State pardon: Dariye, Nyame — ex-governors jailed for fraud — released from prison
Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau, and Jolly Nyame, former governor of Taraba, have been released from the correctional facility in Kuje council area, federal capital territory (FCT). The development comes almost four months after the former governors were granted state pardon. At a council of state meeting presided over by President […]
OBITUARY: Akin Mabogunje, geographer of many firsts who was instrumental to mapping of FCT
Death is the most daring foe of humanity. It knocks on your door uninvited and spares no one — not even great men — when it sounds its hapless call. But it is an inevitable end for humans. On Thursday, it visited Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje, Nigeria’s foremost professor of geography, leaving his admirers in […]
Soyinka: Video of Pyrates Confraternity mocking Tinubu distasteful
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has reacted to a video showing some members of Pyrates Confraternity mocking Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In the video which has gone viral on social media, some members of the group dressed in red and white attire, can be seen yelling out critical […]
Peter Obi NOT a member of Pyrates Confraternity, says aide
Valentine Obienyem, media aide of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says the former governor is not a member of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), better known as the Pyrates Confraternity. Obienyem responded to the claims of the membership of the LP presidential candidate in a terse text message […]
Report: Nigeria’s national grid suffered 222 system collapses in 12 years
Nigeria’s electricity grid suffered 222 partial and total system collapses from January 2010 to June 2022. According to Thisday, an analysis of industry data — mostly from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) — from January 2010 to September 2021 showed that the grid suffered 216 system collapses. It added that information […]
Court fixes September 7 to hear ‘certificate forgery’ suit against Tinubu
A federal high court in Abuja has fixed September 7 to hear a suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), from contesting in the 2023 elections. The plaintiffs, four APC chieftains, are asking the court to rule that Tinubu is ineligible to run for president in […]
Zenon Petroleum asks court to wind up Prudent Energy over ‘$6m debt’
Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited has filed a winding-up suit against Prudent Energy and Services Limited, the parent company of Ardova Plc, over $6 million debt. AbdulWasiu Sowami, chief executive officer of Prudent Energy and Services Limited, through his investment portfolio, Ignite Investments and Commodities Limited, acquired a 74.02% stake in Forte Oil […]
Nigerian embassy in Mexico shut as six staff test positive for COVID
The Nigerian embassy in Mexico has been shut owing to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the embassy. In a statement on Monday, Abimbola Tooki, special adviser on media to Adejare Bello, Nigerian ambassador to Mexico, said six staff of the embassy tested positive for COVID-19. According to the statement, the ambassador, while […]
Newspaper Headlines: PTA demands FG, ASUU, parents meeting over ongoing strike
Reports on the country’s economic situation, especially the federal government’s plan to increase tax on telecommunication services dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
NAF: Terrorist leader, who attacked police area commander in Katsina, killed in airstrike
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says troops of operation Hadarin Daji have killed one Abdulkareem Lawal, identified as a “high-valued terrorist”, in Kastina. In a statement on Sunday, the air force said Lawal was killed, alongside 27 other bandits, in airstrike operations. NAF said Lawal was part of the gunmen who attacked […]