The Labour Party (LP) has taken legal action following the defection of six members of the House of Representatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The latest defection involved Akangbe Illiya, representing Jos South/Jos East of Plateau State, who joined the APC on Thursday. This adds to the growing list of Labour Party…
Bandits have k!lled five persons in Kuringafa town, in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the bandits invaded the town at about 10pm on Thursday night, December 12, 2024 and opened fire on people. According to crisis and conflict journalist, Bakatsine, the bandits also wounded three other people…
Eddie Jordan, the 76-year-old former Formula 1 team owner and pundit, has opened up about his battle with prostate and bladder cancer, which has aggressively spread to his spine and pelvis over recent months. Speaking on his Formula For Success podcast, co-hosted with David Coulthard, Jordan shared his experience and urged listeners to prioritize regular…
President Bola Tinubu will present the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget to the joint assembly of the National Assembly next Tuesday, December 17. This was disclosed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary session on Thursday,December 12.Akpabio announced that the budget presentation will take place at the House of Representatives’ chamber.President Tinubu had earlier…
Kano state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, and five commissioners in a major cabinet reshuffle announced on Thursday, December 12. The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Alh. Shehu Wada Sagagi was also affected, as his office has been entirely scrapped…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has vowed to continue the demolition of properties in the nation’s seat of power, saying he won’t be swayed by blackmail. According to him, the structures being demolished by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) are properties illegally built on government lands. “Let me…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. It appears to be the latest attempt by the Meta boss to build a closer relationship with the incoming president. The donation comes just weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at…
Delta State Police Command has confirmed the brutal k!lling of Sir Paul Offor, a prominent community leader and businessman in Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. Offor, a Knight of the Catholic Church and an All Progressives Congress (APC) leader was reportedly m8rdered on Tuesday night, December 10, 2024 in his…
Afe Babalola’s law firm has written a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, (LPDC) asking it to strike out the name of Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, from legal practitioners in Nigeria for allegedly violating certain provisions of the rules of professional conduct for lawyers. The 90-page petition dated December 6, 2024, was signed…
Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested the security guard of a telco company based in Ogba, Ikeja for stealing and selling the firm’s electricity cable worth N632,000 to a scrap metal buyer for N30,000. The security guard, Adebayo Afeez, 37, was arrested in the company’s (name withheld) premises after the buyer of…
