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The Ondo government has reacted to trending speculations over the health status of Rotimi Akeredolu, the state governor.  In a statement on Tuesday, Richard Olatunde, Akeredolu’s chief press secretary, said the governor had some health challenges but has received treatment. “We have observed the growing anxiety about the State of Health of […]

Persons protesting the killing of Isaac Achi, a Catholic priest, have reportedly razed the divisional police headquarters in Kafin-Koro, Paikoro LGA of Niger. Wasiu Abiodun, police spokesperson in Niger, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday. Achi, a priest of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church, was burnt to death in […]

The African Action Alliance (AAC) and a faction of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) have formed an alliance ahead of the next month’s elections. The parties held an event in Kano on Monday and signed a memorandum of understanding for their alliance. Omoyele Sowore was announced as their adopted presidential candidate. […]

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will spend $8.3 billion in 2023 to continue its work tackling poverty, disease, and inequity. In his annual letter, Mark Suzman, the foundation’s CEO, said the board of trustees’ approval of the budget puts the foundation on track to reach an annual payout […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), met with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Monday. The LP standard bearer said Welby received him and his team in his office after he delivered a presentation at Chatham House in London. “I was honoured to be received together with my […]

A new report released by Oxfam, an international confederation against poverty, says the three richest men in Nigeria have more wealth than 83 million citizens. Oxfam released the global inequality report at the start of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday. In the document, titled, ‘survival […]

A committee of the senate probing the N23.7 trillion spent by the federal government without the approval of the national assembly is seeking more time to turn in its report. In December, the senate suspended a request by President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the sum under what was referred to as the “ways […]

The police command in Kebbi has confirmed the death of 18 persons following an accident involving a truck conveying passengers and cows. Nafi’u Abubakar, spokesperson of the Kebbi police command, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday. According to Abubakar, the accident occurred around 11pm on Sunday at Malisa village in […]

Kenneth Okonkwo, the campaign spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, has taken a swipe at Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In an interview on Channels Television, Okonkwo praised Peter Obi, the LP presidential candidate, who spoke at the Chatham House in the United Kingdom earlier on Monday. […]