A Pro-Tinubu’s 2027 re-election group, Tinubu Media Force (TMF) has lashed out former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kabiru Marafa over his plan to reduce President Bola Tinubu votes by one million. Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central in the Senate from 2011 to 2019, made the declaration on Monday during an appearance…
Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, says he will do whatever President Bola Tinubu asks of him in 2027. Barau spoke on Wednesday at a press briefing ahead of the zonal public hearings of the senate committee on constitution review. Responding to questions on growing calls for him to be Tinubu’s running mate in the next…
The National Sports Commission has cleared the allowances and bonuses of Team Nigeria athletes participating in the ongoing 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. The NSC’s Director of Press, Dr. Kehinde Ajayi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. According to the statement, the Director General of the NSC, Bukola Olopade, reaffirmed the…
The former Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has disclosed that the coalition under the African Democratic Congress, ADC, will sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 elections. Obi assured that the coalition would ensure that Nigerians get good leaders in 2027. He made the remark in a post on X while reacting to the…
The Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has remanded one Joy Ikoja, 20, for attempting to cut off her boyfriend’s manhood. The Ekiti State Police Command arraigned Ikoja before the court for unlawfully inflicting a wound on Ibrahim Usman by tearing his scrotal sac. The prosecutor, Inspector Adeboye Adesegun, told the court that “The defendant on…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has responded to media discourse and criticism from lawmakers on its decision to budget an unusual N1.1 billion for staff meals in 2025. On January 13, JAMB’s registrar Ishaq Oloyede was before a joint committee of the national assembly to defend its 2025 budget proposal. Lawmakers criticised its…
Guinea-Bissau’s military authorities say they have foiled an alleged coup attempt aimed at subverting the country’s constitutional order ahead of next month’s general elections. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, several senior army officers were arrested for allegedly plotting to derail the electoral process. The arrests were made on Oct. 30, just hours…
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels announced on Saturday that an Israeli airstrike in the capital, Sanaa, has killed Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of their rebel-controlled government, along with several other ministers. The strike, which occurred on Thursday during a government workshop, marks a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict tied to Israel’s war in Gaza….
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a total of 28 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’ in Edo and Akwa-Ibom states. The suspects were arrested on Monday after a separate sting operation conducted on their hideouts following an intelligence report on their alleged fraudulent activities. Thirteen of the…
The Osun State Community Development Council (CDC) has called on relevant authorities and the general public to rise against what it described as the brazen attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to hijack local government allocations meant for the grassroots people of Osun State. In a statement issued after its emergency meeting in…