Author: Olakunle Oke
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Philip Shaibu, said the Court’s decision will determine the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the governorship election scheduled for September 21, 2024. n Tuesday, the PDP National Working Committee, led by the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, issued a Certificate of Return to Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate for the upcoming Edo governorship election. […]
Ghana celebrates 67 years since gaining independence from its former colonial rulers, the British, today, March 6, 2024. After 83 years of British colonial rule, Ghana gained independence, becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve freedom from Britain. The country’s inaugural President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, proclaimed Ghana’s liberation from colonial rule as a significant […]
Funke Akindele’s ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ has left Nigerian cinemas after a record-breaking run that culminated in a total gross of ₦1.4 billion. The comedy film follows five poor brothers who must dabble in a life of crime in a desperate bid to save their ill mother’s life. After 11 weeks, according to data released […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is planning to set up an oil trading arm, likely based in London, to help run crude and products supply for his new refinery in Nigeria. According to Reuters, the move would reduce the role of the world’s biggest trading firms, which have been negotiating for months to provide the refinery […]
Spanish prosecutors on Wednesday called for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to be sentenced to prison for four years and nine months for allegedly failing to declare earnings to the tax office. Madrid state prosecutor’s office accused the 64-year-old Italian of having deprived Spain’s treasury of over one million euros in earnings from image rights in […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi said he was not desperate to be the President of Nigeria. Obi spoke while reacting to his award as the Leadership Politician of the Year 2023 at the newspaper’s Annual Conference and Awards event in Abuja on Tuesday. According to […]
Crisis broke out in the Ibeshe area of Lagos yesterday, leaving an unspecified number of persons dead and several others injured. The cause of the crisis in which dangerous weapons were used was unknown at the time of writing this report. The altercation erupted last night and still on this morning, leading to the destruction […]
Lagos State government has expressed worry over sustainability breaches in its housing estates, warning residents of such estates for failure to secure and maintain the estates’ infrastructure. The worry and the warning followed the vandalisation of facilities, including cables, generators and electrical panels by vandals and robbers at Abiodun Ogunleye Housing Estate, Igbogbo. Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, […]
In a crucial encounter at Bramall Lane, Arsenal took to the pitch with a clear mission: securing a vital victory to sustain their title challenge. The tension that surrounded the match quickly dissipated within the opening minutes as Arsenal promptly asserted their dominance. The breakthrough came just five minutes into the game, courtesy of a […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that capping fuel prices and electricity tariffs below cost recovery could lead to a 3 per cent of GDP fiscal cost for Nigeria. The warning was contained in the report of the just-concluded Staff Article IV Consultations, which was issued by the Country Office in Abuja this morning. […]
