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Nobel Prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka has challenged the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, to a one-on-one interview regarding the nation’s democracy at this time in its history. Speaking on Wednesday, March 22nd, Datti Baba-Ahmed, called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria not to swear in […]

Residents of Aponrin in Agbowo area of Ibadan are now on the trail of pastor who allegedly absconded with 52 android and iphones, money and other valuables after a three-day crusade. The pastor was said to have told his victims that he was led by God to come to Ibadan from Gambia for the crusade. […]

A bill seeking to mandate Nigerian-trained medical and dental practitioners to practice for a minimum of five years in the country before being granted a full licence has passed second reading at the house of representatives. Sponsored by Ganiyu Johnson, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Lagos, the bill seeks to amend the Medical […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the 2023 elections have demystified money politics which means Nigerian voters won’t be underrated anymore.  He said this on Thursday when he received the newly-installed Emir of Dutse, Jigawa State Capital Muhammad Hamim Nuhu Sunusi at the State House in Abuja. According to him, the failure of 10 governors in their […]

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has denied describing the 2023 elections as a religious war, saying he is under pressure to go on exile. In an audio that leaked over the weekend, Obi was heard telling Bishop David Oyedepo, Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, to help him canvass votes of Christians. […]

Anita Ofili, the lady who was arrested on March 26 for allegedly stabbing her friend, Glory Okon, to death in her apartment at Greenville Estate, Ajah area of Lagos, has revealed that she waited for 10 years to have her pound of flesh. She further revealed that she committed the act because the deceased snatched […]

The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Wednesday, ordered that the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, be remanded   at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Nwajagu was arrested last Saturday following a viral video, in which he threatened to invite members of the  Indigenous People of Biafra to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Buhari has delivered on his pledge to leave behind a legacy of free, fair and credible elections through the conduct of 2023 polls. Mohammed stated this in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations. He added that Buhari lost […]

Linc, the elder brother of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie, has reacted to the death of his nephew, Kambilichukwu. Kambilichukwu, Yul and May’s first son, died on Thursday after he suddenly developed a seizure while playing football with his schoolmates. Linc, in a video, said that Kambili’s untimely death was traumatic for the family. He revealed […]

Nigeria is still struggling to find buyers for its oil as strikes at French refineries and seasonal maintenance at plants elsewhere in Europe curb demand. Little Nigerian crude traded last week, with more than 20 shipments for April loading still hunting for buyers, according to traders specialising in the West African market. According to Bloomberg, […]

Federal Government’s borrowing from China has grown by 209.15 per cent under President Buhari administration. This is as total bilateral loans rose by 219.91 per cent from $1.58bn as of June 2015 to $5.07bn as of December 2022. Total borrowing from China rose from $1.39bn to $4.29bn in the period under review. Available data from […]

The founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, said yesterday that he never campaigned for any politician or spoke on their behalf in the build-up to the 2023 General Elections in the country. Oyedepo said this while speaking to the congregation at the church’s headquarters, Faith Tabernacle, Ota, Ogun State, in reaction to […]

Valentine Obienyem, media aide to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has identified the person who allegedly leaked his principal’s conversation with David Oyedepo, founder of Winners Chapel. The audio clip released by online newspaper, Peoples Gazzete, has set social media on fire since Saturday. In the audio, Obi was heard begging […]

The Department of State Services has said the embattled self-acclaimed Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, Chief Fredrick Nwajagu, will be transferred to Abuja from the Lagos holding facility. A security source at the DSS Headquarters, Abuja, who craved anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, disclosed this to Sunday Punch. […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a former Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, seeking to disqualify Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party as presidential candidates of their political parties. The apex court dropped the suit on the ground that it […]