The legal team of popular cleric, Pastor Chris Okafor, has challenged social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, actress Doris Ogala and other individuals making allegations against him to submit concrete proof to the Nigeria Police, warning that failure to do so would attract full legal consequences.

A group known as Concerned Rivers People (CRP) has alleged that the ongoing political tension in Rivers State has extended to social media, with claims that some influencers were approached to promote narratives critical of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. In a statement issued by the group’s Director of Communication, […]

By Innocent Anaba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alleged planned campaigns of calumny against it by politicians and groups with vested interests in suspects being investigated or facing prosecution by the commission. EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale in a statement, yesterday, said: “A motley crowd of paid jobbers comprising politicians, […]

By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor The governorship election in Rivers state and the presidential poll are billed for 2027 but the political atmosphere is already at a feverish pitch in the state with so much crack in the political class. The state is split heavily by the struggle between loyalists of the governor of […]

A 17-year-old boy (name withheld) has been paraded naked round Ajegbole community in Gabu ward of Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State for stealing tubers of yam.

The Registered Board of Trustees of Mount Zion LightHouse Full Gospel Church has nullified the suspension and excommunication of some of it members by Archbishop Nyong Ayankdue against Bishop Peter Udokang, Elder Marshal Udoh and Elder Emmanuel Edoho. In a statement by Mrs Uduak Akpan, the church declared the action null and void and without […]

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company and most valuable unicorn, has acquired Mono, a Y Combinator-backed Nigerian open banking infrastructure provider

By Dayo Johnson kure Ahead of the bye election to fill the Ondo Southern senatorial district seat, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olorunnimbe Tawose, has asked the leadership of the party to zone the ticket to Odigbo council area of the state for equity and fairness. Tawose in an interview in Akure, […]

By Tunde Oso TO improve Nigeria’s investment climate this new year, continued foreign exchange reforms should remain central to Federal Government’s economic policy. Delivering its Monthly Rating Brief for January, DataPro, a leading compliance, corporate governance and fraud risk management consulting firm, in its forecast for 2026, titled “Investment Outlook in the New Year: Opportunity […]

The sixth edition of the highly anticipated Iconic Global Summit/Honors 2025, hosted by Iconic International Holdings (Pty) Ltd in partnership with the Mayorkings Charity Foundation, successfully concluded, leaving a lasting impression on a diverse cohort of global and African leaders. ​Held under the compelling theme, “The Africa We Want: Sustainable Development; Everyone’s Responsibility,” the Summit […]

…Seizes Russian-flagged tanker President Donald Trump has said Venezuela would turnover up to 50 million barrels of oil to the US, after a military operation to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power. The oil, worth about $2.8 billion (£2.1bn), will be sold at its market price, the US president wrote on social media, adding that […]

African Democratic Congress, ADC, yesterday rolled out a nationwide membership revalidation, mobilisation and registration exercise, describing it as a deliberate push to strengthen its internal structures, grow its grassroots base and reposition for future political engagements.

By Godwin Oritse The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service generated a total revenue of N2.93 trillion in 2025 from import and export facilitation. This figure represents a 24.32 per cent growth compared to the ₦2.357 trillion collected in 2024. In a statement signed by Isah Sulaiman,Chief Superintendent of Customs and Public Relations […]

Chairman of Blue Diamond Logistics and Uzotex Charity Foundation, Mr. Festus Uzoma Mbisiogu, has continued to make a lasting impact in Umuchima ancient community and its environs in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State through far-reaching humanitarian interventions in infrastructure, healthcare, and community empowerment.

As the 2027 general elections draw near, the political dynamics in Delta State have taken a significant turn with the mass defection of several key politicians from the Labour Party, LP, to the Action Democratic Congress, ADC.