The Labour Party (LP) has declared that its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will not be given the party’s ticket for the 2027 general elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, made this known on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics. “We are going to do our 2027 without Peter Obi;…
The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he would not help President Bola Tinubu’s administration to correct the administration’s policies affecting the citizens. Sanusi spoke on Wednesday in Lagos as the chairman of the 21st Anniversary of Fawehinmiism (Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture 2025). The emir stated that while there were “a few points”…
Former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State and retired Navy Captain, Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade, has passed away at the age of 70. The Ipoti-Ekiti-born former minister died on Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Apapa, Lagos. He had marked his 70th birthday just months earlier, on November 30, 2024. In a statement jointly signed by his daughter,…
An Ikeja special offences court has sentenced Marco Ramirez, an American businessman, to 74 years in prison for fraud. Ramirez was convicted on Tuesday on charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC had initially arraigned the convict on a 12-count charge but later re-arraigned him on a 16-count charge…
A 31-year-old man, Segun Olowookere, who was recently released from Kirikiri prison after 10 years of being on death row for armed robbery, has narrated his harrowing experience behind bars. Mr Olowookere and his co-suspect, Sunday Morakinyo, were arrested in Oyan, Odo-Otin Local Government of Osun State in November 2010. They were arrested for armed…
Social media users have continued to react to a trending video of controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, slapping a pastor who came to preach at his bar. Tribune Online reports that in the viral Instagram live video, the ‘Zazu’ singer accused the pastor of driving away customers from his bar. Angered…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has kicked off the 7th phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise involving 1,500 schemes valued at ₦610 billion. The spokesperson of the ICPC, Demola Bakare, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Bakare, the exercise is an initiative…
Garba Shehu, a former aide to the late ex-president Muhammadu Buhari has given insight into why his principal was “hated” by Olusegun Obasanjo. Reacting to a recent remark by ex-president Obasanjo over Buhari’s administration, Shehu said the former never liked his boss. Also referring to his book, ‘According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District has said that her colleagues had warned her against challenging the change of seat at the Nigerian Senate last week. Akpoti-Uduaghan said her colleagues who tried to give her a heads-up told her that the directive from the Senate President for her seat to be…
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the appointment of a German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, as the new Super Eagles coach, with immediate effect. Labbadia’s appointment was disclosed in an early morning tweet on Tuesday via the NFF’s X handle, tweeting as #thenff. The statement read, “The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached…