The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 Rivers governorship election, Tonye Cole, has stated that the people of state are the losers in the ongoing political crisis in the South South State. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Cole asserted that development has become stagnant in the…
The leadership rocking the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) escalated on Friday morning with the division of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). Naija News reports that Nigerian woke up to the news of the creation of two factions within the party’s leadership. The crisis rocking the PDP which started after the…
Armed bandits have k!lled a police officer and abducted scores of travelers including an expatriate and some construction workers in Zamfara State. The incident occurred Thursday morning, October 10, 2024, when the heavily armed men blocked the ever busy Tsafe – Funtua road for several hours. One of the survivors informed…
A former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has stated that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is the biggest threat to democracy in Nigeria. Secondus argued that Wike’s unchecked excesses is capable of truncating the nation’s democracy. He stated this while reacting to last Saturday’s local…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to sell Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, to its marketers at the same rates offered by Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The association also demands a refund of the funds owed to the oil marketers, which…
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Prof Olumuyiwa Popoola, has described the rise of Artificial Intelligence as a promising instrument for revitalising endangered African languages. However, he cautioned that efforts are essential to safeguard against the erosion of the essence of African cultural identities. Popoola said this in a lecture he delivered at the…
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has expressed regret over the failure of Dangote Refinery to disclose the exact price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). This lack of transparency has raised concerns among stakeholders in the petroleum sector. Despite initial expectations that the commencement of petrol sales by Dangote Refinery would…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced a 67-year-old Lebanese, Zuhier R Akar, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually exploiting two teenage girls. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Kano Command, arraigned Akar of Gidan Wanka, Unity Road, Fagge Local Government Area, Kano with a two-count charge of trafficking…
Hurricane Milton felled trees, tore roofs off buildings, and flooded streets, leaving residents of the Florida coast surveying a trail of destruction on Thursday, in a state still reeling from another massive storm two weeks earlier. Hurricane Helene, which formed in late September 2024, quickly intensified as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico. It…
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has shared his preference for traditional Orisa worship over Christianity and Islam, citing a deeper personal connection and the non-violent nature of African spirituality. In a recent interview with CNN’s Larry Madowo, Soyinka expressed that his faith in Orisa worship resonates more profoundly with him compared to the faith practices…