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By Idahosa Musa Medical and health workers at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), on Wednesday bid final farewell to their colleague, Dr Alex Ogunniyi, killed within the hospital by suspected gunmen last Friday. Staff and other health workers of the hospital paid their last respect to the slain doctor at a commendation service held at UBTH in his …

Former Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will soon leave the party. Okowa said this on Tuesday (today) during an interview on ARISE TV. Furthermore, Okowa explained why he defected from PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, alongside Governor …

The new management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has fired the managing directors of the three refineries under the purview of NNPCL. The refineries include the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. Some other senior officials of the national oil firm were also asked to leave, among them …

Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo on Tuesday convicted controversial singer Habeeb Olalomi Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, and sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment.  Tribune Online recalls that the singer was arraigned before the Magistrate Court in Ifo in April 2023 on a three-count charge bordering on assault and the theft of musical instruments, as stated in charge sheet No. MIF/192C/2023. The …

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has sparked speculation over a potential political realignment after openly questioning the viability of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a platform for his political aspirations beyond 2027. Speaking at a constituency outreach meeting on Tuesday in Ikot Akpankuk, Ukanafun Local Government Area, the governor likened the PDP to a faulty aircraft, suggesting …

The Nigeria Customs Service said it intercepted 11 containers carrying unregistered sex drugs, expired foodstuffs, and other contraband worth N921bn at Apapa Ports between January and till date. Addressing journalists while showcasing the seized containers in Apapa on Wednesday, the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, stated that the 11 containers comprised five 40-foot containers, two 20-foot containers, and four …

Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has adjourned for judgement a N5 billion defamatory suit instituted by the Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams against the Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho to July 3, 2025 for judgment. The suit marked M/1006/2024 is before Justice O.T Ademola-Salami sitting at High Court 15, Iyaganku, Ibadan. Adams, …

Nigeria, though practicing multi-party democracy, appears to be functioning as a de facto one-party state following ongoing gale of defections by politicians in the minority political parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress. Sunday Aborisade reports that the development which has hit the Senate portends danger for the nation’s parliament. Since the All Progressives Congress (APC) assumed power in 2015, the party …

The Nigeria Labour Congress has declared that  the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, does not require any coalition with the Peoples Democratic Party  or support from political figures like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to win the 2027 presidential election. Speaking in an exclusive interview, the Deputy President of the …

An emergency meeting convened by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. The meeting, being held behind closed doors on Tuesday, follows the defection of high-profile individuals including Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and his predecessor Ifeanyi Okowa to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Okowa was …