Akure Rally: PDP Governors affirm party unity
Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday at the Ondo state governorship rally reaffirmed its united front for the party amidst recent removal and counter-removal of national officials from the party. Governor Adeleke who is the Chairman of the Ondo State Governorship Campaign Council told the party faithful…
JUST IN: CAF confirms Super Eagles’ AFCON qualifier against Libya will not hold
The Confederation of African Football has announced that the second leg of the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 qualifier fixture between the Super Eagles and Libya, scheduled for Tuesday, will not take place. This follows the Nigerians’ boycott of the fixture in protest against what they described as the inhumane treatment they suffered in…
Beware of meter replacement scammers, IBEDC warns customers
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has warned its customers about a surge in fraudulent activities involving meter replacement agents. In a disclaimer posted on its X platform on Monday, the IBEDC management said the company has received numerous reports of individuals posing as IBEDC staff and attempting to deceive customers into paying for unauthorised meter…
Gov. Idris kick-starts construction of N7.23bn Argungu township road
His Excellency Comrade Dr Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu, on Tuesday flagged-off the construction of 6.4 kilometer township dualisation in Argungu town, which is expected to gulp over N7.23 billion. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Argungu, Argungu Local Government Area, Gov. Idris said the money covered road construction, drainage system and installation of solar street…
NBS: Nigeria’s inflation rose to 32.70% in September 2024
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for September 2024 rose to 32.70 per cent after slowing consecutively in the previous two months of July and August. This was according to the latest Consumer Price Index report from the National Bureau of Statistics. It is a marginal increase of 0.55 per cent from the August 2024 figure of…
Yoruba nation: UK didn’t endorse Sunday Igboho’s petition – FG
The Federal Government has said the petition by Yoruba nation agitator, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as “Sunday Igboho”, calling on the United Kingdom to consider the Yoruba nation was not endorsed by the UK government. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Eche Abu-Obe, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said…
JUST IN: PDP crisis over, says Bauchi gov
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum and Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, announced that the PDP governors have settled the factional crisis affecting the party’s National Working Committee. He said this on Tuesday when journalists approached him at the Private Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The Chairman of…
Order to divert Super Eagles’ flight came from Libya’s highest authority – Pilot
The Tunisian pilot who flew the Nigerian team to Libya has shed light on the circumstances that led to the unexpected diversion of their flight to a remote airport, Al-Abraq, instead of their intended destination, Benghazi. The diversion has been a subject of controversy since Sunday when the Nigerian delegation en route to Benghazi for…
Russian missile strike kills one, injures 16 in Ukraine
A Russian missile strike overnight killed a woman and wounded 16 people in Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, where Moscow has ramped up aerial attacks, authorities said Tuesday. Images distributed by first responders showed several buildings engulfed in flames and firefighters working to extinguish the blaze. “Last night the enemy attacked Mykolaiv. A woman was killed,”…
I know nothing about campaign to separate Gov Yusuf from Kwankwaso – SSG
Secretary to the Kano State Government (SSG), Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, has opened up on a campaign instigating Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf against the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, which was linked to him being the sponsor. The SSG openly dissociated himself from the group shortly after a closed door meeting held with…
