Tensions within the Labour Party (LP) intensified on Wednesday as loyalists of Barrister Julius Abure attempted to reclaim control of the party’s National Secretariat, barely 24 hours after Senator Nenadi Usman and her interim leadership team assumed office.

Abia North lawmaker, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Tuesday reaffirmed his support for the electronic transmission of election results, expressing disappointment over what he described as the misrepresentation of a five-year-old video suggesting he opposed the process. Kalu spoke shortly after an emergency Senate plenary that amended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, to strengthen […]

The European Super League saga drew towards an end as Real Madrid, the last club still involved in the failed breakaway project, and UEFA announced on Wednesday an agreement to help resolve their legal dispute.

Oduwole made the request on Wednesday at the 2026 budget defence session organised by the Joint House of Representatives Committee on Commerce in Abuja.

Niger’s army said Wednesday it had repelled a rebel attack targeting a major oil pipeline in the east of the country, while the assailants said they had inflicted “heavy losses” on the security forces.

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that 64 percent of inmates in the country are awaiting trial, underscoring severe congestion and mounting pressure on correctional facilities nationwide.

Rashford, on loan from Manchester United, suffered a knee knock during Saturday’s La Liga victory over Mallorca and has been ruled out as a precaution.

The House of Representatives has expressed serious concern over chronic underfunding of the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAuGF), warning that depriving the nation’s supreme audit institution of resources could deepen corruption and weaken public accountability.

Nigeria’s capital importation surged to about $21 billion in the first 10 months of 2025, a sharp increase from roughly $12 billion in 2024 and under $4 billion in 2023, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, has disclosed.

A fresh twist has emerged in Bayelsa State following the death of 24- years- old Patrick Peresuodei, just days after his arrest over an alleged death threat, with a formal petition now appealing to the Inspector General of Police, IGP,. to immediately transfer the investigation to the Force Headquarters in Abuja.