APC 2023 battle lines drawn:Buhari replaces Tinubu-Oshiomhole NWC with Caretaker Committee
After wavering and dithering, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday read the riot act to the warring factions of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), warning of an imminent disintegration of the…
Ex-Oyo Governor, Abiola Ajimobi dies of Covid-19
Former Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who later served as the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) died yesterday. Although no official statement has…
Obaseki wins Edo PDP Guber primary, will face Ize-Iyamu in September election
In what was obviously a no-contest, incumbent Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, was yesterday affirmed as the candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming September…
FG evacuates 167 Nigerians from South Africa
The federal government has evacuated 167 Nigerians from South Africa, who were en route to Nigeria yesterday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffery Onyeama, in a series of tweet…
Union Bank Splashes N380m on Customers in Five Years
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has rewarded 345 customers who saved diligently with its UnionKorrect accounts with more than N40 million. That brings the amount it has splashed on 2,080…
Liverpool win Premier League to end 30 year top-flight title drought
Liverpool have secured the club’s first top-flight English league title since 1990, marking a 19th league success in their history and a first in the Premier League era. Jurgen Klopp’s…
Buhari faces APC rebellion as Governors, NWC, Party Chairmen boycott NEC meeting
Embattled by the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be a president in rebellion against his own party as he faces an unprecedented…
Obaseki poised to pick Edo PDP Gubernatorial ticket
Barring any major upset, the horse-trading and high-stakes negotiations masterminded by Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto State Governor and chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum (PGF) and his Delta State counterpart,…
Nigeria records 649 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday; total now 22,020
Nigeria has recorded 649 new cases of COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the total number of infections in the country, as at June 24, to 22,020. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
IMF forecasts raises Nigeria’s 2020 economic growth contraption to 5.4%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upwards, its 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contraption forecast for Nigeria to 5.4%, higher than the 3.4% negative growth it had estimated for…