous…
Oseloka Obi, son of Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, has denied rumours linking him to homosexuality following the circulation of viral photos on social media. The images, which trended online for days this week, appeared to show him in the company of another man believed to be a romantic partner. The speculation led…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Students Engagement, Hon. Sunday Asefon has congratulated Ewi of Ado, Oba (Dr.) Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe Aladesanmi III, the Ewi-in-Council, APU, and all sons and daughters of Ado Ekiti on the successful celebration of the 2025 Udiroko Festival. Asefon who conveyed the felicitations in a statement on Thursday…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a businessman and son-in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Abdullahi Bashir Haske, wanted over an alleged case of criminal conspiracy and money laundering. In a notice issued by the commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC urged members of the public with…
The Government of Niger Republic says its armed forces have allegedly killed a senior Boko Haram leader, Ibrahim Bakoura, also known as Abu Oumaima, during a military operation in the country’s Diffa region. Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN), disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday, saying the operation was carried out on Aug. 15 through…
Process Ongoing To Name Terrorism Financiers In Nigeria - CDS Musa The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has said that the process of identifying and prosecuting terrorism financiers in Nigeria is ongoing, stressing that the matter involves legal complexities. He said, “I think the process is on, I can speak for this government…
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, has visited Pastor Benjamin Egbaji, a Nigerian national from Cross River State, who has been imprisoned in the Republic of Benin for nearly two years on rape allegations, describing his condition as “distressing.” Newspaper subscription bundles The visit, which took place at the Central National Hospital…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, said he is not ready to “go low with anyone who decides to go into the gutters.” He made this statement while addressing journalists shortly after the South-West zoning consultative summit of the Peoples Democratic Party, held in Lagos. He said, “Personally, when people go low or go…
The Federal Government has met with Comfort Emmanson, the embattled Ibom Air passenger at the centre of a viral altercation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The meeting was held on Thursday and had in attendance officials of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Emmanson, and her legal counsel. The development was confirmed…