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The Kogi government claims it has uncovered plans by Dangote Group to cause chaos amid the ownership tussle between the company and the state. TheCable reported that the state government and the company have been at loggerheads following a move to seal off the Obajana cement plant.  In a statement on Saturday, […]

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says he will not disclose his preferred presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. Ngige said this on Friday while featuring on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. When asked whether he would endorse Bola Tinubu, his party’s presidential candidate, or back Peter Obi, the […]

An explosion has destroyed the sole bridge linking Russia with the occupied Crimea peninsula. According to viral footage on social media on Saturday, plums of smoke and fire can be seen engulfing two railway carriages from a train with segments of the bridge collapsed. According to BBC, Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has signed the legislative instrument derecognising Celestine Omehia as a former governor. The recognition accorded Omehia as a former governor as well as his accruable rights and benefits has been effectively cancelled. On Thursday, the Rivers house of assembly passed a motion to delist Omehia. […]

Vincent Ogbulafor, a former chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is dead. Ogbulafor died in Canada on Thursday after a brief undisclosed illness. The late PDP chairperson, who died aged 73, was born on May 24, 1949, in Olokoro, Umuahia south LGA of Abia state. He was also a former […]

Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his leadership is guided by transparency and accountability. According to a statement issued on Friday by Simon Imobo-Tswam, media adviser to Ayu, the PDP chairman said this when the forum of elected ex-officio of the party paid him a visit in Abuja. […]

Abdulmalik Atta, a member of the presidential committee set up to facilitate the release of train passengers abducted in Kaduna has spoken on the panel’s activities.  Atta spoke on Friday when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television. On Wednesday, the federal government announced the rescue of the remaining […]

Folasade Ogunsola, a professor of clinical microbiology, has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Her appointment was announced on Friday by the UNILAG governing council. She is the first female vice-chancellor in the school’s 60-year history, and the 13th vice-chancellor of UNILAG. According to a statement […]