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Peter Ameh has resigned as the Director General of the OK Movement, barely one month after his appointment. Ameh announced his resignation in Abuja, stating that the decision took immediate effect. He explained that he stepped down to focus fully on his ambition to represent Kogi East Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections on […]
The University of Ibadan, UI, has emerged as Nigeria’s highest ranked university in the July 2026 edition of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. The University of Lagos, UNILAG, placed second among Nigerian universities, followed by the University of Nigeria, UNN, while Covenant University, Ota, occupied the fourth position. The July 2026 ranking assessed 32,148 […]
The Akwa Ibom State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, has unveiled plans for an election debate aimed at providing candidates seeking elective offices in the state an opportunity to present their policies, development agenda and governance plans ahead of the 2027 general elections. The initiative was unveiled on Tuesday at the NUJ […]
A United States District Judge, Beryl Howell, has reportedly given US Attorney Jeanine Pirro four additional days to comply with an order directing the release of records relating to allegations of drug trafficking involving Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu. The development was disclosed by Dr Von Batten Montague York in a post on X, where he […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that every structure erected on water channels across the territory will be pulled down, regardless of the status of the owner or the timing of the demolition on the political calendar. Wike, who spoke against the backdrop of recent flooding in parts of Abuja, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, has destroyed 4,628.9kg of suspected cannabis in two plantations and arrested 10 suspects in separate operations. The state Commander, NDLEA, Dr Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Benin. Ofoyeju said that the operations were carried out at Ugboku, Igbanke Forest, in Orhionmwon […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has assured its members that it will soon unveil a detailed, nationwide campaign programme ahead of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s INEC official August 19 kick-off date for the Presidential and National Assembly election campaigns. Speaking on Monday in Abuja after several hours of meeting of the National Working […]
In a major political bombshell, a former Legal Adviser and key stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr. Ugoji Benjamin Eke, has formally dumped the APC and defected to the Labour Party (LP). Dropping a stark insider account, Barr. Eke exposed serious electoral irregularities surrounding the 2023 Abia North Senatorial election. He revealed that […]
*says no one will be victimised The Reconciliation Committee of the Rainbow Coalition, has disclosed that none of its members, no matter their past political disagreements would be victimised or discriminated against in the current moves to achieve peace and full restoration of the political family. The disclosure came on Sunday as members of the […]
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, has filed a fresh N10 billion lawsuit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, over alleged restrictions on visits by members of his family while in custody. The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on August 13, seeks to enforce what […]
