Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, says he is not scared of the outcome of the political crisis in the state. Fubara spoke on Monday during the inauguration of the residential quarters for the government house staff in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital. Speaking at the event, Fubara said the worst thing that could happen…
Nigeria’s oil output has risen year-on-year, YoY, by 13.3 per cent to 1.7 million barrels per day, bpd, including Condensate, in November 2024, from 1.5 million bpd recorded in the corresponding period of 2023. But on month-on-month, MoM basis, the nation’s output rose by 10 per cent to 1.7 million barrels per day, bpd,…
The blowback of the sex-for-lambo saga rocking Nigerian singer Burna Boy has started after the Grammy award winner was unfollowed on Instagram by his alleged American girlfriend, Chloe Bailey. The saga started on Thursday when audio surfaced online of Nigerian socialite Sophia Egbueje narrating how Burna slept with her and didn’t fulfil his promise of…
Peter Ngumba, a Kenyan lab doctor known for popularizing DNA tests among men has broke down into tears after discovering he is not the father of his two-year-old child. Ngumba shared the emotional revelation in a candid video which went viral online. The news generated significant public reaction in Kenya, largely due to Ngumba’s public…
There was commotion at the entrance of the federal ministry of finance in Abuja on Monday, when protesting local contractors prevented Doris Uzoka-Anite, the minister of state for finance, from accessing the complex. The protesters, under the aegis of the All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN), blocked the gate of the ministry over debt…
The Anambra State Government has refuted recent claims by former Governor Peter Obi that SABMiller, a multinational beverage company, was the state’s highest taxpayer during his administration. The state government described Obi’s assertions as misleading and lacking in factual accuracy, urging the public to disregard what it termed “half-truths.” In a statement issued on Thursday,…
The house of representatives has rejected a proposal to criminalise the inducement of voters during party primaries. The lawmakers voted against the proposal on Thursday during the clause-by-clause consideration of the report seeking an amendment to the Electoral Act 2022. A clause in the report proposed that anyone who financially induces a delegate to sway…
One Hundred and fifty-three days after he was declared wanted, former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello yesterday turned up at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters, ready for questioning over an alleged mismanagement of N80.2billion. The EFCC, however, rejected the method by which he reported to the commission. Bello came in the company…
A former Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party during the 2023 general election, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has dumped the party. Jandor announced his resignation at a press briefing held at Liberty Place, Ikeja, in Lagos on Monday. According to him, his reasons for leaving the party are not unconnected…
Comrade Abubakar Mahmud, leading presidential aspirant of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended President Bola Tinubu over allocation of N3.5 trillion for education sector in 2025 budget. In a press release sighted by our correspondent, Comr Mahmud described the move as a new dawn in the educational system of the country. The press…
