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By Idahosa Musa Etsako Consciousness (EC), a socio-cultural group in Edo State has questioned the appointment of Prof. Victor Adetimirin Olawale as Vice Chancellor of Edo State University Iyamho, alleging injustice against a fellow Prof. from Etsako, Ganiyu Oboh, who reportedly topped the screening exercise. Professor Ganiyu Oboh is said to be a native of South Ibie in Etsako West …

By Idahosa Musa A thirty-year-old Edo man, Michael Mate, has called on the Nigeria National Assembly to move the motion to add the face of the foremost Nigerian nationalist, late Chief Anthony Enahoro, on the nation’s currency. He made the call while carrying out a solo protest in Benin, the Edo State capital on Monday Mr. Mate said that the …

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusiness and Productivity Enhancement, Dr Kingsley Uzoma, has said that Nigeria witnessed a significant increase in cocoa exports in the last quarter of 2024. This comes as stakeholders in Nigeria’s cocoa industry pledged to accelerate efforts to meet the European Union’s December 2025 deadline for compliance with its deforestation-free regulation (EUDR), in …

A former lawmaker in Lagos State, Jude Idimogu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant clemency to the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Mr Kanu, who is facing terrorism charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja, has been in detention since he was repatriated to Nigeria from Kenya in June 2021 …

US President Donald Trump has said he will try to get some territory back for Ukraine during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. “Russia’s occupied a big portion of Ukraine. They occupied prime territory. We’re going to try to get some of that territory back for Ukraine,” he told a news conference. Trump said the talks in …

Refineries in India are buying Nigerian crude while the country’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery is largely running on American oil, The PUNCH reports. In a twist that underscores the complexities of global oil trade, India’s state refiners are snapping up Nigerian crude oil while Africa’s largest refinery, located in Nigeria, is increasingly importing crude from the United States, a development that …

House Oversight Chair James Comer praised President Donald Trump for placing Washington, DC, police under federal control and said he plans to follow up with a hearing with city officials when lawmakers return to Washington. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 16.J. Scott Applewhite/AP The committee confirmed Monday it had received notification …

Five Al Jazeera journalists were among seven people killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on Sunday night. One of them is a prominent voice for the news channel and has been reporting from inside the city since the crisis began in October 2023. The correspondent, Anas al-Sharif, was targeted in an air raid on a tent at Al-Shifa hospital’s …

The UN’s human rights office has condemned a targeted Israeli attack that killed six journalists in Gaza, calling it a “grave breach” of international law. Palestinians attend the funeral of journalists killed in an Israeli strike Five Al Jazeera journalists, including correspondent Anas al-Sharif, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. Two others were killed, including a freelance journalist, …

Comfort Emmanson, the passenger accused of assaulting airline officials aboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been charged in court and remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos. Screenshot from one of the videos showing the moment Comfort Emmanson was assaulting Ibom Air crew member. Source: X Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the …