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Michael Olise has signed a five-year contract with German giants Bayer Munich after completing his move from Premier League club Crystal Palace. Olise played half of Palace’s Premier League games last season due to a hamstring injury. The 22-year-old England-born France Under-21 forward made 90 appearances in all competitions during three seasons with Palace. He joined the Eagles from Reading …

The Oyo State Government has expressed anger over the damage done to the newly renovated section of the Olusoji-WCCI road, just days after it was officially reopened to the public. In a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan, the state capital, the Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, Busoye Ogunlade, condemned the incident and vowed to take …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the setback ahead of the Edo State governorship election on September 21, 2024, insisting that the smear campaign against its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, is a futile effort. It would be recalled that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja recently annulled the PDP primaries following a legal challenge (FHC/ABJ/CS/165/2024) filed …

President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, during the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Nigeria. President Tinubu, who accepted his re-election, stressed the importance of financial commitment from member states to effectively address security challenges. He also …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure that the judgment delivered by Justice Deinde Isaac Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Lagos, ordering the Federal Government to release details of the expenditure of N729 billion by the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, is complied …

Nigerian gospel and R&B singer Timi Dakolo has shared his thoughts on the debate surrounding artistes creating music primarily for the enjoyment of their large fan base. Dakolo, who shared his perspective in a recent podcast, stated that one must be able to enjoy and digest what one creates before presenting it to others who will consume it. “For me, …

The ad hoc committee investigating the ‘N30 trillion ways and means’ loan under former President Muhammadu Buhari has been given two months to submit its report. This comes after the committee failed to meet its initial deadline. Senate President Godswill Akpabio inaugurated the 17-member ad hoc committee to investigate “funds and means worth N30 trillion” acquired under Buhari on March …

Kaduna State Police spokesman Mansir Hassan has confirmed the abduction of two journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Chairman of the NUJ State Council Correspondents Chapel, and three members of his family by gunmen on Saturday night. According to Hassan, those who were kidnapped were Blueprint Newspaper correspondent Abdulraheem Aodo and his wife. In a statement on Sunday, a police spokesman said the …

A Lagos-based Federal High Court, in a landmark ruling, has ordered Mrs. Sadia Umar-Farouk, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to account for the payment of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians over a period of six months. The court also ordered the former minister to provide a list and details of beneficiaries who received …

Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, July 4, 2024, adjourned the further hearing to October 24, 2024 in the alleged N4.8 billion fraud case involving Cletus Ibeto, Chairman, Ibeto Energy Development Company. Ibeto together with Ibeto Energy Development Company and Odoh Holdings Ltd will be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Eradication …