Tragedy struck as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye, was pronounced dead. Ijalaye collapsed and succumbed to his fate on Monday evening, moments after a pivotal meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. A source close to the Ogun INEC, speaking on…
All senators from the south-south geopolitical zone in the 10th Senate have endorsed the tax reform bills currently under consideration by the National Assembly. In a communiqué released in Abuja, the senators also expressed unwavering confidence in Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Their support for the Tax Bills came amid resistance from certain quarters calling for…
The Oyo State Government has filed an 18-count criminal charge against the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, alongside popular radio proprietor Oriyomi Hamzat and the Principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Abdulahi Fasasi, following the tragic stampede at a children’s funfair event that claimed over 35 lives. The case, which…
The federal government has unveiled its strategy to reduce inflation from the current 34 percent in 2024 to a targeted 15 percent by the end of 2025. This was disclosed by a source at the Budget Office of the Federation deeply involved in the 2025 budget preparations. The source identified four key measures embedded in…
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has raised an alarm over the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by fraudsters to perpetrate examination malpractice during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking in Abuja, Oloyede revealed that some candidates and accomplices have deployed advanced AI technology to blend…
Residents of Doubeli, a community in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State woke up on Saturday to a corpse dangling from a rope tied to a tree. The tree, which on a normal day provides shade from Yola’s scorching sun for the Sauki Transport Motor Park vicinity, suddenly became a source of…
The presidency has reacted to recent assertion by former Kaduna governor, Nasir-El-Rufai assertion that President Bola Tinubu is plotting to become Nigeria’s life president if re-elected in 2027. El-Rufai said this during a recent visit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to his home. The former Kaduna governor and Atiku are chieftains of African Democratic…
Jum’ah prayers are set to resume at the Central Mosque Ado-Awaye in Oyo State this Friday, nearly four years after religious activities were suspended following the sudden death of its former Chief Imam during a Friday sermon. The development comes after a recent court judgment delivered by Justice E. O. Ajayi of the Oyo State…
Micheal Jackson’s older brother, Tito Jackson, is dead. Tito, who was originally a member of Jackson 5 , died on Sunday. He was 70. It is suspected that his death resulted from a heart attack on his way driving from New Mexico to Oklahoma, Jackson’s former family manager, Steve Mannings, told Entertainment Tonight. The sons…
No fewer than eight people have been shot by some angry individuals identified to be members of a local vigilante group in Elele town, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. However, police in the state said that four people were shot in the incident that happened on Wednesday at Elele around-about on the Port…