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Doyin Okupe, director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign, says the Lagos rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) pales in comparison to that of the Labour Party (LP). Okupe threw the jibe at the ruling party during an interview with Channels Television. Earlier on Sunday, Musiliu Akinsanya, chairman of the Lagos […]

Desmond Amugo, driver of the capsized boat in Ogbaru LGA in Anambra state, says he had 48 passengers on board — and not 85. Seventy-six people were said to have died in the accident, with 86 said to be on board. Amugo spoke on Sunday at Atani, headquarters of Ogbaru LGA, while […]

Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau state, says his imprisonment for N1.126bn fraud was “politically motivated”. He spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight, a pre-recorded show which airs every Monday. Dariye was governor of Plateau between 1999 and 2007. In 2007, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged […]

Two officers have been killed following an attack on a police station in Oji-River LGA of Enugu state.    The attack happened in the early hours of Sunday at the Arum Inyi police division. The hoodlums reportedly set the station ablaze and made away with guns and ammunition. Confirming this to […]

Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says his removal was a result of corruption fighting back. Magu said this at an award ceremony held in his honour by the Northern Female Students Association on Sunday in Abuja. “I am a victim of corruption fighting back, […]

Niyi Sunmonu, national coordinator of the Congress of University Academics (CONUA), has explained why the breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was formed. Years after parting ways with ASUU, the federal government on Tuesday formally recognised CONUA as Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, presented a certificate […]

A flight from London to Lagos was delayed on Friday allegedly because a “Nigerian deportee smeared faeces” on the plane, according to passengers aboard. A Twitter user, @ImaniDH_, in a post on Friday, said her cousin was on the plane, adding that the incident rattled passengers. “My cousin was going back to […]