Politics

The Labor Party on Friday chose the former Minister of Finance, Esther Nenadi Usman, as the temporary national chairman. Usman was elected at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Abuja. A former Senator for the Central Abia District, Darlington Nwokocha was elected as the National Secretary while the party at a meeting attended by the President of …

President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, son of the former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, as the new president of the Agriculture Bank. The appointment was announced on Friday in a declaration signed by the Special Consultant of the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Muhammad Babangida, 53 years old, obtained a degree in Business …

CCL: Govt assures Bayelsa Queens of maximum support The State Government of Yenogoa (Core Reporter) Bayelsa says that Bayelsa will give to Queens any support necessary to ensure that the club becomes the first team in Nigeria to lift the Caf Women’s Champions League. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the certainty of a meeting with players, coaches and …

The Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), The State of Ondo, Mr. Ezekiel Imole Adenils, has been assassinated by attackers still to be identified, throwing the university community in mourning. Adeniran, who assumed the assignment as a third substantial register of the institution on January 6, 2025, was found dead in his residence in the city of Ondo …

The Democratic People’s Party (PDP) has officially confirmed that they actively worked to bring Peter Obi, the former Governor of the State Anambra and the 2023 Labor Party presidential candidate, returned to his staff. The disclosure was carried out by the Deputy Secretary of the PDP National Publicity, Ibrahim Abdullahi, during an interview on Arise television, where he described Obi …

The Democratic People’s Party (PDP) has officially confirmed that they actively worked to bring Peter Obi, the former Governor of the State Anambra and the 2023 Labor Party presidential candidate, returned to his staff. The disclosure was carried out by the Deputy Secretary of the PDP National Publicity, Ibrahim Abdullahi, during an interview on Arise television, where he described Obi …

NSC DG guides the Caa delegation during the courtesy visit to Obasanjo in view of the U18/U20 athletic championship The general manager of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olopade, on Monday he conducted a high -level delegation of the Confederation of African athletics (CAA) to make a courtesy visit to the former president OlusaGun Obasanjo at the Obasanjo …

The first witness of the accusation, PW1, in the Halima Buba and innocent Mbagwu trial on Thursday 17 July 2025, narrated before the judge Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja as the defendants have invented multimillions of dollars in cash through him for the transfers. Both defendants, who are CEO/CEO and General Manager of Suntrust Bank Ltd, are …

MPs who represent the Federal Capital Region (FCT) in the National Assembly, Senator Ireti Kingibe, accused the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike of providing illegal relief on ownership land bills to his sons from N200 million to only N2 million within 48 hours. Senator who made the accusation in the interview program on TV Arise on Friday, claimed he had documents …

Kofo Bucknor -acrele who was Deputy Governor of the Tinubu Bola President when he was the Governor of the State of Lagos from May 1999 to December 2002, had warned the President to be careful of the Youth Revolution that would soon occur if he failed to overcome the current difficulties and unemployment in the country. Bucknor-Makeele, which made a …