“This is not true and we find this assumption scandalous. We are all dedicated to supporting our spouses as well as our First Lady, and we would never be a party to anything that will bring embarrassment to them and ourselves,”

Racheal Adefola, 41, on Wednesday appeared before a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly collecting defrauding  U.S. visa applicants of N1.6 million. Adefola, who resides in Lugbe, Abuja, is charged with criminal breach of trust and cheating. She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Wisdom Nwachukwu, told the court that […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja The former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, Wednesday said that Nigeria is in the process of collapsing, alleging that reckless elite in control of the governance process are blindly running the country aground. The former INEC boss, who stated this in Abuja at the 2022 Workers’ […]

.As Ukraine crisis deepens By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor THE prices of many crudes, yesterday, surged toward $120 per barrel on the decisions of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. This was even as many buyers decided to shun Russian crudes, amid concerns about supply disruptions. Specifically, the prices of Bonny Light, Brent, WTI, rose […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its has implemented many of the 178 recommendations made by accredited domestic and international observers on the 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at the commission’s meeting with the European Union (EU) Election Observation Follow-up Mission, led by the Head of EU Observation Mission, […]

Japan donates over 800,000 doses As country marks 1 year of first shipment of vaccines By Joseph Erunke ABUJA- NIGERIA has so far received 67,973,250 doses of COVID-19 vaccines including 2,100,000 doses out of the Johnson and Johnson vaccines procured by the federal government,the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA,has said. This came as the country, Wednesday,marked […]

Governor of Anambra State 2003 to 2011 and the 2019 Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi, has reiterated his popular thesis that the Nigerian Stateas will go nowhere in development until it finds solutions the wastage of public funds and the high cost of governance at all levels.

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THERE is anxiety among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo North Senatorial District particularly the camp of the incumbent senator, Francis Alimikhena as a socio-political group, South-South Movement, Edo North chapter has vowed to stop his third term bid.   Speaking to journalists shortly after their strategic […]

Ekiti State Government has cautioned private school owners in the state against patronising touts in payment for their schools’ registration and renewal fees. The government gave the warning in a statement issued from the office of the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Olabimpe Aderiye, on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. According to the statement, payment […]

A Jos Central Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Wednesday, dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between Shepnaan Emmanuel and his wife, Linda, on grounds of her hot temper. In the petition, Emmanuel, also accused his estranged wife of abandonment. He said he married Linda in 2007 and they got separated in  2017 because of Linda’s […]