Oyome retains Ikoyi Club Ladies Championship title
By Esther Onyegbula Evelyn Oyome has successfully defended her crown as Overall Gross Winner at the 2026 Ikoyi Club Ladies Championship after returning a combined gross score of 170 at the end of the two-day tournament held at Ikoyi Club 1938, Lagos. Oyome, who carded 85 on both days of the championship, finished ahead of […]
Atiku’s US lobbyist alleges political intimidation, threatens to brief Trump
A United States-based lobby firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., hired by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said it was engaging the US government over alleged human rights concerns in Nigeria, including claims of political intimidation, arrests of government critics, and weakening democratic freedoms, ahead of the 2027 elections. In a statement posted on its official X […]
2027: Jonathan gets PDP waiver, emerges Turaki camp sole presidential candidate
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, faction led by Kabiru Turaki, SAN, yesterday granted former President Goodluck Jonathan a waiver from its presidential screening process, ahead of the 2027 election, as party officials confirmed he was currently the party’s only presidential aspirant.
Naira rises to N1,385/$ in parallel market
The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,385 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,395 per dollar on Monday.
They told Tinubu I planned to kill him, become president after our inauguration — Shettima
Vice-President Kashim Shettima said yesterday some people attempted to create bad blood between him and President Bola Tinubu three months after their inauguration, warning his principal to stop wearing traditional attire he gave him during the 2023 campaign.
Oyo school abduction: 2-yr-old toddler among 46 victims
IBADAN—A two-year-old toddler, Christianah Akanbi, of Yawota Baptist Nursery and Primary School, is among the 46 persons kidnapped by terrorists in some communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State last Friday.
