Seplat Energy Plc has announced the appointment of billionaire businessman and investor, Tony O. Elumelu, as the incoming Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2027. The appointment will see Elumelu succeed Udoma Udo Udoma, who is…
No fewer than seven students of the Ebonyi State College of Health Science and Technology, Ngbo, in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, sustained injuries after suspected armed robbers attacked a student hostel in the early hours of Tuesday.…
Confusion and panic broke out at a school in Lagos on Wednesday after a teacher’s attempt to dramatise a lesson on banditry was mistaken for a real attack, triggering fears of a kidnapping incident. The incident occurred at Ijaiye Ojokoro…
The Presidency has launched a fresh attack on the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, describing him as a “copy-and-paste politician” who lacks the leadership credentials to rival President Bola Tinubu. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, made…
Okonkwo had earlier alleged that House of Representatives aspirants were made to pay ₦10 million, while senatorial aspirants allegedly paid ₦20 million during the party’s nomination process. He further claimed that one of the aspirants, Obunike Ohaegbu, provided him with…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed relevant government agencies to commence urgent diplomatic efforts aimed at securing the return of nearly 300 Nigerians serving prison sentences in Ethiopia following reports of deteriorating prison conditions and the deaths of some inmates…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Epe has issued an interim order restraining Multi-Purpose Infrastructure Development Construction Limited, Abbey Mortgage Bank Limited, and seven other defendants from carrying out further demolition or interference with properties located within Roseville Gardens…
Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe have begun evacuating citizens as xenophobic violence escalates in South Africa. At least five African countries have either repatriated their citizens or commenced evacuation efforts from South Africa following a fresh wave of xenophobic…
The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has threatened legal action against former ally and African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, over alleged defamatory statements made during a television interview. In…
The Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos has adjourned proceedings in the alleged fraud case involving a 42-year-old Point of Sale (PoS) operator, Kafayat Morayo Salami, until August 12, 2026. Chief Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje fixed the new date following an…
National leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, has met with leaders of the Kwankwasiyya Movement over the lingering dispute surrounding the party’s primary election process in Kano State. Held behind closed doors on Monday night, the meeting…
Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by former Senate President David Mark, staged a protest today at the Federal High Court in Abuja, urging the judiciary not to allow itself to be…