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A fire outbreak has been reported at a section of the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo state. The fire reportedly engulfed a part of the UCH building on Saturday. Emergency responders had put out the fire as of the time of filing this report. Funmi Adetuyibi, UCH public relations […]

The court of appeal in Abuja has affirmed Ahmed Ododo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state. In a unanimous judgment delivered on Friday, a three-member panel of the appellate court dismissed two separate appeals filed by aggrieved aspirants — Smart Adeyemi and Abubakar Yahaya-Ashemogu. The […]

Olalekan Fadolapo, director-general of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), says President Bola Tinubu did not order the removal of the “all eyes on the judiciary” billboards in parts of the country. On Tuesday, ARCON directed the removal of the billboards sponsored by a group known as the Diasporas for Good Governance. […]

Sakiru Ambali, a 45-year-old Nigerian man, has been arraigned before a US district court over allegations of wire fraud. Ambali was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, as he travelled to Canada from Nigeria, while another Nigerian, Fatiu Lawal, was arrested in Toronto, Canada, where he resides. They were both arrested in February 2023. […]

The Lagos state government has declared Monday, August 21 a work-free day to commemorate the Isese Day celebration. In a post on X — formerly Twitter — on Saturday, Jibril Gawat, senior special assistant to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, said the announcement was made in a circular issued by Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the […]

The committee of chiefs of defence staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it has fine-tuned its military intervention plans in Niger Republic. ECOWAS agreed to use force as a last resort if diplomatic efforts failed to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum who was toppled and detained since the […]

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, met the board and management of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited over the country’s plan to transition to gas. The delegation was led by Edmund Daukuru, NLNG board chairman and king of Nembe Kingdom, and Philip Mshelbila, the company’s managing director. Tinubu, speaking at the […]

Elon Musk, owner and chief executive officer of X (formerly known as Twitter), says users will no longer be able to block other accounts. In a post shared via the platform on Friday, the billionaire businessman said the feature made “no sense” and will soon be unavailable for users. He, however, said […]