Police nab six suspected kidnappers in Delta 

The stage is now set for the election or appointment of a new National Chairman for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) following a significant move by former chairman Iyorchia Ayu. On Wednesday, Ayu demonstrated his unwavering dedication to the party by withdrawing all pending appeals at the Court of Appeal, where he had been contesting…

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said former Vice President Atiku Abubakar sparked controversy over the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project to discredit it. The group’s chairman, Chief Niyi Akinsiju Cifian, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Atiku Abubakar faulted the statement by Works Minister, Dave Umahi, that the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway…

President Bola Tinubu has issued a directive that will facilitate the inclusion of National Open University (NOUN) graduates in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Tinubu directed the Federal Ministry of Education to provide the necessary modalities for NOUN graduates who fall within the age bracket to serve as allowed by the law. The…

The Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan has ordered the remand of 29 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators for invading the premises of the Oyo State Secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday. The defendants were arraigned on Wednesday for their various involvements in the failed invasion of the secretariat and the Governor’s Office. The News Agency of…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje, has received support from his Local Government Area (LGA) and ward executives from Kano State. They paid Ganduje a solidarity visit on Wednesday despite alleged media reports of his purported suspension from the APC. The party added that the report of his suspension…

President Bola Tinubu has hailed Dangote Oil and Gas Limited for reducing the price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) known as diesel. Dangote recently reduced the price of diesel from N1,650 to N1,000 per litre for a minimum of one million litres of the product. The Group also provided a discount of N30 per litre…

A High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from infringing on the fundamental human rights of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, former Kogi State Governor.

The Federal Government has opposed the conditions submitted by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu for the resumption of his trial. At Wednesday's proceedings at the Federal High Court Abuja, Kanu agreed to the acceleration of prosecution of the charges against him on the ground that his conditions…

Prof. Vincent Osunkalu, the Head of Haematology and Blood Transfusion at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (LUTH), says donated blood cannot be given for free due to the cost involve. Osunkalu spoke against the backdrop whereby many Nigerians believe that blood that has been donated should be given free to patients who need…

A Kano State High Court has restrained the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, from parading himself as a member of the party. Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, on Wednesday, made the order, following an exparte motion filed by Dr Ibrahim Sa’ad on behalf of two APC executive members of…