Late US senator’s sister appointed to fill vacant seat
Darline Graham Nordone will serve in the US Senate until Graham's term expires in January, following his unexpected death at the weekend at the age of 71.
Dutch referee dies aged 38 weeks after being dropped from World Cup
Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, just weeks after he was removed from FIFA’s list of match officials for the 2026 World Cup following a police investigation in the United Kingdom that was later dropped.
‘DJ Chicken does not deserve to be in prison’ – Sowore offers to help
African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore has offered to support controversial disc jockey and TikTok personality, Ademola Abiodun, popularly known as DJ Chicken, following his arraignment over alleged threats against Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu.
Micah Richards makes decision on quitting punditry
Former Manchester City and England defender Micah Richards has revealed he plans to step away from television punditry within the next eight years, despite enjoying huge success since retiring from football.
Oil jumps 4% to $79 per barrel as US-Iran tensions escalate
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja Global oil prices climbed by more than four per cent on Monday, with Brent crude rising to about $79 per barrel, as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran heightened concerns over disruptions to global crude supplies. The price rally followed fresh military exchanges between the two countries and Iran’s […]
Senate probes ₦34tn import duty waivers, threatens sanctions for defaulting MDAs
**Orders Customs to submit updated audited accounts within one week**CAC admits ₦13.9bn unremitted operating surplus; NNPCL GCEO summoned By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Senate has threatened to sanction several Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for failing to honour invitations to its ongoing investigation into the remittance of internally generated revenue and operating surplus into […]
Tinubu flags off Tunga Madaki-Zuba road, links satellite towns to Abuja-Kaduna highway
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: President Bola Tinubu, on Monday flagged off the official construction of the access road from Tunga Madaki to the Abuja-Kaduna Road by Zuba, describing the project as part of a growing network of roads opening up satellite communities in the Federal Capital Territory FCT to the city center. The president, represented […]
One year after, Buhari’s courage, integrity remain unforgettable — Buratai
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Former Chief of Army Staff and former Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai (retd.), has paid tribute to late President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a disciplined Commander-in-Chief whose political will strengthened the military’s campaign against Boko Haram insurgents. In a statement marking the first anniversary of […]
Appeal Court judgment won’t affect ADC candidates, party insists
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Monday insisted that the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on its internal congresses does not affect candidates produced through the party’s direct primaries. The party was reacting to Monday’s appellate court judgment in a case involving the election of its […]
Atiku heads to S’Court, insists ADC ticket intact despite court ruling on congresses
Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that his legal team has been instructed to approach the Supreme Court for a definitive determination of the issues arising from a recent Court of Appeal judgment,,,
Israeli guards injure Palestinian leader Barghouti with rubber bullet – Family
Israeli prison guards shot jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti in the leg with a rubber bullet last week, his family said Monday, an incident denied by Israeli prison authorities.
US lobbying firm offers to help alleged fake presidential agency DG seek asylum
A United States lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has offered to assist the embattled Director-General of the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, in seeking political asylum in the United States.
US immigration agents involved in another fatal shooting
Maine Governor Janet Mills said that state police were working with federal officials to determine what happened.
Abia records swift rape convictions, jails child defilers for 30, 10 years
…State also records one of Nigeria’s lowest maternal mortality rates By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — The Abia State Government says it has secured what it described as the fastest rape convictions within Nigeria’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) network, with two child defilement cases ending in prison sentences of 30 and 10 years. The government […]
Why we might expand World Cup to 64 teams – Infantino
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that football’s governing body will examine the possibility of expanding the 2030 FIFA World Cup to 64 teams after declaring the newly enlarged 48-team tournament a success.
Terrorism: Man arrested by DSS bags 20-year jail term for shielding notorious bandit
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, sentenced one Muhammad Sani to twenty years imprisonment for conspiring to conceal information about an alleged notorious bandit, Danranmi, which led to his escape. Sani, of Nabi Village, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, was convicted on Count One and Count Two of a four-count […]
