By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Tunde Lemo, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Ogun State. Lemo made the declaration on Wednesday while participating in the ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Ward 12, Ita-Agemo, Isale-Igbein, in Abeokuta […]

Wike maintained that the rapid passage of the bill by the National Assembly and the subsequent presidential assent had effectively silenced critics.

The party’s National Welfare Secretary, Nkem Ukandu, spoke at the event, while ASVAN National President, Comrade Everest Obijuru, also addressed participants.

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, yesterday, closed a mining site over the deaths of villagers in Zuraq, Wase Local Government of Plateau State.

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has confirmed that the sexual assault allegation involving TikTok user Mirabel (@mirab351), who claimed she was raped by a stranger in her apartment, has been referred to the appropriate authorities in Ogun State.

Amid reports of violence in some states, the All Progressives Congress in Edo State on Wednesday conducted rancour-free ward congresses across the 192 wards, with leaders emerging through consensus.

Over 30 people have been suspected dead as an explosion rocks a mining site at Kampani Zurak, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Four South African men lured into fighting for Russian forces in Ukraine returned home on Wednesday, local media said.

The Anambra Police Command says it has detained a man allegedly involved in cultism and kidnapping in Isuaniocha, Awka North LGA of the state.

Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, on Wednesday, denied the allegation that governors, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, were induced monetarily to decamp their former party.

British bank executives were set to hold a first meeting on Thursday over a possible national alternative to dominant US payment systems Mastercard and Visa as President Donald Trump’s policies causes economic sovereignty concerns.

A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has remanded six persons over the alleged kidnapping and killing of Prof Ekanem Phillip Ephraim, a Professor of Neurology at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrived at a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to testify at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, where Instagram and other platforms are accused of deliberately hooking young users.

According to Abiodun, the prayers and supplications offered during the fasting season would strengthen Ogun State and the nation spiritually.

The president signed the bill on Wednesday, days after the Independent National Electoral Commission released the timetable for the 2027 general elections.