BENIN CITY—Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, last week, drew the battle line between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a group known as the ‘Legacy Group’, which some people think is critical in the party, considering the role the members played in the governor’s re-election in 2020. The group, led by the National Vice […]
The Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has criticized the renovation work done in the Chamber, describing it as a poor job. Ndume spoke in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. Under Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, Ndume described the Chamber as a conference hall. The lawmaker said the Chamber is […]
Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have taken a swipe at Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, and its candidate in the September governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, over alleged sponsorship of a smear campaign against the governorship candidate of the APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo. The […]
Super Falcons and Bay FC forward, Asisat Oshoala, says she does photography for fun after her American club shared some images she took at an event during their game on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. On Monday, the club shared seven images taken by the footballer, and another one where she was handling the camera during their African […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is probing 10 senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over an alleged N7.5bn fraud. The anti-graft agency has also invited 10 contractors linked with the alleged fraud. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, had on April 26, 2024, written a letter to the NSCDC CG, inviting […]
Shell Nigeria says it exclusively paid a total of $1.09bn in corporate taxes and royalties to the Nigerian government in 2023, through the operations of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company of Nigeria Limited. The figures, announced in the just published 2023 Shell Briefing Notes, showed […]
Operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday reportedly arrested some Bureau De Change operators at the popular Wuse Zone 4 market on Tuesday. This came as traders also said some BDC operators resisted the arrest during a sting operation. The operatives had embarked on routine raids to sanitise the market of street […]
The All Progressives Congress candidate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, is at risk of being sentenced to six- months imprisonment in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria Act of 2007 as a coalition of civil society organisations under the aegis of the Network of Civil Society Organisations in […]
The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide due to concerns over a rare and dangerous side effect. This development came months after the pharmaceutical giant admitted for the first time in court documents that the vaccine can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, The Telegraph reports. The company disclosed this in a statement […]
Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the ‘unjust’ detention of a reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Daniel Ojukwu. Sowore lamented the refusal of the Nigerian Police to release Ojucku despite meeting all the bail conditions. He mentioned that he, alongside […]
